September 2021 Release Notes

9-30-2021

Financials

Improved query to minimize CPU consumption on our SQL Servers.

Bug EN-39119

9-30-2021

Pooling

Previously, manually adjusting allocated amounts on the Pooling Cash Distribution form would not reflect correctly in that form's reports. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-36624

9-29-2021

Operations

In the outbound voyage XML notification, the bunker quantity figures in the <bunkerStems> and <bunkerPlan> sections now include 3 decimal places.

Bug EN-39126

9-28-2021

Operations

Moves Tank Information Coating column

Story EN-38857

9-28-2021

Chartering

Removing cargo-linked misc. expenses will no longer create negative cargo expenses in the deviation estimate P&L.

Bug EN-38645

9-28-2021

Chartering

Fixed a rare issue where revising the operation type on a previously-saved estimate to TCOV/TCTO could lead to an error saving estimated CVEs for the estimate.

Bug EN-38081

9-27-2021

Chartering

COA Rebill Settings are now copied to Cargoes created from a COA with the Cargo Booking form

Bug EN-37597

9-24-2021

Financials

A rounding issue caused a discrepancy between the Hire rate and Daily Rate after refreshing the Time Charter bill. This issue has been resolved.

Bug EN-39047

9-24-2021

Financials

Previously, in cases where CFGAllocateBunkersToVoy was enabled and the VBNK bill code did not match the expected form of XX{BNK}, Voyage Period Journals failed to post. This issue has been resolved.

Bug EN-39019

9-24-2021

Berth Scheduling

Fixed spacing issue in berth scheduling horizontal scroll bars

Bug EN-38890

9-24-2021

Berth Scheduling

Removed unneeded cell styling in berth scheduling timeline grid

Bug EN-38889

9-23-2021

Operations VIP Only

Fixed an issue where "Schedule Transfer Voyage" workflow was blocked by a permissions check.

Bug EN-39031

9-23-2021

Trading

When CFGAddChildCargoCOAStructure is enabled and the Trade Details List is opened from Trading Pnl Summary - it would not apply proper filtering in some cases. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-37460

9-23-2021

Trade Hub

Added new configuration flag CFGManuallyLockVesselValuations. When enabled users will be able to manually lock their saved vessel valuations to prevent further editing. Will require a new security permission to perform the locking. A secondary permission is also available to provide a subset of admins with the ability to unlock a Valuation ID. When saving the Vessel Valuation now, we will also store the results in the database in addition to the input parameters. This will require a schema update to latest.

Story EN-36835

9-22-2021

Operations

Previously, for mirrored TCO voyages, once the "Last TCI Voyage" for the mirror TCI was scheduled, it was no longer possible to edit the ETD from the redelivery port in the TCO voyage itinerary. This could result in unintended estimated port days persisting until the actual departure date was recorded or the voyage was completed. This has been resolved, and mirrored voyage TCO redelivery port ETDs are now editable.

Additionally, the Arrival and Departure date fields used to be locked without explanation for mirrored Voyage Itinerary lines. The fields are now unlocked, and will display an error when they're edited instead.

Bug EN-33822

k8s-9-22-2021

Trade Hub

Previously, no positions would appear when the user did not include "AIS" in the "Position Sources" filter in the Market Insights Location and Destination searches. Now, the "Contract/Operations" and "Broker Email" Position Source filters can produce results without having "AIS" also selected. In addition, the "Position Sources" filter has been renamed "Open Position Sources," and the "Position Source" field for vessels has been renamed "Open Position Source."

Bug EN-38489

k8s-9-22-2021

Trade Hub VIP Only

In Trade Hub, searching for a vessel now displays the IMO number in addition to the vessel type. The vessel search also allows searching using an IMO number.

Story EN-37685

9-21-2021

Financials

Freight lumpsum sometimes had exchange rate conversion applied twice. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-38937

9-21-2021

Messaging Service

An issue which could interrupt message processing when retrying messages in the Interface Message List has been resolved.

Story EN-38829

9-21-2021

Scheduling VIP Only

Fixed the bug where Scheduling cards indicating start/end of Port Activities in calendar view (Scheduling Workspace) did not match the existing data in voyages

Bug EN-38258

9-21-2021

Financials

Attachments on Freight Rebate type commission invoices did not flow to financials invoice when posted. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-36033

9-20-2021

Financials

New list called "Create Claim Invoices" has been added to the Financials console. It shows all projected claim and claim commission invoices - which users can then create from this list.

Story EN-36793

9-20-2021

Trading

Period selection for the linked contracts in FFA/Option Trade form incorrectly omitted some valid periods. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-36257

9-20-2021

Financials

Time Charter hire-related invoices in non-base currency sometimes had incorrect descriptions that did not reflect an actual calculation. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-35909

9-17-2021

Berth Scheduling

Now, users of the Berth Scheduling workspace will see improvements to the user interface.

Story EN-38604

9-17-2021

Operations

Removed unused Linked Trades and Planning Periods tabs from TC COA form.

Story EN-38579

9-17-2021

Onboard

In Onboard, berths with a berth-level form attached and submitted to it can not be deleted anymore. They will also display a tooltip when hovering over the 'X' button.

Bug EN-38127

9-17-2021

Bunker Management

Assigning a voyage to a Bunker Requirement no longer clears the Req Qty on non-zero values.

Bug EN-38013

9-17-2021

Berth Scheduling

Part of the berth scheduling UI changes. Column and row dimensions were changed to make the workspace more readable. Grids now also have adjustable sizing to allow users to have a better view of their work.

Story EN-37399

9-17-2021

Trading

Trading Details list did not calculate exposure correctly for cargo contracts using “Backhaul” method for "Benchmark Estimate" exposure if selected estimates were in certain order. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-36170

9-17-2021

Demurrage & Claims

Previously, the CFGFreightCommBasedOnPaidAmount configuration flag did not work with VC Ins. This is now fixed.

Bug EN-34713

9-16-2021

Messaging Service

Fixed an issue where processing "updateVoyRef" XML messages could fail if both company-based security and contract mirroring are enabled.

Bug EN-37812

9-14-2021

Financials

Added a new configuration flag CFGEnableTCOPeriodJournal. When enabled, TCO Hire Bills that are posted during a given period will be allocated down to the voyages in the period through journal entries generated during the Voyage Period Journal process. This will better account for a TC Out contract that has multiple voyages in a period and remove the allocation to the first voyage of the full posted amount.

When this flag is enabled, CFGDefVoyNoToTcoBill should be set to N. This functionality is not compatible with the Model B workflow.

Story EN-38195

9-13-2021

Chartering

Bareboat Contracts now have a Payment Terms field which defaults to the parent TC's value.

Story EN-38442

9-13-2021

Scheduling VIP Only

Correctly formats dates in the "Last Run" field in the scheduling optimizer for different locales. Should no longer say "Invalid Date".

Bug EN-38124

9-13-2021

Operations

Port expenses will no longer be duplicated in the Port Expenses Details form when one switches the berth of a voyage itinerary line before applying a new port expense standard.

Bug EN-36820

9-13-2021

Veslink Voyage Reporting VIP Only

Users are now able to view the status of a form after submitting it through the API

Story EN-26071

9-10-2021

Operations

The obsolete Voyage XML Export action is no longer present in Voyage Manager.

Story EN-38771

9-10-2021

Financials

Business Rules setup in Financials had incorrect logic for when configuration flag "CFGVoyaccAccrualType" is enabled and all Monthly Accruals related rules have no Account specified.
In addition, it would prompt users to auto-generate those rules even if they were previously generated and saved.
Also, the setup would sometimes allow users to save duplicate business rules.
These issues have been fixed.

Bug EN-35319

9-10-2021

Financials

New columns: Original Inv No, Original Ops Inv Trans No, Original Inv Curr Amount, Original Inv Status, Primary Broker, Primary Broker Rate, Secondary Broker Rates and Chartering Specialist have been added to the Create TC Invoices List and corresponding Time Charter Projected Invoice table in the Report Designer.
They show relevant data for projected Time Charter hire and commission invoices.

Story EN-28079

9-9-2021

Distances & Maps

New port added: Xinminzhou (China)

Story EN-38727

9-9-2021

Distances & Maps

New port added: Porvoo Anchorage (Finland)

Story EN-38667

9-9-2021

Operations VIP Only

Previously, the Port Expense form might freeze when "Hide Lines with Zero Amount" is checked. The issue has been fixed.

Bug EN-38558

9-9-2021

Operations

Users can now type longer remarks in the port list screen if they update to schema version 341. The length has increased from 50 to 400 characters long.

Story EN-38557

9-9-2021

Onboard

Submitting a Statement of Facts form in Veslink Onboard now includes activities associated with the voyage template when selecting a port activity template

Bug EN-37775

9-9-2021

Onboard

Mirrored voyages will be filtered out of Onboard during replication

Story EN-36601

9-9-2021

Tasks & Alerts

Improved performance of Demurrage Time Bar Task status synchronization to reduce locking of task table.

Bug EN-33254

9-8-2021

Data Center Settings

When the Type field of an address book entry was modified and a type was removed, an error about a different Type was seen when saving the record. This has been fixed and the error now displays the correct type that the user is trying to remove when saving the entry.

Bug EN-38593

9-8-2021

Security & User Mgmt VIP Only

A new CFGEnableSIREVettingReportsSecurity configuration flag is now available. When enabled, users will require the SIRE Vetting Reports permission to access SIRE Vetting Reports in the Data Center Vessels module.

Story EN-36947

9-3-2021-r2

System Performance

Now, customers will see improved performance when multiple users are using a list with a large number of public views.

Bug EN-38595

9-3-2021

Operations

Previously, the "Date Settled" field of a Claim form would not be auto-populated.
Now, if the user sets the status of a claim to "Settled", and the "Date Settled" field does not currently have a value, it will be automatically set to the current date.

Story EN-38021

9-2-2021

Financials

When creating an invoice in the TDE screen, the sub-code in Operations view will now be selectable for Non-Voyage Expense and Non-Voyage Revenue invoices.

Bug EN-35487

9-2-2021

Financials

New columns: Original Inv No, Original Ops Inv Trans No, Original Inv Curr Amount, Original Inv Status, Primary Broker, Primary Broker Rate, Secondary Broker Rates and Cargo Coordinator have been added to the Create Voyage Invoice List.
They show relevant data for Freight and Demurrage commission invoices in the list.

Story EN-28078

9-1-2021

Distances & Maps

New port added: Herschel Island (Canada)

Story EN-38643

9-1-2021

Distances & Maps

New port added: Hunutlu (Turkey)

Story EN-38624

9-1-2021

Distances & Maps

New port added: Aurora FSO (Thailand)

Story EN-38599

9-1-2021

Bunker Management

Fixed an issue where externally-assigned "PO Numbers" on Bunker Purchases with different number of digits from the system-assigned values, could interfere with generation of the system-assigned values and cause PO Numbers to repeat.

Bug EN-38577

9-1-2021

Distances & Maps

New port added: Blue Beach - St. Lawrence, NL (Canada)

Story EN-38565

9-1-2021

Data Center Settings

Several ports which were missing pilot station associations have been revised so that the associations now appear correctly.

Bug EN-36735

9-1-2021

Financials

Previously, the Transaction Data Entry would not allow users to select a bank related to the company selected in the Bill Via field. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-34119

9-1-2021

Financials

After the modification, in Expenses Rebill Management, NvRB checkbox cannot be checked anymore for recoverable expenses as expected.

Bug EN-34085

9-1-2021

Analytics

Fixed an issue where using the "Port Activities Bunkers" table in Report Designer would result in an error building/running the report. This fix requires the database schema to be updated to v340 or later.

Bug EN-33430