July 2023 Release Notes

7-27-2023

Lightering VIP Only

In Lightering Job and Lightering Support Job, fixed an issue where inactive lightering ports could be selected in new contracts. Additionally, a warning has been added on save if a new lightering operation is being created for which no default pricing has been specified.

Bug EN-49726

7-27-2023

Chartering VIP Only

When multi-grade cargoes are enabled, the Voyage Fixture Report XML now includes the Description and "Dangerous" flag state for each individual cargo grade.

Story EN-48663

7-27-2023

Trading VIP & IMOS

In the Freight Matrix, users can now add Estimates by searching for their Worksheet Name.

Story EN-48637

7-27-2023

Platform UI VIP Only

Warning dialog for multisite password updates is only shown on sites that have multisite relationships

Story EN-48059

7-26-2023

Invoicing & Payments

Previously, users were unable to post payments for invoices that are issued in currencies other than USD. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-49907

7-26-2023

Chartering VIP Only

In the Cargo contract form, fixed an issue where "Link to New VC In" action may inadvertently overwrite properties of the new VC In with system default values for new contracts.

Bug EN-49109

7-26-2023

Analytics

Entry Date Gmt field has been added to the Payment table in the Report Designer.

Story EN-48630

tradehub-api-1.0.83910

Trade Hub

Heading direction now displaying correct values matching with input.
Distance from port are shown in destination work flow.

Bug EN-49863

7-25-2023

Operations VIP Only

In the Voyage Freight Summary report, fixed an issue where the displayed "Loading Port" and "Discharge Port" may be inaccurate in multi-cargo voyages.

Bug EN-49859

7-25-2023

Chartering VIP Only

Fixed an issue where "ECA - ICELAND 12NM" fuel zone would be inconsistently applied to itinerary if "ECA - ICELAND" fuel zone was simultaneously enabled.

Bug EN-49810

7-25-2023

Chartering

The Estimator's Column view now includes an option to Include TCO emission expenses in the PnL.

Story EN-49026

7-25-2023

Operations VIP Only

Introduced new configuration setting CFGDefaultIncludeCarbonExpInPnl. When this setting is enabled, the Carbon Calculator Include in PnL setting will be checked by default for new estimates.

Story EN-48517

7-24-2023

Journals

Previously CM checkbox was only visible when CFGVoyaccAccrualType flag was set to Act value. This issue has been fixed.

Bug EN-49767

7-24-2023

Invoicing & Payments

When configuration flag CFGActEnableSaveOnly was enabled, it was not possible to post journal entries without approving them; this has been fixed.

Bug EN-49130

7-24-2023

Demurrage & Claims

Estimated Demurrage now updates the Days Allowed when the Auto-update from itinerary checkbox is enabled.

Bug EN-49008

7-24-2023

Demurrage & Claims

Previously users were not able to import activities from the "Select From existing Laytime Calculation" option. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-48479

7-24-2023

Chartering VIP Only

When using "M-ports" in Voyage Estimator and Voyage Manager, fixed an issue where importing a cargo contract which updates the ballast vs. laden status of a sea leg may not trigger the automatic update of ballast speed to laden speed on applicable sea legs.

Bug EN-47612

7-21-2023

Operations

Transport Work calculations for voyages are now initialized with interservice cargo quantities.

Story EN-48692

7-21-2023

Invoicing & Payments

Some messages, errors and warnings in the Transaction Data Entry and Payment forms have been modified to be more uniform and informative.

Story EN-47643

7-19-2023

Chartering VIP & IMOS

When the CFGEnableAgGridInNotificationsPanel flag is on, users will now see an icon in the Worksheet Estimate Column view to expand a panel that shows Notifications for that Estimate, including Tasks, Alerts, and Webhooks.

Story EN-45942

7-17-2023

Journals

Previously, when CFGDefaultPnLCalcCapAmortContractFulfillmentCosts was enabled and "Apply Bunker Consumption to Period" was not enabled, bunkers consumed between the nomination date and load date were not capitalized and amortized. This issue has been fixed.

Bug EN-48213

7-17-2023

Journals

Previously, CFGExcludePlannedLiftingOnReconcileRobs could have included planned bunkers in Monthly Accruals when enabled along with 'Reconcile Bunker ROB for Current Voyages' calculation option. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-47778

7-17-2023

Operations VIP Only

In Voyage Manager, fixed an issue where voyage attachment storage could inadvertently be shared between voyages based on specific combinations of vessel code and voyage number. This will no longer occur on new voyages created in VIP.

Bug EN-47420

7-14-2023

Invoicing & Payments

Previously invoices imported through autoinv.exe messaging program were not processed successfully due to added Financial Invoice Approval checks. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-49036

7-14-2023

Operations

ETS calculation now excludes Slavbard ports.

Story EN-48942

7-14-2023

Invoicing & Payments

Previously Hire Statement was not loading and timing out. With latest SQL index update this has been addressed.

Bug EN-48941

7-14-2023

Voyage P&L IMOS Only

Previously, voyage expenses with sub-codes in a Bareboat Payment did not acquire the existing business rule. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-47748

7-14-2023

Data Center Settings VIP Only

Added new validation to Address Book import that ensures new Address Book short names do not contain control characters or leading and trailing spaces.

Story EN-47704

7-14-2023

Invoicing & Payments

Previously, Laytime Calculation invoice reports for Owner invoices displayed CP Date from the Cargo contract instead of the VC In contract; this has been fixed.

Bug EN-47296

7-13-2023

Invoicing & Payments

When a Freight invoice was made using the Invoice currency specified in the cargo's CP Quantity Details form, posting the invoice could result in the freight rate changing in the invoice, P&L and the cargo contract; this has been fixed.

Bug EN-48841

7-13-2023

Trading VIP & IMOS

Expanded the Carbon Exposure functionality to include COA contracts. Requires CFGEnableCO2Exposure to be enabled and the Trading module. With both of these, the CO2 fields will now be available in the COA contract and these contracts, when defined, will show carbon exposure in the Trading P&L.

Story EN-48090

7-13-2023

Trading VIP & IMOS

Previously, some TC contracts with multiple unpriced components could have resulted in a long loading time for the TC contract. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-47620

7-13-2023

Voyage P&L VIP & IMOS

Previously, Estimated Demurrage for a SPOT voyage was incorrectly displayed as Revenue in the Voyage P&L. This issue has been fixed.

Bug EN-47616

7-12-2023

Journals

When calculation options "Apply TC Expenses to Period" and "Apply TC Rebills to Period" were enabled, rebill items associated with a custom subcode were being prorated instead of being applied to the period for which Accruals were run. This issue has been fixed.

Bug EN-48119

7-12-2023

Operations VIP Only

Previously, the Daily Cost field was not being updated when rescheduling a Voyage to a different Vessel. With this fix, the value is now correctly updated with the Daily Cost of the new Vessel.

Bug EN-47889

7-11-2023

Veslink Voyage Reporting

Veslink changes to support delay transaction in sealibs.

Story EN-48948

7-11-2023

Trading

New Port Action DR (Document Remittance) has been added to the list of available actions.

Story EN-48904

7-11-2023

Veslink Voyage Reporting VIP Only

Fixes a bug so that the Load/Discharge nomination tables (LoadCargoHandlings and DiscCargoHandlings tables) now match the sequence of the itinerary.

Story EN-47055

7-11-2023

Invoicing & Payments

Updates the existing invoicing process to prevent users from circumventing the Financial Control requirements when raising invoices from the TDE directly.

Configuration Flag: CFGUseLegacyTDEApprovalLogic
Description: When enabled, operations invoices created from within the TDE will not enforce financial control requirements for approvals.
Data Type: Boolean.
Default Value: N
Possible Values: Y, N

Story EN-44496

7-11-2023

Demurrage & Claims VIP Only

A new voyage template setting as been introduced that allows for the creation of per-counterparty, per-port estimated demurrage when both CFGEnableMultiEstDem and CFGAutoCreateEstVoyageDemurrage are enabled.

Story EN-43984

focus-messaging-svc-1.0.83001

Platform API

Fixed an issue with field validation in the apply messages endpoint.

Bug EN-48954

tradehub-app-1.0.82924

Trade Hub

Vessel import bug in market insights is fixed. When vessel import button clicked, now it will pass vessel details directly to mvsl.
It will show corresponding vessel details in vessel lists when imported from tradehub.

Bug EN-47900

7-10-2023

Veslink Voyage Reporting

Veslink changes to support focus-side changes for delay transaction processing.

Story EN-48919

7-10-2023

Bunker Management

Previously, there was an error that would display the wrong ROBs on the Voyage P&L Report if when invoicing debunkering for a voyage, the invoiced quantity was more negative than the operations quantity. This is now fixed by saving the voyage where this occurs.

Bug EN-46573

7-10-2023

Operations

The Voyage Manager now calculates Transport Work and EEOI. These values can be viewed from the Sustainability Panel. With schema 419 and above, the Estimate and Voyage's Transport Work and EEOI values can be used in Report Designer and Task and Alerts.

Story EN-42840

7-7-2023

Data Center Settings VIP & IMOS

Previously, there was an issue importing vessels from external sources. This has been corrected.

Bug EN-48867

7-7-2023

Platform API

An issue where importing an invoice XML through autoinv.exe could result in other invoices being affected when no invoice number was specified in the incoming XML has been fixed.

Bug EN-48703

7-7-2023

Chartering

Previously, bookings which used commingled quantities would price cargoes with no commingle codes as a single commingled quantity to calculate freight invoices. This is now fixed.

Bug EN-48430

7-7-2023

Chartering VIP Only

Before, clients were unable to view and filter the list of COA contracts by Contract Link value. This is now possible.

Story EN-48378

7-7-2023

Invoicing & Payments

A new XML tag billVia is now supported in invoiceImport XML messages, this can be used to set the Bill Via information for an invoice when it is imported through autoinv.exe program. For Freight invoices, if billVia field is not specified, it is fetched from the first cargo in the invoice. A fix will be made later to the PublishInvoice JSON file so this information can be also imported through API.

Story EN-46787

tradehub-app-1.0.82742

Chartering VIP Only

The Open Valuation function in Tradehub is renamed to Open Matrix, and fixed an issue in which the link pointed towards the wrong module. It now correctly points at the trading module.

Bug EN-48606