IMOS Platform Overview

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🕐 75 min

Veson Nautical's Veson IMOS Platform is the market-leading cloud solution for commercial marine freight and fleet management. Learn about Veson Nautical, who we serve, and how core workflows in IMOS propel maritime commerce for our clients.

Getting Started in IMOS

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🕐 15 min

This course introduces learners to accessing and navigating the Veson IMOS Platform. This includes how to log in to IMOS, access the different modules, and identify some of the key features to navigate within the platform.

Workspaces in IMOS

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🕐 20 min

This course will provide an overview of the tools available in the workspaces in IMOS. This includes identifying some of the key features to navigate and manage a workspace, as well as the different views available within a given workspace

Elements of Time Charter

🕐 50 min

This course introduces the learner to the Time Charter Contracts theory in the Shipping Industry and implementation practice in the IMOS platform.

Scheduling Best Practices

🕐 45 min

Learn how to use the Scheduling workspace to plan voyages for your fleet.

Voyage Estimation Overview

🕐 45 min

This course introduces the main workflows and usage of the IMOS Estimates workspace. You should complete this course before Voyage Estimation Analysis and Voyage Estimation Advanced. 

Voyage Estimation Analysis

🕐 90 min

This course will guide the learner into a more in-depth analysis of the voyage estimator tool. After completion of the course, the learner will be able to use analytical tools and assess the voyage estimate results before making the decision to schedule the voyage.

Voyage Estimate Advanced Best Practices

🕐 60 min

This course complements the Voyage Estimation Overview and Voyage Estimation Analysis and presents standardized best practices around complex business scenarios. Upon completing this course, you will have expanded your knowledge of suggested best practices around complex IMOS functionalities.

Standard Contract Management

🕐 60 min

Standard Contract Management covers concepts of commonly used contracts, including Cargo, COA, VC In, Time Charter In, and Time Charter Out. You will also learn basic Tasks and Alerts functions in IMOS.

Cargo Contracts Advanced

🕐 70 min

Cargo Contracts Advanced covers advanced pricing models in cargoes and contracts of affreightment.

Hire Management Basics

🕐 105 min

Hire Management Basics covers common usage of IMOS Time Charter (TC) In and Out contracts, data flow between the Voyage Manager and TC forms, hire payment generation, and Hire Statement review.

Hire Management Advanced

🕐 75 min

Hire Management Advanced covers advanced workflows and pricing models in time charter contracts in IMOS. 

Mirror Contract Management

🕐 60 min

Mirror Contract Management covers workflow and creation of mirrored contracts in IMOS.

Introduction to Voyage Manager

🕐 25 min

Introduction to Voyage Manager is an introductory course for new users that guides them through the Voyage Manager workspace and core functionalities.

Voyage Manager Overview

🕐 90 min

Voyage Manager Overview covers the main workflows and usage of the IMOS Voyage Manager. Taking this course will enable you to understand the voyage management workflow that connects Port Activities, Cargo Handling, Delays, Bunkers, and Voyage Profit & Loss.

Onboard Overview

🕐 20 min

Onboard enables Vessel Masters to view the latest voyage information. Learn about Onboard setup, configuration, forms, reports, and troubleshooting tips.

Port Disbursement Process Overview

🕐 40 min

This course covers the IMOS end-to-end disbursement workflow, including Agent Nomination, Statement of Facts, Ledger Expense Setup, and invoice creation. 

Laytime Calculation Basics

🕐 70 min

Laytime Calculation Basics covers IMOS Laytime Calculation usage and workflow, including demurrage and despatch concepts.

Freight Basics

🕐 30 min

Freight Basics covers the creation of a Freight Invoice and data flow from IMOS Chartering tools.

Bunker Management Overview

🕐 60 min

Bunker Management Overview covers the Bunker Management module, which adds support for a centralized department for bunker procurement. Learn about the different types of bunkers and their uses, fuel zones, bunker reporting, bunker controls, the bunker procurement process, de-bunkering, and bunker claims.

Veslink Onboard Reporting

🕐 10 min

The Veslink Onboard Reporting video describes the procedures for onboard users to follow to submit voyage reporting data such as noon reports and arrival and departure notices to company shoreside systems.

Voyage and Operation Types
- Time Charter Operators

🕐 30 min

As part of the Voyage and Operation Types series, this is an introductory course for new users that guides the learner around the concepts of one of the most essential commercial contracts, the Charter Party, and how this affects time charter operators (with an emphasis on TCOV and TCTO).

Voyage and Operation Types - Tonnage Charterers and Cargo Producers

🕐 35 min

As part of the Voyage and Operation Types series, this is an introductory course for new users that guides the learner around the concepts of one of the most essential commercial contracts, the Charter Party, and how this affects cargo owners, commodity traders and tonnage charterers with an emphasis on RELT, SPOT, and VCOV voyage types.

Voyage and Operation Types - Vessel Owners

🕐 30 min

As part of the Voyage and Operation Types series, this is an introductory course for new users that guides the learner around the concepts of one of the most essential commercial contracts, the Charter Party, and how this affects vessel owners with an emphasis on OVOV and OVTO.

Snapshots Overview

🕐 35 min

Snapshots Overview provides you with a basic understanding of what snapshots are and how they are used in the financial context. You will be able to analyze Voyage PnL by different snapshot types and periods. You will have a basic understanding of what reporting on snapshot data looks like.

Understanding Voyage P&L

🕐 35 min

Understanding Voyage P&L is an introductory course for new financial users in IMOS. This course aims to show how financial users can benefit from using the Voyage P&L tool by understanding its workspace and core functionalities. 

The next part of Voyage P&L courseware will focus on a more practical aspect of using this tool to guide learners on how to solve issues occurring in the Voyage P&L by doing a P&L analysis.

Overview for Accountants - Financials Module

🕐 20 min

This is the first course within the General Accountant learning path. In this course, you will learn basic concepts of IMOS and how to navigate the platform. We will also briefly cover key functionalities of the Financials module.

Overview for Accountants - Additional Modules

🕐 10 min

This course will cover key IMOS functionalities of the Analytics, Chartering, Operations, and Data Center modules, which an accountant should know in addition to the Financials Module. 

Basic Concepts of Financials

🕐 60 min

Basic Concepts of Financials familiarizes you with the IMOS Financials module setup and capabilities such as Chart of Accounts, Business Rules, and various summary and action lists.

Financial Built-In Reports

🕐 20 min

In this course, you will learn how to access and run five popular built-in reports in the Financials module. The reports covered in this course include Account Analysis, Monthly Accruals Details Report, Trial Balance, Balance Sheet, and Income Statement.

Introduction to Invoice Workflow

🕐 30 min

Introduction to Invoice Workflow covers invoice status, approval, and workflow in IMOS. You will learn about basic configuration options and Financials list views.

Month End Close Basics

🕐 45 min

Month End Close Basics covers the concepts, tasks, and statuses related to voyage closing and period closing in IMOS. The course also reviews fuel inventory, Voyage Profit & Loss, reporting, and related Financials module setup.

Sustainable Shipping Overview

🕐 30 min

This course provides an overview of sustainable shipping principles, the key regulatory measures affecting various stakeholders in the shipping industry, and how IMOS can empower users to address sustainability.  

System Configuration for Sustainability

🕐 20 min

This course demonstrates what prerequisites and system configurations are required to activate sustainability in IMOS and mentions how IMOS features address sustainability in various modules.

EU ETS: Regulatory Drive

🕐 30 min

This course will familiarize you with the EU ETS Regulatory drive to combat climate change, a vital tool for reducing greenhouse gas emissions cost-effectively. You will explore the European Union's commitment to the "Green Deal,” leading to climate neutrality by 2050.

EU ETS: Impact on Maritime Industry

🕐 30 min

This course will familiarize you with the EU ETS impact on the Maritime Industry. You will explore how the ETS requirements change the dynamics of how shipowners, operators and charterers need to work together to comply with the EU ETS regulations.

EU ETS: Emissions and Contracts in IMOS

🕐 20 min

This course will provide an overview of contractual changes in Cargo contracts and Time Charter contracts related to EU ETS emissions. This course will also provide an overview of the Emissions tab, where IMOS users can manage cash emission invoices and EU ETS allowances.

Carbon Tracking in the Voyage Estimate

🕐 20 min

Explore carbon tracking in the Voyage Estimate module! This course provides an overview of sustainability features, including Carbon view, CII Band, Combined Estimates, Speed Comparison Analysis report, and Apply Min CO2 Speed.

EU ETS: Calculating Carbon Emissions Expenses

🕐 20 min

This course will guide you on the Carbon Emissions Expenses calculation in the Voyage Estimate and the Voyage Manager. 

EU ETS: Invoicing Carbon Emission Expenses for Cash

🕐 30 min

This course will provide an overview of creating cash carbon emissions invoices in the Cargo contract and Time Charter contract.

EU ETS: Managing EU Allowances in IMOS

🕐 30 min

This course will provide an overview of capturing carbon allowance trades. Learners will review how to manage a settlement, as well as the invoicing and transferring processes for these allowances.

Elements of Trading

🕐 50 min

This course aims to introduce you to the trading of derivative contracts. You will learn about the Shipping market volatility, how the market participants can protect their positions, and how the derivative contracts correlate with the physical contracts and the charter parties. 

IMOS Trading & Risk Module Onboarding

🕐 120 min

This learning path introduces the Trading field of activities, such as derivative contracts, and concepts such as managing risk, hedging, and market exposure. 

120 minutes

Self-pace

Q88 Overview

🕐 10 min

This course provides a brief overview of the features and core functionality of Q88 - Ship Owners Subscription.