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What are demurrage time bar tasks?
Demurrage Time Bar Tasks (DTBT) are reminders tracked by a company to claim the demurrage within a strict frame time. If that time window is missed, then it’s not possible to claim money afterwards, that’s why the demurrage time bar tasks need to appear for each cargo/counterparty.
Understanding Demurrage Time Bar Tasks
The result of demurrage time bar tasks is strictly based on the set-up of the configuration flags. Therefore, before going through demurrage time bar task workflow, get familiar with their configuration to understand what kind of tasks and how many of them to expect in the end. The list of all the related configuration flags can be found at the bottom of the page.
Demurrage Time Bar Task Factors
The auto-generation of DTBT depends on a few factors:
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For each voyage type and/or vessel type, there’s a Demurrage Time Bar Task Generation article that describes what kind of tasks should be generated. Let’s take an example of how to read this information:
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If a voyage is outcharter, only one task is generated for Charterer no matter how many cargoes are present on the voyage. Click the Outcharter Voyages to learn what it means. |
Supplier/Receiver
The Supplier/Receiver name displayed in Demurrage Time Bar Tasks is based on information entered in a Cargo Contract in the Itinerary/Options tab.
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What triggers tasks to be generated?
HF / PE activity is entered in Port Activities for Loading/Discharging port.
Voyage status is set to "Completed".
FOB cargo is created and saved.
How many tasks will be generated?
The task is generated per port per cargo per counterparty.
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If there is only one cargo but two grades being loaded at the port and no supplier names are given for the grades. Two Demurrage Time Bar Tasks will be created for the two unknown suppliers.
Case Study
Counterparty INTCO is an internal company. Cargo contract #3627 shows that cargo was supplied by EXTCO1 (External Company 1) and it should be received by EXTCO2 (External Company 2).
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