Overview
The Fuel Deactivation enhancement allows you to preserve historic fuel type data but visualize only relevant fuel types. The enhancement helps streamline your fuel type data and minimize errors due to incorrect fuel types.
Requires the configuration flag CFGBunkerDeactivation. When enabled, the fuel types for a vessel can be marked as inactive.
When a Fuel type is selected as inactive, the fuel type is simply hidden from Chartering and Operations moving forward. Selecting as inactive does not remove the fuel type from the Vessel and can always be reactivated if required.
Setup
This feature requires a minimum schema version of 407.
Once the configuration flag CFGBunkerDeactivation is enabled, you can mark the fuel types for a vessel as inactive. This enhancement introduces a new column, Inactive, on the Vessel. If there is no inventory on a Vessel for that fuel type, the Inactive field may be checked and the Vessel saved.
If Inactive is checked, the selected fuel type will no longer be visible on newly created Voyage Estimates or in Voyage Manager. This change will not affect past voyages or estimates.
Deactivating Fuels
You can stay organized with Estimates and Voyages by removing unwanted fuels from being a factor in chartering and operations.
Go to the Data Center → Vessel List and select a vessel that contains a fuel no longer used on the vessel.
On the Vessel, you will see the following In Port Consumption Table view containing different fuel types.
To deactivate a fuel type, select the Inactive checkbox.
Example
In this case, we want to disable IFO as it is no longer an applicable fuel time under this vessel.
When we create a new Estimate or Voyage, the Inactive fuel does not populate.
Reactivating fuels
Vessel
If you need to correct the status of a fuel type on a Vessel, you can reverse fuel deactivation easily by clearing the checkbox. This allows the fuel to show on newly created Estimates and Voyages.
Once the checkbox is clear, the fuel shows on Estimates and Voyages.
Voyage
If you need to correct the status of a fuel type on a Voyage, you can reactivate hidden fuels by selecting Re-activate Fuels on Voyage in the Voyage Bunkers dropdown list.
You can resync the Voyage to the Vessel by selecting Sync Fuel Deactivation From Vessel in the same Voyage Bunkers list.
FAQs
Will the system validate that a fuel can be marked inactive or is not currently in use?
Validation exists on the Vessel and prevents marking a Fuel as Inactive if there is inventory.
How do I fix the fuel type status if an error occurs?
You can select Show Hidden Fuels or Hide Inactive, depending on the state of the voyage, to manage any errors and avoid potential issues with commenced voyages.
Will I be alerted in Forms/Veslink if an inactive fuel type is submitted?
Native voyage validation will alert you if ROBs were submitted for an inactive fuel type.
Can I add new fuels or change the order?
Veson elected to release Fuel Deactivation to add value sooner. Handling future fuels remains an important component of roadmap development.