# Create Downtime 1. Open the **Downtime** module in the Operations section. 2. Click **Create Downtime**

in the top right corner. 3. Fill in all required fields listed below in the Create Downtime window. 4. Click **Create**.

We differentiate between a downtime created using a port call in the voyage schedule (**Scheduled Port Call** option), and a downtime created with a port that is not in the schedule (**Other Port** option). When creating a downtime with the **Other Port** option, you can select any port including an **At Sea** port. When **At Sea** is selected you have to manually input the timezone offset.

Note that you do not have to use the **Other Port** option and then select the **At Sea** port in the modal for any Downtime that happens at sea. You could also create an At Sea port call in the voyage schedule, and choosing it using the **Scheduled Port Call** option. The advantage to this is that the system will automatically calculate the right timezone for the position specified in the port call, and take any daylight savings time into consideration as well. The **Port Call** option also allows you to create a Deviation Downtime, by checking the **Deviation** checkbox and choosing an end port call from the voyage schedule. All port calls between the start and end are considered part of the deviation. A Deviation Downtime automatically sets the start- and end-date based on the port call departure and arrival events. It also calculates additional sailing days, distance and bunker consumptions compared to a direct route. {% hint style="info" %} **Restrictions for Deviation Downtimes** * End port call must come after the start port call * There must be at least one port call in between the port calls * Neither the start nor the end port call can be a canal passage {% endhint %} ### Comparison table of different Downtime types

	Downtime	Deviation	At Sea	Port Only
Manually set start- and end-date	✅	❌	✅	✅
Manually set timezone offset	❌	❌	✅	❌
Automatically set timezone and position	✅	✅	❌	✅
Automatically set start- and end-date	❌	✅	❌	❌
Create using a port call from voyage schedule	✅	✅	❌	❌
Set a canal passage as port call	✅	❌	❌	❌
Calculate additional sailing days, distance and consumption compared to original route	❌	✅	❌	❌
Convert between Downtime and Deviation	✅	✅	❌	❌