To efficiently create a cargo you can use a CoA Template or a Budget Template.

CoA Templates are the template cargoes that are maintained in the CoA module.

Budget Templates are cargoes that come from the budget.

1. Open the Cargoes module in the Chartering section.

2. In the top right corner, click Create .

3. Select Create Cargo From CoA Template or Create Cargo From Budget Template.

4. Select the cargo template you wish to use from the list.

5. Click Create.

The webVMS contains all cargoes created in your system. To access this list you should navigate in the menu to the "Cargoes" link. This will open up your list of cargos.

There are several sorting and filtering options available for you to narrow down what you include in the list view. The sorting functionality is located in the top right corner of the list table. See below screenshot

Some background

Cargoes are loaded and discharged in cargo ports and these cargo ports are linked to the port calls you find in the voyages schedule.

One port call can be linked to:

• no cargo port - for port calls to Bunkering, Canal Passages etc.

• one cargo port - when loading/discharging one cargo

• more than one cargo port - when loading/discharging more than one cargo

When deleting a cargo the link between the cargo ports and port calls will define what options you will see in the delete cargo window.

The options

When deleting a cargo which has cargo ports linked to a port calls which are linked to some other cargos cargo ports you will get a simple confirmation message before cargo is deleted as per below

• Click a cargo in the Cargoes module list.

• When the drawer opens, find the "Commissions" tab and open it.

• Click the icon to open a dialog to enter values, where "Broker" is mandatory.

To edit the details after creation, click the line in the table and the same dialog will open.

1. Click a cargo in the Cargoes module list.

2. When the drawer opens, open the action menuin the top right.

3. Click the Allocate Cargo button to open a dialog for allocation.

To allocate the cargo select a vessel and a matching voyage.

You are able to keep in control of all your organisations inserted cargoes using the cargo module in VMS.

The capacity plan gives you a monthly overview if your fleet is over or under booked with cargoes. For each months and each trade, we compare the available cargoes to the capacity in your fleet which is serving that trade.

To open the Capacity Plan, go to Chartering > Cargoes and select Capacity Plan in the top bar.

Overview

You can navigate between the current month and future months at the top of the dashboard. You also filter to restrict the view to a particular set of trades.

The are three summary cards at the top displaying information on all trades selected in the filter :

• Free capacity: Total deadweight - total weight

• Deadweight: Total deadweight of vessels loading in the selected month

• Weight: Total weight of cargoes with laydays commencement in the selected month.

For free capacity and weight, we distinguish between total values and fixed values. The latter takes only cargoes into account which have status "Clean Fix".

Trade panels

An expandable panel is shown for each trade, with totals for that trade. There are two lists inside the panel, one for cargoes by charterer and one for vessels.

Cargoes by charterer

In each trade panel there is a list of total cargo weight and volume grouped by charterer. Only cargoes where laydays commencement lies in the selected month are counted.

All "fixed" charterer cargo totals are listed first, while "not fixed" entries are indicated in grey.

Vessels

In each trade panel there is a list of vessels. For each voyage in the master fleetplan, the vessel that voyage is allocated to is listed if the following two criteria are met:

1. The voyage is marked with this trade or its performance cargo belongs to the trade.

2. The voyage has arrival date in the first load port within the selected month.

Template cargoes are currently handled in Contract of Affreightment Line module.

Once you have located a cargo in your cargo list you can click this cargo and open up the cargo booking. You can maintain/edit the particulars of this cargo from this screen.

Laycan dates are validated client side, indicated in red if one of the dates, either commencing or cancelling date is missing. The validation is separate for Laycan- and for Laycan target-fields.

1. Open the Cargoes module in the Chartering section.

2. In the top right corner, click Create.

3. Select Create New Cargo.

4. Fill in the required fields and any additional information about the new cargo.

5. Click Create.

Required fields:

• Load Port

• Discharge Port

• Charterer

• Commodity