OAS Shipment Planner | Berth Optimization Functionality for Demurrage
OAS supports demurrage management by implementing intelligent logic from robustly captured data to streamline demurrage forecasts, tracking, and benchmarking.



Features and Benefits

Robust Data Collection

  • Flexible Logic Implementation: Define key events and allowable timeframes
  • Monitored Best Practices: Disciplined recording of events, and delay entry required if rules are exceeded
  • Holistic Supporting Documentation: Comprehensive timesheets available for demurrage investigations

Insight and Optimization Potential

  • Comparison Analysis: Comprehensive review between settlement invoices and demurrage estimates
  • Actionable Insights: Reports to establish KPIs, vessel and port performance, and demurrage benchmarks

Powerful Integration

  • Heightened Visibility: Berth schedule filterable for priority-based visibility and optimization
  • Quick Demurrage Overview: Swift insights into past, present, and future demurrage rates and costs
  • Optimized Planning: Drag-and-drop interface incorporating constraint checks, and berth properties

Improved Visibility

Track demurrage status from operational estimate through to claim and payment. Graphical views show demurrage status across multiple berths and sites.

Cost Reduction

Identify and address demurrage hotspots and implement preventive measures.

Compliance and Reporting

Adhere to regulatory requirements and provide accurate reporting for audit and compliance.

Analysis

OAS provides a full suite of reports to monitor and track demurrage and drill down into delay and timesheet information to better understand vessel and port performance.

Flexibility

A flexible rules engine allows organisations to define rules that govern the estimation process such as the calculation of start and end of lay-time.