January 2024 Changelog

1-31-2024

Veslink Voyage Reporting

Updated the veson.com footer in the URL when sending Voyage Reporting offline form emails to use https, as it was incorrectly flagged by some spam filter settings.

Story EN-54662

1-31-2024

Trading

Previously, settled trades involving clearinghouse were showing incorrect values on the Linked Trades grid. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-53417

1-31-2024

Invoicing & Payments

Previously, under the CFGVendorOverICBSRules flag, business rules with a company match but no vendor match were erroneously considered as candidates for the business rules ledger results. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-53316

1-31-2024

Demurrage & Claims

For reversible ports demurrage commission, the demurrage commission related to I or W port would not show in P&L. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-53079

1-30-2024

Bunker Management VIP Only

Previously, the ECA information was not being set correctly on AT SEA itinerary lines when they were the first itinerary line in a voyage. This has been corrected.

Bug EN-54072

1-29-2024

Trading VIP & IMOS

New configuration flag CFGEnableCOACO2Exposure has been added.
When enabled, the Cargo and VC In COA contracts will now support tracking CO2 exposure when the Exposure Method is set to either Benchmark Estimate or Manual Exposure. The CO2 Exposure fields that are defined will flow down to the linked liftings when the "Use Exposure Settings From COA“ checkbox is selected. The CO2 Exposure will show up on the Trading P&L Summary and Trade Details list under the COA contract for the covered periods when the lifting is not set to confirmed.
Requires CFGEnableCO2Exposure to be enabled and a schema version of 442.

Story EN-54151

1-29-2024

Invoicing & Payments VIP Only

Carbon Allowance trades that have broker commissions will have the Create Trade Commission invoice line item generate automatically in the list as it does for other paper trades. We have also added a new business rule code mapping for the commissions invoice which is FFAC:CARCM.

Bug EN-53863

1-29-2024

Platform UI

Saving the Messaging Service Configuration no longer fails after the module has been open for 5 minutes, and saves failing now display the correct error message.

Bug EN-53519

1-29-2024

Chartering

With schema update 443, allowance reductions for Ice Class Vessel of types "1A" and "1A Super" for EU ETS emission calculations are now supported.

Story EN-48384

1-26-2024

Trading IMOS Only

Previously, CO2 fields in the trade details list could have shown an incorrect amount if a different locale was used in VIP. This has been fixed

Story EN-54212

1-26-2024

Analytics

"Emission Expenses" and "Emission Expenses (Rebill)" fields have been added to the Report Designer as part of Voyage PnLs table. These fields will show values for a snapshot when the "Period Range" matches. Also, "(Calc Option) Apply Emissions Expenses To Period" has been added to control prorated expense values.

Story EN-53800

1-26-2024

Trading

Confirmed status Carbon Allowances appeared on all newly created trading filters. This has been fixed to meet correct filter settings.

Bug EN-53322

1-26-2024

Trading

Previously, Commodity trades that were set as Carbon were including settled CO2 tons in Trading P&L Summary. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-53320

1-26-2024

Chartering VIP Only

General Cargo Ships, a subtype of Bulk Carriers in CII Calculations, previously did not exist in IMOS and as result did not have their specific CII parameters used. Bulk Carriers can now be specified as General Cargo Ships via a checkbox on the Vessel Form and the CII Calculation now accounts for them accordingly.

Story EN-52537

distances-svc-1.0.91350, 1-26-2024

Distances

The following ports were removed from the list of ports with the EU ETS Port of Call checkbox selected:
STS LOCATION OFF KALAMATA

OPL MALTA

OPL GYTHEIO

OPL AUGUSTA

LIMNOS OPL

LEMNOS OPL (STS AREA)

LACONIA OPL

AUGUSTA (OPL)

GOTLAND OPL

MALTA OPL

Story EN-53759

1-25-2024

Trading

Upon settling a Commodity/Trade (Carbon Trade) as Allowance, the status of the Commodity/Trade remained editable. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-53215

1-25-2024

Focus API

New configuration flag has been added:
Flag: CFGCopyBillRemarksToFinInvRemarksInterfacePosted
Description: When enabled, the billRemarks field in the imported XML is copied to financial invoice remarks when the invoice is posted to VIP through the interface.
Data Type: Boolean
Default Value: N
Possible Values: Y, N

Bug EN-53119

1-25-2024

Journals

New configuration flag CFGApplyDespatchToAccrualsPeriod has been added. When enabled, laytime calculation will auto-create demurrage period allocations (used for Monthly Accruals and Voyage PnL) for itinerary ports with despatch - similar to how it creates those period allocations for demurrage.

Story EN-51408

1-24-2024

Trading

Incorrect counterparty on allowance invoice printout issue has been fixed.

Bug EN-53793

1-24-2024

Analytics

The logic for joining an original operations invoice on the Financials Invoice table in Report Designer has been modified as related to the reversal/reversed financials invoices.

Story EN-48440

1-23-2024

Operations

In Voyage Manager, when bunkers are stemmed on "S" Activity Reports, the bunker stem for the portcall will now be reflected as "Actual" in the Port Activities and Operations Overview forms. This, in turn, addresses an issue in Monthly Accruals where exclusion of planned liftings from accruals could incorrectly exclude bunkers received on "S" Activity Reports.

Bug EN-53414

1-23-2024

Messaging Service

Adds support for the Emissions Allowance Invoice through the invoiceImport XML and API. This will make it possible to generate Emissions Allowance Invoices externally from IMOS.

Story EN-53285

1-23-2024

Invoicing & Payments

For BL qty based TU other rev/exp, CP qty had been used mistakenly in the calculation. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-52876

1-23-2024

Messaging Service

Adds support for the Emissions Cash Invoice through the invoiceImport XML and API. This will make it possible to generate Emissions Cash Invoices externally from IMOS.

Story EN-52822

1-22-2024

Operations

As part of the EU ETS Regulation, vessels with GRT below 5000 will be excluded.

Story EN-53185

1-19-2024

Invoicing & Payments

New configuration flag has been added:
Flag: CFGDefaultQtyPriceOnFinancialsInvoiceDetailsFromOpsInvoice
Description: When enabled, Quantity and Price values from the Operations invoice details are passed to the corresponding Financials invoice details when posting an invoice (only for Other Rev/Exp invoices).
Data Type: Boolean
Default Value: N
Possible Values: Y, N

Bug EN-53452

1-19-2024

Trading IMOS Only

Previously, enabling configuration flag CFGAddVesselNameToPaperTrade caused Carbon Allowance Trades to display overlapping Vessel Name and Vessel Type fields. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-53360

1-19-2024

Invoicing & Payments

If the currency is base currency, the exchange rate date in commission invoice detail line was not editable. This has been changed -- it is now editable no matter what the currency is.

Bug EN-52951

distances-svc-1.0.91113, 1-19-2024

Distances

New port added: Kuryk (Kazakhstan)

Story EN-54069

1-18-2024

Operations VIP Only

Previously, in some scenarios, copying a voyage could lead to data from the original voyage being lost. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-54272

1-18-2024

Operations VIP & IMOS

The "Include In PnL" checkbox from the Voyage Carbon Calculator is now visible on Voyage Reports with the field name "Include Emissions Expense In PnL".

Story EN-54009

1-18-2024

Chartering

Previously, a cargo's xml output could display invalid values for CO2 related elements when there are multiple entries for exposure benchmarks. This has been fixed. Also, updated the xml section where these CO2 elements are seen.

Bug EN-53402

1-18-2024

Trading

New configuration flag CFGApplyAvgPriceAndVolOnTCOption has been added.
When enabled, the TC Option contracts that overlap multiple periods will use a weighted average market rate and implied volatility when evaluating the option instead of using the rate per period.
Requires a Delta Model and Pricing Model being defined for the TC Option contract type in a Trading Profile and also the TC Option will need to have the "Use Declaration Date as Expiration Date“ selected.

Story EN-53243

1-18-2024

Operations VIP Only

For Dry Cargos, the Carbon Emissions calculation now uses the Stowage Factor to convert m3/M3 units to MT.

Story EN-52588

webhook-proxy-svc-1.0.134

Chartering

If VV CII endpoint has a response but CII data not available or not up-to-date, webhook will display the card with message "CII data not available for current CII year"

Bug EN-54206

1-16-2024

Analytics VIP Only

Previously, newer Voyage Attachments would not display in Report Designer. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-54053

1-16-2024

Tasks & Alerts VIP & IMOS

Provided a workaround for an issue in Task and Alerts in which Cargo Transfer information is not properly accessible in rulesets that apply to Voyages.

If one wishes to access Cargo Transfer data in Task and Alerts, it should be done by selecting
(Voyage-> Voyage Cargo Handling -> Voyage Cargo Transfers), rather than selecting (Voyage -> Cargo Transfers) directly.

Bug EN-54051

1-16-2024

Journals VIP & IMOS

Previously, the reference number of journal had a chance of not being auto-populated when CFGEnableDocumentNumbers is on. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-53967

1-16-2024

Trading

Previously, CO2 exposure value could have been incorrect when the "Split Cargo/VC In Exposure Across Months" trading profile flag was on, not prorating the CO2 exposure values. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-53914

1-16-2024

Trading

Previously, voyage P&L items using the source code "BSWJ" had a incorrect description when being used as linked trades. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-53879

1-16-2024

Data Center Settings

Previously, IMOS did not revoke certain permissions from a user when a group they were part of was marked as inactive. Now, users will no longer have permissions from inactive groups.

Bug EN-53144

1-16-2024

Invoicing & Payments

The issue where mirrored Time Charter Billing invoices would sometimes not be reversed when the source Time Charter payment invoice was reversed has been fixed.

Bug EN-52718

1-12-2024

Chartering VIP Only

Deactivated fuel types will no longer appear in estimates copied from voyages.

Bug EN-54102

1-12-2024

Trading

Previously, declaration dates on the trade details list for TC options could have been incorrect if there are multiple lifting options. This has been fixed.

Story EN-53590

1-12-2024

Operations VIP & IMOS

When CFGDefaultIncludeCarbonExpInPnl and CFGEnableCO2Pricing are enabled, the 'Include in PnL' checkbox in the Carbon Calculator will now default to on when a new Voyage is created.

Story EN-53541

1-12-2024

Trading

New contract status has been introduced to Commodity Sale / Purchase contracts.
When an invoice is raised for a Commodity Sale / Purchase contract and the ‘Provisional’ checkbox is selected, then the status on the contract will be set to a new status called "Invoiced (Prov.)“

While in the "Invoiced (Prov.)“ status, the Users are able to still make adjustments / changes to the contract form if they have the necessary permissions
Once the Final invoice is raised then the status on the contract will move to "Invoiced“ preventing users from certain actions on the contract

Story EN-53539

1-12-2024

Analytics VIP & IMOS

Report Designer now has emissions settlement fields available for Cargo and TC contracts. Tasks & Alerts can be created using emissions settlement fields for Cargo, TC contracts, and Voyages related to Cargo and TC contracts.

Story EN-53379

1-12-2024

Trading VIP & IMOS

Previously, carbon allowance trades were able to be amended after settlement. With this release, carbon allowance trades are not editable after an invoice or settlement details have been created.

Bug EN-53150

1-12-2024

Voyage P&L VIP & IMOS

Previously, an offhire bunker being billed separately from it's offhire will not be seen in the associated voyage's P&L. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-52890

1-12-2024

Voyage P&L

Previously, an error could be generated when bulk updating Snapshots in the Voyage P&L Snapshot Manager. This issue has been resolved.

Bug EN-52817

1-12-2024

Chartering

Previously, setting manual bunker values on an automatically generated delay for a Voyage Estimate would result in those changes being lost. This is now fixed. Minimum schema required is 440.

Bug EN-52550

1-11-2024

Invoicing & Payments

Occasionally, an incremental freight invoice with demurrage and its associated commission would display an incorrect amount in the Final Freight Statement. This has been corrected.

Bug EN-52396

1-10-2024

Chartering VIP Only

The Time Charter fields DeliveryDateLocal, RedeliveryDateLocal, MinRedelDateLocal, and MaxRedelDateLocal will now display the correct values in reporting when Use Local Time is enabled. Two new fields have been added for local time Time Charter Hire reporting: HireFromLocal and HireToLocal.

Bug EN-53816

1-10-2024

Operations

The Carbon Calculator now displays the Agreed Cost in the voyage's base currency.

Story EN-53514

1-10-2024

Operations

When an estimate start with zero initial bunker inventory, the emission calculation now respects the estimated consumption on the first itinerary line.

Bug EN-53386

1-10-2024

Invoicing & Payments

Previously, after a TCOB invoice was posted and released to the interface, the "percentage" XML element displayed incorrect value for Off Hire Bunker line items due to time zone differences. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-52871

1-10-2024

Invoicing & Payments

Business Rules setup in the Financials module incorrectly prompted user to auto-generate missing rules in some cases. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-52563

1-9-2024

Voyage P&L VIP & IMOS

Previously, emissions cash invoices for TCO contracts were not appearing correctly in voyage PnL when beneficiary was populated on the contract. With this release, emissions cash invoices for TCO contracts appear correctly with invoice ID and amounts.

Bug EN-53991

1-9-2024

System Performance VIP Only

In the Voyage Manager, when a voyage with more than 75 ports is saved, a visible indicator will now be displayed, and timeouts will be suppressed, until saving the voyage has finished.

Bug EN-53474

1-9-2024

Trading VIP & IMOS

Previously, Trading PnL Summary Report was not showing CO2 Tons and CO2 Exposure fields. With this release, these fields are shown in the Trading PnL Summary Report when selected.

Bug EN-53076

1-9-2024

Analytics VIP & IMOS

Updated the Next Port Name in Report Designer and related Voyage Forms. It is no longer the first Planned Port in the Itinerary after the Current Port, but instead just the first Planned Port in the Itinerary.

Bug EN-53044

1-9-2024

Demurrage & Claims

Previously, the Port function field in laytime_c calculations only displayed the port function for the top row of the selected port. Now, we've improved it to show the port functions of all related items in the cargo handling tab of the voyage.

Bug EN-52924

1-9-2024

Platform UI VIP Only

Fixes a bug where the warning about unsaved changes was not showing when exiting/closing a modified form.

Bug EN-52862

1-9-2024

Invoicing & Payments

Previously, when posting final invoice for a Physical commodity trade, corresponding provisional invoice's deduction base amount would change incorrectly. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-52653

1-9-2024

Chartering VIP & IMOS

In Vessel Schedule, the Trade Area filter has changed from being a Single-Select to a Multi-Select control.

Story EN-51013

1-8-2024

Operations

When creating a new voyage, UDF dropdown fields work correctly.

Bug EN-53415

1-8-2024

Chartering VIP Only

Previously, deviation estimates could show the wrong number of off hire days in the P&L. This has been corrected.

Bug EN-52808

1-8-2024

Focus API

Added handling for the "Fixed By", "Billing Period" and "Currency" fields to the UpdateTimeCharter message.

Story EN-52749

1-8-2024

Invoicing & Payments

The issue where the following columns for Relet invoices were not displaying data in the Voyage Invoice List has been fixed: First BL Code, First BL Date, First Cargo ID. Also, Freight Balance % column is now more accurate for these invoices in the list.

Bug EN-52528

1-8-2024

Analytics

Previously, bank information was missing from Analytics report for mirrored voyage's demurrage invoices that have been invoiced as AR. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-52433

1-5-2024

Operations VIP Only

Previously, Bunker Requirements were incorrectly allowed to be created for Passing, Terminating, and Commencing ports in the context menu of the Voyage Manager’s Itinerary. This has been fixed so that the option to do so no longer exists.

Bug EN-52960

distances-svc-1.0.90580, 1-5-2024

Distances

New port: Kobexindo Cement Port (Indonesia)

Story EN-53935

distances-svc-1.0.90580, 1-5-2024

Distances

New port: Offshore Helm (Tunisia)

Story EN-53758

distances-svc-1.0.90580, 1-5-2024

Distances

Updated country and time zone info for ports in Norfolk Island

Story EN-53742

distances-svc-1.0.90580, 1-5-2024

Distances

New piracy zones added for Indian Ocean and Cabo Delgado based on new JWLA-032. The old piracy zones for these areas corresponding to JWLA-027 (now outdated) have been deactivated.

Story EN-53734

1-4-2024

Chartering VIP Only

An issue related to the 'create' and 'delete' icons not showing on modals within the Trading module has been resolved.

Bug EN-52744

gatekeeper-svc-1.0.1092

Security & User Mgmt N/A

n/a

Story EN-51605