Shipping Companies & Departments

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🕐 45 20 min

This course introduces the learner to the concepts of the Commercial Shipping Industry, the market participants, and how they interact with each other.

Vessels, Cargoes, & Ports

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🕐 30 In this course, we explore what a shipping company is and the different departments that enable a shipping company to run efficiently.

Shipping Market Participants

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🕐 15 min

This course introduces the learner to the vessel's details, how they are connected to the cargo types and the port facilities' details.

Navigating the IMOS Platform

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🕐 25 In this course, we review market participants that form the commercial maritime industry and their respective role and core responsibilities.

Global Shipping & Trade Overview

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🕐 15 min

Navigating Veson IMOS Platform introduces the basic concepts of the Veson IMOS Platform, including step-by-step guidance on how to set up your workspace and find relevant information and tools.

IMOS Platform Overview

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🕐 75 This course provides an overview of the maritime shipping industry and how it is connected to global trade.

Vessels, Cargoes, & Ports

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🕐 30 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.

Elements of Time Charter

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🕐 50 This course introduces the learner to the vessel's details, how they are connected to the cargo types and the port facilities' details.

Navigating the IMOS Platform

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🕐 105 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

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🕐 45 learning path starts with an overview on Veson Nautical and how core workflows in IMOS propel maritime commerce for Veson clients. Then we introduce the basic concepts of the IMOS Platform, including how to access and navigate the platform, and set up workspaces.

IMOS Platform Overview

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🕐 75 min

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

Voyage Estimation Overview

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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 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

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🕐 90 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 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

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🕐 60 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

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🕐 50 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

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

Scheduling Best Practices

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🕐 45 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

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

Voyage Estimation Overview

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🕐 45 min

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

Hire Management Basics

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🕐 105 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

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🕐 90 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

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🕐 75 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

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🕐 60 min

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

Mirror Contract Management

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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

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🕐 60 min

Mirror Standard Contract Management covers workflow and creation of mirrored contracts 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.

Introduction to Voyage Manager

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Cargo Contracts Advanced

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🕐 25 70 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

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

Hire Management Basics

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🕐 105 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

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🕐 20 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

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🕐 75 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

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

Mirror Contract Management

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🕐 60 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

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

Introduction to Voyage Manager

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🕐 25 min

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

Freight Basics

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🕐 30 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

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🕐 90 min

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

Bunker Management Overview

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🕐 60 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

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🕐 20 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

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

Port Disbursement Process Overview

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🕐 40 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

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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

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🕐 70 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

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

Freight Basics

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🕐 30 min

Voyage and Operation Types - Vessel Owners

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🕐 30

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.

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

Bunker Management Overview

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Snapshots Overview

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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.

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

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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

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🕐 35 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

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🕐 30 min

Understanding Voyage P&L As part of the Voyage and Operation Types series, this 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

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🕐 20 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

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Overview for Accountants - Additional Modules

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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.

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

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🕐 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.

Basic Concepts of Financials

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Snapshots Overview

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🕐 35 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

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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

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Introduction to Invoice Workflow

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🕐 35 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.

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

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🕐 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

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🕐 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

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🕐 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

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🕐 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

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🕐 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

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🕐 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

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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

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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

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Sustainable Shipping Overview

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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.

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

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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

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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

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🕐 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:

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Emissions and Contracts in IMOS

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🕐 30 20 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

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🕐 30 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

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🕐 20 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.

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:

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Calculating Carbon Emissions Expenses

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🕐 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

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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

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🕐 30 min

This course provides will provide an overview of sustainability features, including Carbon view, CII Band, Combined Estimates, Speed Comparison Analysis report, and Apply Min CO2 Speedcreating cash carbon emissions invoices in the Cargo contract and Time Charter contract.

EU ETS:

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Managing EU Allowances in IMOS

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🕐 20 30 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

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🕐 30 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

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🕐 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

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Elements of Trading

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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

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🕐 10 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. 

Before taking this course and future Trading Module courses, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with IMOS terminology, workspace, and contracts with these courses:

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

Q88 Dry Overview

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