Sketch a port's cargo mix from its own published traffic figures

A port's exposure depends on what it carries. If one cargo dominates, a slowdown in that trade hits the whole port. The question is what the Mormugao port's own published figures show about its cargo mix, and what that mix suggests, without guessing at the future.

• Which published traffic statement will you use, and which period does it cover?
• How will you group the cargo names into a few families a reader can follow?
• Is the mix measured by weight, by number of calls or by containers, and does that change the picture?
• Which family carries the most in the table, and what would a reader want to know next?

A one-page sketch with the cargo families drawn as a simple bar or block chart, the source and period printed under it, and three sentences that each start from what the table shows. A port officer reading it would agree it fairly reflects their own figures.

Writing about why the mix looks the way it does, or what will happen next, from memory or news headlines. This project describes what the port's own table shows; explanations belong in a later project with their own sources.

• The traffic or cargo statistics section of the Mormugao Port Authority's latest public annual report or traffic statement
• Your own copy of the cargo rows for one period, with the unit of measurement noted
• A trade textbook or port glossary to check any unfamiliar cargo name

AI must not supply cargo volumes, shares or trends for the port. Every number in your sketch comes from the document you downloaded, and any family you cannot place stays in an 'other' box with a note.

1. 3.1 Understand the cargo namesCLAUDE CHAT

   Why this tool: Port tables use trade names such as break bulk or POL that a first-time reader may not know.

   Paste only the cargo names, not the figures, and ask for plain explanations. Check two of them against your glossary.

   Prompt to copy · fill in the [brackets]Copy

   Here are the cargo names from a port's traffic statement: [paste cargo names]. Explain each in one plain sentence for a college student, and say which family it belongs to: dry bulk, liquid bulk, containers, break bulk or other. Mark any name you are unsure about instead of guessing.

2. 3.2 Group the rows into familiesGOOGLE SHEETS

   Why this tool: Grouping in a sheet keeps the arithmetic visible and checkable.

   Copy the rows into a sheet with the cargo name, unit and quantity. Add a column for the family and use a pivot table or simple sums to total each family. Keep the original rows on their own tab.

3. 3.3 Draft the three sentencesCLAUDE CHAT

   Why this tool: Claude can help you phrase findings that stay inside the evidence.

   Paste your family totals and ask for help phrasing three observations. Delete any sentence that explains causes or predicts.

   Prompt to copy · fill in the [brackets]Copy

   Here are the cargo family totals from one period of a port's own traffic statement: [paste family totals and the unit]. Help me write three short sentences that describe only what these totals show, such as which family carries the most and how concentrated the mix is. Do not explain causes or predict anything.

4. 3.4 Lay out the one-page sketchCANVA

   Why this tool: A clean chart with a clear source line reads faster than a table.

   Draw one chart of the families, put the source and period directly under it, and place the three sentences beside it. Add a small note on the unit used.

• The family totals add up to the total shown in the port's own table
• Every number on the page traces to the downloaded document, with the period stated
• Each of the three sentences describes the table rather than explaining or forecasting
• The unit of measurement is printed on the chart
• Open every source the AI cites and confirm it says what the AI claims
• Mark each sentence as a source fact or your own conclusion

AI tends to add well-known stories about a port, such as a trade that is rising or falling, as if they were in your table. Strike any claim that you cannot point to in the document.

• Cargo rows copied with the source, period and unit
• Each row assigned to a family in the sheet
• Family totals that match the port's own total
• A one-page sketch with a chart and three sentences
• A short list of questions the table leaves open

One page: the chart on the left, the three sentences on the right, the source line underneath, and two open questions in a small box at the bottom.

Explain how you grouped the cargo and which question about the port's mix you would research next, and from which document.