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Find a Vessel for Your Cargo

Action Cargoes allows you to find vessels that meet the requirements for a specific cargo and pull them into a worksheet for further evaluation.

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Table of Contents

Accessing Action Cargoes

To request access to Action Cargoes, contact your VIP administrator. Action Cargoes will not be visible in the Chartering menu until your VIP administrator enables the configuration flag CFGNewChartering and assigns security rights for the appropriate users or user groups. If Action Cargoes is visible but grayed out in the menu, the flag has been enabled, but security rights have not been assigned.

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Once the configuration flag has been enabled and security rights assigned, Market Insights and Action Cargoes will no longer be grayed out and you will be able to access them.

Map Output

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Search by Vessel

To search for vessels that fit set criteria, follow these steps. Action Cargoes will show the vessels that meet these criteria, as well as provide an estimate of the Time Charter Equivalent (TCE) and other voyage details for each vessel.

1. Adjust the search parameters to narrow your search

Under Vessel Filters, you can adjust the following search parameters:

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• Bunker Symbol Basis Date

• At Sea Bunker Symbol

• At Sea Bunker Rate (Manual Entry)

• In Port Bunker Symbol

• In Port Bunker Rate (Manual Entry)

• Freight Basis Date

• Freight $/ton Symbol

• Misc. Expenses (Lumpsum)

2. Search for vessels

Once you have set your search parameters, select Search for Vessels to run a search.

Vessel Details Panel

To view additional, more detailed information about a vessel, select the vessel name or row in the table. The Vessel Details panel will appear on the right side of the screen.

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Open Estimate

To open a voyage estimate populated with the selected vessel’s information, select Open Estimate.

Update Vessel

To update vessel information in the Data Center, select Update Vessel in the Vessel Details panel. This will open Vessel Details in VIP.

Overview tab

In the Overview tab, you can view information on the vessel’s location.

Profile tab

In the Profile tab, you can view more details on the vessel particulars, such as the vessel’s IMO number, name, flag, operator, vessel owner, vessel type, age, build year, and deadweight.

If the vessel does not exist in your VIP environment, the vessel information shown in the Profile tab will be pulled from IHS. If you open the vessel or create an estimate in VIP, the vessel particulars will be updated using data from IHS, but only if you have an IHS Fairplay license.

Estimate tab

In the Estimate tab, you can view an estimate of the Time Charter Equivalent (TCE) and other voyage details for the vessel.

Edit Estimate Display

To change the overview display, select Edit Estimate Display at the bottom of the Vessel Details panel. You can select which fields you want to be visible and change how those fields are ordered in the Vessel Details panel. Once you’re done, you can save the display by selecting the Save button in the top right corner of the screen, next to the Saved View name.

Grid Output

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Create New Worksheet

To create a new worksheet, select the cargoes you wish to be included by checking the box beside their name, then select Create New Worksheet. This will generate a new worksheet for each selected vessel in Estimates for the same cargo.

Download results

To download your search results, select the Download Results button in the upper right corner of the screen. Your search results will download as a .csv file.

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Add or remove columns

To add or remove columns in the grid output, select the Select columns button in the upper right corner of the screen. This setup will also be saved in the Saved View (public/private).

Search Query Information

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To view information on the search performed, select the Search Query Information icon in the view toolbar. The information provided on this screen is useful for troubleshooting and for understanding the search results that appear in the Grid output and Map output.

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