This is a Key Topic, with high value for all users.
On the Vessel Routes tab, you can set preferences for routes to take or to block, for example, because of piracy.
You can also enter default costs that will import into the Estimate for this vessel; they can be changed there.
To specify route preferences, click to add a new row, and complete the fields for the Region in the row.
- Toll (Ballast/Laden): These default into the Port Expenses of the Voyage Estimate or voyage.
- Use: The Estimate is sensitive to settings for when to use in calculating the route between ports.
- Port days and Extra Port days: This will designate the number of days to include for a given port. Any value here will supersede a value set with a configuration flag such as "CFGDefaultSuezXPDays" or "CFGDefaultPanamaXPDays".
Specifying an area to be avoided becomes the default setting for all voyages created with this vessel. You can set Piracy and ECA Avoidance/Routing per voyage in the Estimate and the Voyage Manager.
Inshore and River routing: CFGDistancesAvoidInshore and CFGDistancesAvoidRivers can dictate Vessels to avoid inshore and river routing as best as possible throughout the system.