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Introduction
The Time Charter In (TC In) is a contract for a vessel from the perspective of the Charterer; you are acquiring a vessel for your use. Hire is paid in advance, and the Billing Period is usually 15 days. The first payment includes the Time Charter hire for the applicable period, plus Gratuities and bunkers. Typically, you buy the entire amount of bunkers upon Delivery of the vessel. When the vessel is Redelivered, the owner buys back the entire amount, at the price stated on the contract.
The Time Charter In form provides a system for managing the information and payments for vessels chartered in from other parties. A Time Charter In contract for a vessel with ownership type OV is a Head Fixture.
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TC In List
The TC In List contains all TC In contracts that you have the right to view.
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Do one of the following:
On the TC In List, click +.
To copy a Time Charter In, on its toolbar, click:
and then click Copy to TCI. You can also create a TC Out by clicking Copy to TCO.
On the main menu , under Chartering, click TC In.
On the Trading menu , under Trades, click Time Charter In.
On the Chartering menu , under Time Charter Manager, click Time Charter In.
On the Operations menu , under Time Charter In, click Time Charter In.
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TC In details are in the center:
TC In information appears in contract information, Summary Tree, Delivery and Redelivery, Pricing, Bunkers, Exposure, Performance, Warranty, Notice, Off Hire, Bareboat, Properties, Inv Items, Linked Trades, and Remarks and Notes to Operations sections.
You can access additional tools, forms, and information on the toolbar and right panel.
On the Time Charter form, enter the contract details, including Vessel, Counterparty, TC Date, Delivery/Redelivery ports and estimated dates, Hire Information, and Bunkers quantities and prices.
When you save the form, a Time Charter Code generates. You can now select this Time Charter Code when you are creating a voyage; the Time Charter information governs the voyage, and the voyage becomes part of this Time Charter.
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Contract InformationAdd information about the vessel and the contract.
When an Alert is entered for an Owner (for TC In) or Charterer (for TC Out), the field is highlighted in light red. Note when the Contract Type is set to "Trip TC" the "Last TCI Voy“ will automatically be selected within the voyage.
Delivery and Redelivery GridAdd the Delivery and Redelivery ports and times.
Pricing TabOn the Pricing tab, you can add Hire information, Broker information, and Common Voyage Expenses.
Hire GridAdd Hire information: How much to pay for a TC In or charge for a TC Out. You can set multiple rates on separate lines for different time periods, for example, if you have an escalation clause. This information is used to create the TC In Hire Statement.
Note: The number of decimals in the hire rate column are hard-coded and cannot be modified Brokers GridAdd information about Brokers and Broker Commissions.
Note: If an invoice spans a change in the Hire Rate, Broker Rate, or both, the amounts due calculate correctly. Common Voyage Expenses GridOn the Common Voyage Expenses grid, you can set up additional cost items payable by the Charterer to the Owner, including both one-time and recurring costs. Carrying out this setup causes the applicable items to appear automatically during the Time Charter invoicing process, where you can choose whether they actually apply and should be added to the particular invoice. You can specify a period-based rate for items that do not have a Rate Type of Lumpsum. Note: ILOHC is applied to nonchemical vessels. Note 2:
Bunkers TabOn the Bunkers tab, you can enter itemized Bunker information, which flows into the FIFO queue. These tabs are parallel, but from the other perspective, for a TC In and a TC Out:
Exposure TabOn the Exposure tab, you can enter the Exposure information as it will be processed in the Trading module. The Time Charter Route and Correlation used for the Mark-to-Market of the Time Charter is taken from the Vessel Type if details in the Exposure tab are not completed. Otherwise, if you select a Route in the Exposure tab, this Route will be used for the Mark-to-Market.
Performance TabOn the Performance tab, you can enter speed and consumption information from the vessel owner to verify the vessel's performance.
For LNG Vessels
Warranty TabWhen Vessel Type Code is L (LNG Carrier) and Vessel Type Fuel Warranty Table is other than None, a Warranty tab appears. On this tab, you can record parameters related to vessel performance warranties. Depending on the Vessel Type Fuel Warranty Table, different fields appear.
Notice TabOn the Notice tab, you can track Delivery and Redelivery Notices. This tab enables you to establish a series of points in time, measured in the number of days prior to delivery or redelivery, at which your company is contractually required to provide notification of its intention to take delivery of/redeliver the vessel. You can also record whether each required notice has actually been sent. Such notification emails are not automatically sent; this must be done manually. Nor are any alerts generated regarding the need to send such notification emails. This is simply a place where, upon fixing the TC Contract, you can set up the contractually mandated reminders, and then, as each one is sent, track that it has been sent by selecting the corresponding check box.
Off Hire TabOn the Off Hire tab, you can view a summary of all the off hire for the Time Charter contract, aggregated across the voyages. For a delay to appear on a linked Time Charter contract, the TCI%/TCO% field on the Delay form must be populated with a number other than 0.00. Bareboat TabOn the Bareboat tab (only on the Time Charter In), you can create and maintain additional related contracts, such as with a crew manager, that might be needed in case of a bareboat charter. (The bareboat-in charter is treated as the main contract.) Properties TabOn the Properties tab, when User-Defined Fields are set up in the Data Center, they can be selected here and values entered for them. Inv Items TabINTHC items can be billed multiple times in the course of a Time Charter Contract; on the Invoice Items tab, all the INTHC/INTHC rebill items that were invoiced in the contract appear. Linked TradesOn the Linked Trades tab, you can link FFAs so that you can keep track of hedging related to each contract, or Bunker Swap lots (per month) by selecting from those that are not linked to any other contract. To view the linked contract, right-click the line item and then click See Trade Details/See Bunker Swap. If there was no value in the Reference column, the Contract ID is populated in this field. Linking FFAs to a Time Charter In does not impact the Trading P&L, Trade Details List, or Voyage P&L. However, the linked FFAs can be found in Analytics under the Linked Trades table which can be joined from the Time Charter table. Lease TabNote: Configuration flag CFGEnableTCLeaseAccounting must be enabled. On the TC Lease tab, you can set up lease accounting for the contract:
Lease Value History displays Time Charter Period Journals that have been created for the contract. For more information about the lease accounting workflow and IFRS 16, see Compliance with IFRS 15 and 16 Regulations. Remarks/Notes to Operations/RolesAt the bottom of the Time Charter, you can enter general, free-text Remarks to print on the Time Charter report, enter Notes to Operations to appear on the Voyage Manager, and (with configuration flag CFGEnableVoyageRoles enabled) assign Controller and Finance Coordinator Roles for the Time Charter. You can also enter Notes to Operations within the Fixture of the voyage under Remarks. |
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