This page contains the latest Veson IMOS Platform (IMOS) news.
August 2024
New in Operations: FuelEU Maritime Calculator
Requires a schema version 463 or higher.
A FuelEU Calculator is now available on the Carbon Calculator under a new tab enabled with the configuration flag CFGEnableFuelEU. The FuelEU calculation breaks down Consumption, Energy, GHG Intensities, and Compliance Balance by voyage leg and displays Voyage Total Energy, Compliance Balance, and Penalty amounts. This feature requires an IMOS database schema version 463 or higher.
New in Trading: Link a Carbon Allowance Sale to a Purchase and include it as an Allocation
This is an additional solution and requires a separate license. You must have the General Trading Module Right selected. Access to other forms and actions also requires specific Module Rights. Your configuration might differ from the information shown. Requires user permissions to enter Carbon Allowance Trades.
You can now link a Carbon Allowance Sell Trade to one or more matching Buy Trades so the available inventory of specific trades can be updated correctly. This feature uses the existing Allocation tabs in the Carbon Allowance trade, where you can select the buy/sell trade you want to link to and then choose the quantity to link. As with transfers, you cannot allocate a greater quantity from the buy than is available at that time. Linking the sell trade to the buy updates the available quantity of the trade so it can be correctly linked to other trades or contracts in the system. The exposure for the buy trade updates to reflect the remaining trade quantity.
July 2024
New in Journals: Support for Accruing Freight by Individual BL Dates for Multi-Cargo Voyages
A new checkbox, Prorate Freight Revenue on a Per Cargo Basis, is now in the Accruals Form. When selected, the accruals program uses the BL Date for individual cargo(s) and the cargo’s BL quantity to calculate the accrual percentage and amount to accrue for freight. A new configuration flag, CFGDefaultPnlCalcProrateFreightRevenuePerCargo, automatically enables the calculation option on the Accruals form by default. When you set the CFGDefaultPnlCalcApplyInternalFreightRevenue configuration flag to Y, internal cargoes accrue 100% to the period of the BL Date.
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New in Operations: EOV fields are now available in the Voyage Report Designer table
End of Voyage (EOV) CII statistics fields, including EndOfVoyageDistance, EndOfVoyageEmission, EndOfVoyageAer, and EndOfVoyageCiiGrade, are now available in the Voyage Report Designer table.
May 2024
New in Sustainability: Additional voyage legs included in the Carbon Calculator
To improve the accuracy of emissions calculations, the system now adds an additional leg to the Carbon Calculator itinerary grid under these three conditions:
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New in Operations: Fuel Modes
Requires the configuration flag CFGEnableFuelConsModes and a schema version of 449 or higher.
Introducing Vessel Fuel Modes, a feature that allows you to define multiple sets of consumption rates on a vessel to accurately estimate bunker consumption. You can access Fuel Modes by enabling the configuration flag CFGEnableFuelConsModes. This functionality requires a schema version of 449 or higher.
New in Operations: Improved validation of Port Activity ROBs
All Fast and Last Line port activity fuel ROB values are now validated on the Voyage Manager and Port Activity forms. The system considers ROB values invalid if they show negative consumption or if some values are populated while others are missing. Invalid records are highlighted on the ROBs grid within the Port Activity form, and an error message shows on the Voyage Manager validation display.
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When emission invoicing is enabled in Cargo and Time Charter contracts, you can view and modify related Cash and Allowance invoices in a dedicated IMOS form.
New in Sustainability: Pre-Voyage EU Port of Call and Post-Voyage EU Port of Call added to the Carbon Calculator
Requires a schema version of 45.3 or higher. Requires the configuration flag CFGSustainability.
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The system will auto-populate the Voyage Estimate Commence Date to today when the new configuration flag CFGAutopopulateEstCommencedDate is enabled. If set to 0 or any positive integer, the Commence Date will be populated with today's date plus the entered value when creating or copying a new Estimate. If left blank, there is no change to the current behavior.
New in Sustainability: Edit Sea and Port Emissions fields in Voyages and Estimates
Requires a schema version 432 or higher.
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New in Tasks and Alerts: Additional Voyage-related joins are now available
For added port compliance, you can now use voyage-related joins in Tasks and Alerts rule sets to prevent the posting or saving of invoices if an invoice links to a voyage with specific ports.
March 2023
New in Sustainability: Phase-in percentages are now supported in the Carbon Calculator
Requires database schema version 400.
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Additional Audit Reporting
Feature Board suggestion; requires a schema update
Several fields have been added to the Voyage List, Voyage Invoices List, and other Financials lists to enable more granular reporting on invoice creation and approval.
Warning When Deleting a Port with a Data Submitter
Feature Board suggestion; requires the API and the Agent Portal
For clients that connect to agents and port services suppliers through the API, the system will now warn you if you try to delete a port in the voyage itinerary with a Data Submission entry, helping to ensure that you adjust your itinerary with intention.
Help Save the Planet – Emissions Calculator
Feature Board suggestion
On Estimate and Voyage Itineraries, a new “CO2” column enables you to capture CO2 emitted per leg. When evaluating voyage options, you can minimize the EEOI impact of a voyage by choosing the lowest estimated CO2 emissions.
Trading Profile Option: Display ROB Exposure Based on Future Scheduling
Requires the Trading module
On the Trading Profile form, the logic behind the “Display ROB Exposure Based on Future Scheduling" option has been updated to better handle TCTO voyages, specifically the delivery exposure and capturing the net between that and the leading TCOV ROBs.
Optimize Ballast and Laden Speeds for Maximum TCE
On the Estimate details menu, click “Apply Max TCE Speed” to pull in ballast and laden speeds from the vessel's defined speeds that will result in a maximum TCE result. These speeds will update in the voyage itinerary.
Hide Estimate Columns in Worksheet in VIP
You can now collapse or expand Estimate columns in a Worksheet. Collapsed columns are remembered for each Worksheet.
Create an Estimate from the Benchmark Linked to a Cargo
Configuration flag CFGEnableBenchmarkEstimate must be enabled
You can now create an Estimate from a Cargo based on the linked Benchmark Estimate. On the Cargo “Estimate” menu, click “Add Cargo To New Estimate From Benchmark.”
Display TC In Broker Commission on the Estimate P&L
Configuration flag CFGTciBrokerCommOnEstimate must be enabled
On the Estimate P&L, you can now display a broker commission amount and percent from the Time Charter contract, when applicable.
Click and Drag to Change the Duration of Nonconsecutive Estimates
In the Scheduling workspace, you can click and drag the top or bottom border of a nonconsecutive Estimate to easily modify its duration.
Improved Voyage Visibility on Booking Forms
Configuration flags CFGEnableCargoBooking and CFGEnableVCInBooking must be enabled
On the Cargo and VC In Booking forms, you can now see “Voyage Status” for each associated voyage. You can now click column headers to sort through the list of voyages by column value.
Manage Who Can Edit Accounts in Transactions and Journal Entries
Configuration flag CFGEnableEditTDEandJournalAccountsEntry must be enabled
Administrators can now control access to the "Account” fields within the Transaction Data Entry and Journal Entry forms via two new security permissions at the group or user level: "Edit Account on Transaction Data Entry" and "Edit Account on Journal Entry." Enabling this configuration will supersede configuration flag, "CFGEnableModifyTDEAccounts."
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