February 2024 Changelog

2-29-2024

Veslink Voyage Reporting 

Added a new Veslink system configuration setting "Disable all form sharing emails for rejected forms", when enabled form sharing emails are not sent when forms are rejected

Story EN-55282

2-29-2024

Chartering VIP & IMOS

The three fields 'Agreed ETS CO2 (MT)', 'Agreed ETS Cost (EUR)', and 'Agreed ETS Cost (USD)' have been added to the Carbon Calculator for Voyage Estimates to match the existing fields on the Carbon Calculator for Voyages.

Story EN-54678

2-29-2024

Demurrage & Claims 

Use excess time to allocate the demurrage to port/period.

Story EN-52461

2-28-2024

Veslink Voyage Reporting 

Resolved an issue where adding fields in Form Designer did not work for some users

Bug EN-55378

webhook-proxy-svc-1.0.138

Platform API 

Voyage Itineraries are now available in webhook-proxy. Webhook cards will no longer displayed from Voyage manager unless XPD data are valid and congestion data available in oceanbolt.

Bug EN-55115

2-27-2024

Invoicing & Payments VIP Only

The issue where clicking the Add Details button in a freight invoice would sometimes result in a crash has been fixed.

Bug EN-55268

connect-app-1.0.3286

Connect 

Drawer button icons are replaced with font-awesome svgs.

Story EN-55171

2-26-2024

Veslink Voyage Reporting 

Resolved an issue where approving a Statement of Facts form with ROB values didn't properly import all values under a specific circumstance when the vessel has 6 fuel types.

Bug EN-55222

2-26-2024

EU ETS IMOS Only

When generating an intercompany Carbon Allowance sale, sell allowances improperly showed as a negative value to a receivable Transaction Data Entry. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-54916

2-26-2024

Voyage P&L 

Previously, TC hire commission could have been populated within the Voyage P&L even if the operation ledger code associated with the TC hire was marked as not commissionable. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-54271

2-26-2024

Voyage P&L IMOS Only

"Apply Carbon Expenses to Period“ checkbox has been added to the Calculation Options section on the Voyage P&L Summary Report in Operations. This setting will be automatically selected when CFGDefaultApplyCarbonExpenseToPeriod is on.

Story EN-54159

2-26-2024

Invoicing & Payments 

The following configuration flag has been introduced to re-calculate the currency amounts (instead of base currency amounts) in the Transaction Data Entry form when exchange rate is changed in specific situations for TC invoices.

Name: CFGEnableTcFinCurrAmountRecalc
Description: When enabled, modifying exchange rates in the financial Time Charter invoices under specific circumstances will result in a recalculation of detail line amounts the same way as in Operational TC Invoices. Requires CFGAddExchDatetoTCIPandTCOBForms to be disabled and CFGActUpdateOpsExchangeRate to be enabled.
Data Type: Boolean
Default Value: N
Possible Values: Y, N

Bug EN-53391

2-26-2024

Trading 

With this change, if a Cargo is using the Benchmark Estimate exposure method and the estimate is associated with multiple cargoes, the CO2 Tons/Exposure will be prorated based on quantity. The prorated values will be displayed in the Traded Details Lists and the Trading P&L Summary Report.

Story EN-47853

imos-gateway-svc-1.0.92357, focus-gateway-svc-1.0.92357, 2-26-2024

Journals VIP & IMOS

Added the functionality to create voyage period journal filtered by the source parameter in the RunVoyagePeriodJournals endpoint. Created new API endpoint for posting voyage period journal. The endpoint for posting the voyage period journal is PostVoyagePeriodBill.

Story EN-53850

2-23-2024

Invoicing & Payments IMOS Only

Previously, Voyage Other Revenues and Expenses invoice's standard paragraphs could not be reopened after having been saved. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-55090

2-23-2024

Veslink Voyage Reporting VIP & IMOS

In Form Designer, limit selection of paragraph type elements in Form Designer based on any injected external fields in regard to the reference form's root (Voyage/Cargo).

Bug EN-54882

2-23-2024

Trading 

With this release, a Due Date has been added to the Commodity/Option Trade contract for Carbon Trades to allow the user to pay for an EU allowance in advance of settlement/expiration date.

Story EN-54746

2-23-2024

Operations VIP & IMOS

In the Carbon Calculator, the 'Sea ETS Emission (MT)' and 'Port ETS Emission (MT)' columns are now editable for both Voyages and Voyage Estimates.

Story EN-54356

2-23-2024

Chartering 

Previously on cargo contract save/XML export, the first benchmark estimate would be used for the top-level carbon exposure. This has been changed to use the first selected benchmark estimate in the grid.

Bug EN-54219

2-23-2024

Trading IMOS Only

Previously, calculations for the Trading P&L Snapshot function would error on bad data and stop the process of creating a snapshot. With this change, if there is a NaN error, it will be logged and the snapshot process will continue to completion.

Bug EN-54099

2-23-2024

Analytics 

Previously, Invoice Type field/column filter in Create Voyage Invoices list and Voyage Projected Invoice table in the Report Designer did not have all possible values for auto-complete. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-53982

2-23-2024

Invoicing & Payments 

Additional (optional) "portNo" XML tag has been added to the "invoice" type interface notification message. It is in the invoice/invoiceDetails/itinerary XML section.

Story EN-53445

2-22-2024

Trading IMOS Only

Previously, physical commodity trades showed "Delivery Port" in the contract form. This has been changed to "Port".

Story EN-55084

2-22-2024

Operations VIP Only

A new EU ETS Exclusion (STS) checkbox has been added to the Port form. When this is checked for a port, it will be excluded as a Port of Call from the Carbon Calculator.

Story EN-54805

2-22-2024

Operations VIP Only

Previously, a validation error could occur when trying to copy commenced and completed Voyages to the first Voyage of a Time Charter Contract. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-54471

2-22-2024

Chartering 

Previously, allowance price may have been incorrect in the allowance invoice grid when the default value was set from a voyage with a agreed ETS quantity. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-54191

2-22-2024

Invoicing & Payments 

Previously, when both configuration flags CFGEnableDocumentNumbers and CFGPreserveInvNoOnReversal are enabled, invoice numbers are not retained when invoices are reversed from the Transaction Summary list. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-53989

2-21-2024

EU ETS 

Previously, allowance related emission invoices deleted from within their contracts (Time Charter or Cargo) - were not effectively deleted from the database. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-55101

2-21-2024

Disbursement Interface 

N/A

Story EN-54888

2-21-2024

Invoicing & Payments 

This is a display issue. When posting an FDA, the description of rounding error adjustment for itemizing paid advance mistakenly written as exchange rate difference. This has been corrected.

Bug EN-54546

2-21-2024

Trading IMOS Only

Previously, the received date field in the Trade Unit's Revenue/Expenses invoice was not editable in certain invoices. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-54193

2-20-2024

Trading 

When Trade Unit is pending, users are now prevented from creating FOB Voyages, and creating/editing the Misc. Rev and Expense list.

Story EN-51034

2-19-2024

Chartering VIP Only

The Voyage Estimate no longer requires linked contracts with non-N/A Settlement Terms defined in order for Emission Expenses to appear in the P&L when CFGEnableCargoEmissionsAllocation and CFGEnableTCEmissionsAllocation are enabled.

Bug EN-55069

2-19-2024

Invoicing & Payments 

Previously, importing Voyage Other Revenue/Expense type of invoice through the VIP interface - including the Qty and Rate in invoice details - did not transpire those values properly into the resulting invoice's details. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-54226

2-19-2024

Messaging Service 

Previously, checking "Redirect Output" in a Scheduled Task action could result in an out of memery error. The issue has been fixed.

Story EN-54214

2-16-2024

Chartering VIP Only

Previously, an issue blocked the functionality to copy a TC with emission invoices and transfers. This issue has been fixed.

Bug EN-55033

2-16-2024

Chartering VIP & IMOS

A new config flag `CFGAutoPopulateEstCommencedDate` has been added. If set to `0` or any positive integer, the Commence Date will be populated with today's date plus the value of this config flag, when creating or copying a new Estimate. If left blank, there is no change to current behavior.

Story EN-54708

2-16-2024

Veslink Voyage Reporting VIP & IMOS

Element 'Last3CargoLoadings' added to the Data Dictionary within the Voyage table. When added to a Voyage Instructions form, populates with the latest 3 cargo loads to take place on the vessel, starting from the reference voyage and sorted by descending itinerary order. For this join to function in a Voyage Instructions form, enable setting "Use Json Veslink Form Queries" (CFGUseJsonVeslinkFormQueries).

Story EN-54451

distances-svc-1.0.92017, 2-16-2024

Distances 

New River/Inland waterway ECA zones added

Story EN-54923

distances-svc-1.0.92017, 2-16-2024

Distances 

Updated time zone for ports in Jordan

Story EN-54788

distances-svc-1.0.92017, 2-16-2024

Distances 

Updated coordinates for 3 ports in Belgium

Story EN-54759

2-15-2024

Operations 

Previously, an error could be encountered when opening Bunker Survey Cost records after enabling fuel type deactivation features. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-55000

2-15-2024

Operations VIP Only

When updating cargo handling via autonoon, fixed an issue where omission of cargo density info (<OapiShip>) would incorrectly clear any previously-set density info on the related cargo handling record.

Bug EN-54096

2-15-2024

Messaging Service 

Previously, combinations of complex XPath filters and large messages could block message processor processing. This has been fixed.

Story EN-52735

2-14-2024

Bunker Management VIP Only

In the Bunker Requirement form, fixed an issue which could prevent opening the Bunker Invoice linked to a given Bunker Purchase.

Bug EN-54293

2-14-2024

Chartering VIP Only

An Emissions tab has been added to the CP Terms Details form that includes the Settlement Type, Billing Period, and Payment Terms fields. An Emission Expenses (Rebill) line item will appear in the Estimate P&L for certain operation types when a cargo is configured with a non-N/A settlement type.

Story EN-53837

focus-messaging-svc-1.0.91931

Focus API VIP Only

Relaxed the requirement to use a cargo booking in the applyUpdateVoyage mutation.

Bug EN-54833

2-13-2024

Messaging Service 

Previously, scheduled task notifications required a To address in order to send notifications emails, regardless of the CC and BCC fields. Now, notifications can be sent with only CC and/or BCC addresses specified as well.

Story EN-54354

2-12-2024

Veslink Voyage Reporting VIP & IMOS

Fixed issue preventing offline form exception emails from sending.

Bug EN-54925

2-12-2024

Trading VIP & IMOS

Added a new config, CFGAddClosedStatusToPaperTrades. When the flag is enabled a new "Closed“ status will be added to the Paper Trades form. This status can only be used once the trade has been fully settled, and it will not be set automatically by any extra process in the system. Additionally, enabling this configuration flag allows linking of Paper Trades that are in Pending, Partially Settled or Settled states in addition to Confirmed.

Story EN-53956

2-12-2024

Trading 

Carbon exposure calculations have been adjusted to correctly accommodate different currencies on the market and on the contract being evaluated.

Bug EN-53877

2-12-2024

Trading VIP & IMOS

New configuration flag CFGEnableVCCOAEmissionsAllocation has been added.
When enabled, the Emissions tab will be visible on voyage cargo COA contracts, Cargo and VC In where the Allowance Settlement, Billing Period and Payment Terms can be defined. If they are defined at the COA level, they will default to these values on the lifting. The tables tracking the invoices and transfers will still only be visible at the lifting level, where the COA contract will just capture the contract values. If a lifting already has a settlement type defined, changing it at the COA level will not override the lifting level unless Bulk Update is used. The available Settlement Types will differ depending on an environment’s license. Requires that CFGEnableCargoEmissionsAllocation to be enabled.

Story EN-53798

2-12-2024

Trading 

Added support to the RouteUpdate and Settlements message handler to support the Freight Option, Bunker Option and Commodity Option market types being priced in the same way that the other market data is fed across.

Story EN-53077

2-9-2024

Invoicing & Payments VIP Only

When working with FOB-related invoices, fixed an issue where the outgoing invoice XML notification could include extra, unrelated <port> elements.

Bug EN-54701

2-9-2024

Data Center Settings 

Added a new cfg flag, CFGEURegistryAccountOnAddress. When enabled, the Address Book record will have a location to store the EU Registry account number and information. This account will then be utilized in the Emissions Allowance Invoice and the Emissions Allowance Transfer. Requires a schema version of at least 44.5.

Story EN-53987

2-9-2024

Trading 

A new checkbox, "Transferred“, has been added to the Carbon Allowance form. When this checkbox is selected it will indicate that allowances have been transferred from a counterparty instead of being bought from the market.
When a Cargo or TC Out contract have an Allowance Settlement type of Allowances or Hybrid and there is a posted Allowance Invoice, the user can right-click on the Allowance Invoice row and be presented with the option to create a new Carbon Allowance.
Requires the user to have permissions to enter in the Carbon Allowance Trades.

Story EN-53801

distances-svc-1.0.91773, 2-9-2024

Distances 

New routing ports added for U.S. Inland Waterway Canal Lock Locations

Story EN-54657

2-8-2024

Invoicing & Payments 

"Fixture No." and "Ops Coordinator" columns have been added to the Create Voyage Invoices list. Same columns are now available in the Voyage Manager's Invoices list when CFGUseVoyagePnlBasedInvoicesList configuration flag is used.

Story EN-54311

2-8-2024

Trading 

Commodity/Option CO2 Linked Trades were not showing on Voyage PnL. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-54019

2-8-2024

Invoicing & Payments 

A new config flag has been added.
Name: CFGDefaultMultiCurrencyTcHireCurr
Description: Requires CFGEnableMultiCurrencyTCContracts to also be enabled. When enabled, a new hire line's currency will be defaulted to the TC contract currency.
Type: Boolean (Y/N)
Default Value: N

Bug EN-53636

2-8-2024

Invoicing & Payments 

New configuration flag has been added:
Flag: CFGEnableFinancialsInvoiceRejectNotification
Description: When enabled, rejecting a provisional invoice from the Transaction Data Entry form will export an "invoice" type notification XML with action set to "delete".
Data Type: Boolean
Default Value: N
Possible Values: Y, N

Story EN-53218

2-7-2024

Invoicing & Payments 

Previously, calculated amounts displayed on the Profit Sharing form were not consistent with the CFGCompanyCurrency configuration flag value. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-53770

2-7-2024

Distances VIP & IMOS

Duplicate ECA and Piracy zones have been removed from the Distances map dropdowns.

Story EN-51611

2-6-2024

Invoicing & Payments 

Previously, TC Contracts with the option "Use Local Time" enabled resulted in an incorrect bunker offhire percentage after an invoice has been posted. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-54562

2-6-2024

Chartering VIP Only

This case fixes the Carbon Emissions calculation for Dry Cargos such that it now correctly uses the Stowage Factor to convert m3/M3 units to MT.

Bug EN-54543

2-6-2024

Chartering VIP Only

Enhanced the P&L description for the estimated line items under the Emissions Expense and Emissions Expense (Rebill) categories to include quantity and price.

Story EN-54309

2-6-2024

Chartering VIP & IMOS

When scheduling an In-Progress Voyage Estimate, the emissions data will now flow from the Voyage into the Estimate Carbon Calculator. Also, when fixing a Voyage, the emissions data will now flow from the Estimate into the Voyage Carbon Calculator.

Story EN-53943

2-6-2024

Invoicing & Payments 

When TC payment auto-default to Special type, the program did not assign the proper flags to the invoice. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-53491

2-6-2024

Invoicing & Payments 

If the broker has multiple lines in the TC contract, we mistakenly auto-create commission for all lines even the periods does not match. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-53332

2-5-2024

Voyage P&L IMOS Only

Previously, having a lengthy Hire subcode could have prevented Voyage Manager from opening successfully. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-53881

2-5-2024

Trading 

Previously, trading profile flag "Move Physical Bunker Exposure Ahead One Month" could have introduced an incorrect TC exposure in the trading summary. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-53469

2-5-2024

Demurrage & Claims 

Previously, reversible laytime calculations with multiple cargo handlings per port displayed incorrect demurrage start time. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-53374

2-5-2024

Operations 

EU ETS Berth Adjustment calculations will now utilize Activity Report ROBs when allocating emission across years.

Story EN-51844

2-2-2024

Chartering VIP Only

Previously, when importing a Cargo on a mirrored parent Voyage that would break its mirroring connection with its child Voyage, the child would occasionally and incorrectly consider itself still mirrored with the parent. This is no longer the case. Additionally, extra validation was added when importing a Cargo on a Voyage to inform the user if doing so would break its mirroring connection.

Bug EN-53330

2-2-2024

Trading IMOS Only

Commission total on Carbon Allowance form was not automatically updated on broker deletion. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-52982

2-1-2024

Trading 

In the Trade Details List, TCI Options with at least 2 consecutive options could be incorrectly evaluated as "In The Money" when the pricing model, Black (1976) was in use. This issue has been fixed.

Bug EN-53331