The Fleet Plans module allows you to allocate voyages and cargoes in MASTER and different scenarios without making any changes to your master Fleet Plan.
At the top center of the screen, the selected scenario is displayed:
To create a new scenario follow the step-by-step guide: Create Scenario.
Below the scenario selector, there are three tabs to access different views of the scenario schedule:
In the FAS board, we now have a 'master' filter, that will filter voyages and cargoes in both the Open Position Board and the Cargo Management Board, more efficiently. We have the filtering possibilities for Next Week, Next 2 Weeks, Next Month, Next 3 Months, Next Year and Future (meaning today and beyond). The default is set at 'Next 3 Months'.
In the Open Position Board, the Allocated Voyages are filtered with respect to the Voyage End Date field. This is the same in the Cargo Management Board (with cargoes as well), but in the Commitments column the Unallocated Cargoes are filtered with respect to the Laycan From Date field.
The scheduler board gives users an overview of the voyages that need to be scheduled. It shows unallocated, allocated and nominated voyages. The allocated and nominated voyages can be viewed on the bottom half of the board (Schedule), while the unallocated voyages can be viewed on the top half (Commitments).
The board is based on a gantt schema, with the column headers being dates and the row headers being COA, SPOT for the Commitments or vessel name for the Schedule. The red vertical line indicates today's date.
Commitment bars can found in the Commitments area and contain information about an unallocated voyage including Charterer, Laycan dates and Commodity. The ballast port and first loading port of a voyage can be found to the left of the bar, and the last discharging port to the right. The laycan period can also be viewed on top of each bar.
When holding the mouse over a commitment bar a tooltip will pop up with additional information about the voyage.
Scheduler bars can be found in the Schedule area and contain information about either allocated or nominated voyages including reference No, voyage status and first loading and discharging ports. If the laycan dates have been set, a laycan indicator can also be viewed on a schedule bar. A timeline of the ballast and port calls can be viewed on top of each bar.
When holding the mouse over a scheduler bar a tooltip will pop up with additional information about the voyage.
Additional information on the voyage and its cargos is displayed in the voyage drawer. This can accessed by clicking on a commitment or schedule card.
The action bar on top of the board allows for filtering of voyages as well as selecting the period which the board will show. Commitments and schedules can be filtered separately.
It is possible to drag and drop the bars to unallocate or allocate a voyage. A scheduled voyage can be unallocated by dropping it into the commitments area. Commitment voyages can be allocated by dropping it on an empty vessel row or after another allocated voyage.
To select a different scenario, click the expand buttonnext to the name to open a list of all scenarios, except Budgets. The MASTER scenario is pinned to the top of the selector for easy accessibility.
After selecting a scenario a voyage can be created by clicking the icon in the column headers.
When the icon next to a vessel is used, the voyage will be created and allocated to that ship at the end of the schedule.
Voyage options:
Voyage Charter
Time Charter Out
Voyage From Template
Cargo options (Cargo Management commitments only):
Cargo
Cargo From CoA Template
The Voyages tab can be found in the Fleet Plans module. It contains a list of all voyages that can be found in a scenario.
The following voyage information can viewed from the list:
Clicking on a voyage opens the voyage drawer and gives access to additional information and actions.
There are several sorting and filtering options available for you to narrow down what you include in the list view.
By clicking at the Create in the top right corner, you will be able to create a voyage charter, or create a time charter out voyage. The modals require fields such as Vessel, Load/Delivery port and Discharge/Redelivery port.
The board has two main areas; Unallocated Voyages on the left and Allocated Voyages on the right.
Each element in the board represents either a voyage with cargoes, or a vessel open position.
We call the yellow card the 'vessel open position card'. It displays the start of the schedule of each ship that is displayed in the board. You can click on the card to open the vessel open position drawer. For any scenario that is not the MASTER, you can edit the port and date of the vessel open position. This changes where your ship starts in the scenario and reschedules the consecutive voyages.
In the Commitments tab, in the left-most column of the board, we have a list of Unallocated Voyages with a new design:
Voyage Reference
Voyage Status
Voyage Port Calls (alphabetic)
The grey container in the card displays some of the fields of the Performance Cargo. For reference, please check the table below.
Voyage:
Vessel
Voyage Reference
Trade Code
Voyage Status
TCE and Currency
Performance Cargo:
Charterer
Quantity and Measurement Unit
Laydays Start to End Dates
Days out of Laycan (Early/Late Indicator)
Arrival Window Start to End Dates
Days out of Arrival Window (Early/Late Indicator)
Commodity
The Allocated Voyages Card also contains a detailed timeline:
On the left side of the Voyage Card, all the arrival times are listed. The date and time listed for the Ballast Port is the voyage start date. On the right side of the timeline, the port names are listed, including the Ballast Port. The total cargo gross weight on board after the port call is listed under the port name.
Number of Displayed Ports
It is possible to change how many ports are listed at a time by using the settings. The minimum amount of ports that can be displayed is 3, the Ballast Port, the first load port and the last discharge port of a voyage. The number in the blue circle indicates how many ports are hidden.
For each vessel we have a card with information about when it is next available. This can be found after the last voyage in a vessel's schedule.
1
Vessel
2
Last port call's ETD
3
Port
In the Open Positions Board you can drag and drop voyages to allocate or unallocate them, move them between vessels and change their order on a vessel.
Click any voyage card to open the voyage drawer and access additional information and actions.
You have a large variety of filters available on the board. Filtering for Commitments (left-most column) and Allocated Voyages (rest of the columns) is separate. Filtering is persisted when navigating between the boards as well as when navigating to different menu items.
You can select the number of columns to show in the board either by moving the slider or by typing in a number.
You can select the number of ports to show in the port call timeline either by moving the slider or by typing in a number. The ballast, first loading and last discharging ports are always visible.
The column grouping decides which column a card should go into. The default setting is to group by vessel, but you can also select load area or discharge area. The area groupings depends on the selected area report under account preferences.
The row grouping setting decides how the cards are grouped vertically. By default there is no row grouping. You can also select to group by month or week.
At the top right of the board, click on Settingsto open the settings window.
The Cargo Management Board displays all Allocated Voyages and the cargos allocated to them. It also shows the Unallocated Cargos in Commitments column. For details on the Vessel Open Positions, Voyage Cards and Board settings, see Open Positions Board.
The Cargo Management Board displays all cargos belonging to the selected scenario. In the left-most column, we display the Unallocated Cargos, which are cargoes that have not been allocated to a voyage yet. The other columns display Voyage Cards with the cargoes allocated to them.‌
The left-most column, Commitments, contains all the Unallocated Cargos. This column displays all cargos with status "Unallocated" that belongs to the currently selected scenario. Each Cargo contains the fields:
Charterer
Cargo Booking Status
Trade
Cargo Ports
Commodity
Layday- and Arrival Window dates
Quantity and Measurement Unit
The right side of the Cargo Management Board contains all the Allocated Voyages and their cargoes. On the right side of a Voyage Card, the Cargo Cards allocated (or dragged) to the voyage are showing. Each cargo displays the charterer, gross weight and cargo status, while illustrating graphically the load ports and discharging ports. These cargos can be moved by dragging and dropping between the voyages of the same trade.
With a newer design of the cargos on the Voyage Card, you will be able to graphically see at what ports a cargo has its loading- and discharging ports. You can easily track all the Port Call rows of the cargo by looking at the vertical span of the specific cargo card (the blue area). It is also possible to scroll to the right to see all the cargoes allocated on the same Port Calls.
The Cargo Cards also has indication lines to help you interpret the Laydays and Arrival Windows for each cargo, graphically.‌
Laydays: indication line at the top of the cargo. Arrival Window: indication line at the bottom of the cargo.‌
Color indicator:‌
if early: blue
if late: red
if on time: normal / no colour
By hovering over a Cargo Card or on a Port Call row, a tooltip can be viewed. Fields in the tooltip that contain no data are hidden:
The following fields are available within the Cargo Card and Port Call tooltip:
Charterer
Quantity Loaded
Load and Discharge Ports
Quantity in Transit
Laycan From and To dates and Missed By Label
Quantity Discharged
Arrival Window From and To dates and Missed By Label
Quantity and Measurement Unit
Commodity
Quantity Option Terms (%)
Quantity Option
Comment (Field Comment in the Cargo Drawer)
In the Cargo Management Board, you can drag and drop cargos between voyages. When moving a cargo, you can either move it 100% or split it and just move a part of it. It also possible to drag and drop cargos to and from the Commitments column in order to unallocate or allocate it.
Clicking on a cargo opens the cargo drawer and gives access to additional information and actions.
You have a large variety of filters available on this board, as well. Filtering for Commitments (left-most column) and the Allocated Voyages and cargoes (rest of the columns) is separate. Filtering is persisted when navigating between the boards as well as when navigating to different menu items.
By clicking at the Create in the top right corner, you will be able to create a cargo, or create a cargo from a budget or CoA template (see Create Cargos for more information). The modals require fields such as Load port, Discharge port, Charterer and Commodity.
