The Voyage Manager is the central point for managing a voyage in IMOS. It is the endpoint from a Voyage Estimate or Voyage Fixture and the beginning point of voyage accounting, that is, invoice creation.
- Charterers can use the Voyage Manager to view forecasted voyages and review or update contract terms and to compare the actual P&L of completed voyages to their Estimates.
- Operators can use the Voyage Manager to find, record, and adjust all the data for a voyage in one place:
- View the original contract terms
- Manage the voyage itinerary
- Record Cargo Bill of Lading data
- Record delays
- Create Laytime Calculations
- Review/record bunker consumption
- Create AP/AR invoices
- Create/execute tasks
- Create Voyage Instructions
- Generate Performance Reports
- Accounting users can use the Voyage Manager to view and manage invoices and the voyage P&L.
- The Voyage Manager has tabs along the bottom for viewing/managing the voyage from different perspectives: Estimate, Operations, Invoices, Profit & Loss, Contacts, Notes, Revisions, and Instructions. It opens with the Operations tab active.
- To view the itinerary on the map in Veslink Distances, below the Itinerary, click
.
Creating a New Voyage
A voyage can either be created from scratch or contain the data entered by the Chartering user into a Voyage Estimate, Voyage Fixture, Cargo, VC In, Time Charter In, or Time Charter Out.
Opening an Existing Voyage
To open an existing voyage, do one of the following:
- In the Operations module center
, under Quick Links, click Voyage Manager. Select the Vessel and Voy No. - Open the Voyage Manager from one of the Operations Tools.
- Select a voyage from the Voyage List.
- On the Voyage Manager:
- Click
and then search for the voyage. - To open the form for the previous or next voyage, click
or 
.
- Click
Tow Voyages
With the Barging module, there are additional options on the toolbar for managing Tow voyages:
: Access the Tow and allocate overlap costs. This button appears when a tow is participating in overlapping voyages.
: Access the Activity Log to manage the equipment involved in the voyage.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Bunker Purchase History Report | |
| Cache Voyage P&L | |
| Default Company on TCI Select | |
| Default Lob on TCI Select | |
| Default Show Cargo Tasks and Alerts in Voyage | |
| Delete Fixture Upon Voyage Deletion | |
| Enable COA Seq in Operations Overview | |
| Enable Draft View by Portcall | |
| Enable Manual Vessel Name Complete | |
| Enable Voyage Manager Cargo List | |
| Enable Voyage Manager Operations Overview | |
| Reset COA Lifting Upon Fixture Deletion | |
| Show Hours in Voyage Manager Itinerary | |
| Use Cached Voyage P&L | |
| Use Company Lob Trade Area Hierarchy | |
| Use Voyage Estimate Voyage Deviation | |
| Verify Matching Company | |
| Warn Non Coordinator When Saving Voyage | |
| Warn on Mismatched Consecutive Voyages | |
| Enable Lat Lon Override |