May 2021 Release Notes
5-28-2021
Pooling
Pooling Cash Distribution report (Details mode) in the Operations module did not show correct values in the Balance Before column for some participant items. This has been fixed.
Bug EN-34106
5-28-2021
Distances & Maps
Added 5 new pilotage zone regions in the Great Lakes
Story EN-30512
5-27-2021
Financials
An issue related to invoice status defaulting with CFGDefaultUnactual has been fixed.
Bug EN-37117
5-27-2021
Operations
Sustainability tabs will now function correctly when clicked.
Story EN-37089
5-27-2021
Chartering
Delivery and Redelivery bunker prices are no longer stored as rounded values.
Bug EN-36991
5-27-2021
Operations
The issue where enabling configuration flag CFGDefaultLaytimeCHHMMFormat was not resulting in the auto-selection of HH:MM Format check box in Laytime Calculation form has been fixed.
Bug EN-36979
5-27-2021
Veslink Voyage Reporting
Resolved an issue where the Stowage sub-table within Veslink Cargo Handling forms did not function properly.
Bug EN-36669
5-27-2021
Demurrage & Claims
Fixed an issue where selecting a booking with multiple charterers would result in duplicate Laytime Calculation lines.
Bug EN-36006
k8s-5-26-2021
Ops Hub
Resolved some issues around time zones in Focus
Story EN-36721
k8s-5-26-2021
Trade Hub VIP Only
In the Trade Hub Market Insights, a new tab in the Vessel Pane has been added to view the vessel's historical AIS positions over a defined date range. For ranges that are two weeks or shorter, the hourly positions will be utilized. For any ranges that are greater than two weeks, hourly positions will be used for the latest two week period in the range and daily positions will be used for all other dates. This will be indicated on the position icons on the map where the hourly positions will have a higher opacity than the daily positions.
Hovering over the position in the map will provide additional details on the position such as the position time, type, status, and Lat/Long.
Story EN-36699
5-26-2021
Financials
Previously, there was a error importing a bill with a exchange rate difference. This has been fixed.
Bug EN-37058
5-26-2021
Veslink Voyage Reporting
Approved Cargo Handling Forms that were corrupted are now displaying correctly
Bug EN-36584
5-25-2021
Distances & Maps
New port added: Abigail Joseph FPSO (Nigeria)
Story EN-37121
5-25-2021
Distances & Maps
Routing updated between ports and Brisbane, Glebe Island, Newcastle (Austalia) and Melbourne when minimizing ECA routing around Australia is enabled
Bug EN-37066
5-25-2021
Veslink Voyage Reporting
Voyage instruction forms will now properly account for user locale.
Bug EN-35693
5-25-2021
Operations
When CFGPrioritizeCargoItinInVoyageSync is enabled and cargo handling lines are split, autotu correctly handles the update.
Bug EN-34098
5-24-2021
Scheduling VIP Only
In the Scheduling Workspace, the override laycan menu is no longer accessible from locked estimates. In the Cargo Book workspace, the menu options is also no longer accessible from cargoes on locked estimates.
Story EN-36817
5-24-2021
Platform API
New details have been added to voyage and time charter messages sent via the SEDNA interface.
Story EN-36692
5-24-2021
Chartering
Previously, Market Result In/Out calculations for RELT voyages did not include Other Rev/Exp items associated with the Cargo. This has been fixed.
Bug EN-36630
5-24-2021
Financials
There was a bug in the system where remaining hire balance in TC payment was calculated incorrectly for TC contract fixed in non-base currency.
This bug has been fixed.
Bug EN-36335
5-24-2021
Financials
There was a bug in IMOS that would prevent correctly linking off-hire item on mirrored TC invoice to actual operational off-hire. This bug has been fixed
Bug EN-35489
5-21-2021
Chartering
Fixed an issue with the cargo contract XML interface where omission of freight information (freightRate, freightLumpsum, etc.) when updating a non-base currency contract could result in incorrect modifications to the freight data.
Bug EN-37059
5-21-2021
Trade Hub
Previously, saving the Vessel ID or Matrix in the Vessel Valuation tool did not work properly. This issue is now resolved.
Bug EN-37045
5-21-2021
Analytics
Previously, Counterparty Short Name on the Voyage data form would have trouble filtering against null values in Report Designer. Now, Report Designer can successfully filter against null values in the Counterparty Short Name column.
Bug EN-34744
5-20-2021-r2
Financials
When using Model B Bunker Accounting (CFGAllocateBunkersToVoy set to Y), voyages that were part of TC Out Contracts that were not using Bunkers On Consumption would have incorrect Voyage Period Journals to move remaining bunker inventory to the next voyage. This has been fixed; now all remaining ROBs will be moved to the next voyage at the correct prices. In support of this, a new Bill Code has been added: VBNK / CTXXX, where XXX represents each fuel type. This code will be used for a Counterparty Transfer when a lot of bunkers needs to be moved from one counterparty to another.
Story EN-36758
5-20-2021-r2
Operations
Before, VIP did not warn the user against deleting a berth from the Berth Management form after it had been used in the Port Activities screen. Now it prevents this action and displays a warning message.
Bug EN-36011
5-20-2021
Chartering
Lumpsum broker commission type is now available in both Time Charter contract and TCO Estimates in VIP.
Story EN-36986
5-20-2021
Veslink Voyage Reporting
Added the dropdown "Voyage Cargo" back to Cargo Handling Form UI.
User is now able to approve cargo handling forms where multiple parcels of the same cargo are loaded by selecting one of the options in the Voyage Cargo dropdown.
Bug EN-36599
5-20-2021
Financials
Previously, checks for user's invoice approval/posting rights (based on Financial Control rules) were using amounts in invoice currency vs. base currency - when trying to approve/post invoice from operations invoice programs like Laytime Calculator, Freight invoice and such. This has been fixed.
Bug EN-36298
5-20-2021
Veslink Voyage Reporting
Resolved an issue where submitting Veslink Statement of Facts forms for SPOT/RELT voyages could incorrectly override information manually entered on the voyage leg's A or D activity reports.
Bug EN-36072
5-20-2021
Analytics VIP Only
Fixed a bug in report designer where sometimes column order wouldn't be saved properly.
Bug EN-34549
5-20-2021
P&L & Accruals
Non-invoiced rebills in the Rebills section of the Voyage Pnl grid were not grouped by counterparty. This has been fixed.
Bug EN-28468
5-19-2021
Distances & Maps
New port added: Dagang (Jiangsu), China
Story EN-37020
5-19-2021
Distances & Maps
The Persian Gulf piracy zone is now rendered correctly in Veslink Distances.
Bug EN-36881
5-19-2021
Analytics VIP Only
Adds ability to add Attachment data to Voyage reports.
Story EN-36566
5-19-2021, k8s-5-19-2021
Trade Hub VIP Only
Added a new option to the Market Insights workflow dropdown in the Trade Hub called "Track Vessels". When selected the users can maintain a list of specific vessels that they want to be able to track across the globe, regardless of if they are in different geographical locations. Users will be able to add and remove vessels from their own private list of these Tracked Vessels.
Story EN-36514
5-19-2021
Scheduling VIP Only
Fixed an issue with blank numeric filters in the Cargo Book and Open Positions workspaces.
Bug EN-36201
5-19-2021
Datalake
The datalake prefixMetadata API endpoint argument names have changed to more closely match those of the presignedUrls endpoint, and additional prefix filtering options have been added to be similar to presignedUrls. Using the prefixMetadata endpoint, you are now able to filter prefixes on jobGuid in addition to dateStamp.
Story EN-35650
5-19-2021
Demurrage & Claims
Payment Terms field has been added to the Claim Invoice form.
It can be set now in the same way as in other operations invoice forms, such as Freight Invoice.
Story EN-30095
k8s-5-18-2021
Trade Hub VIP Only
Added three new fields to the Action Cargoes and Market Insights grids in the Trade Hub to show the Ballast Speed, Laden Speed, and Speed Source. The speeds displayed will be the defaults used for ETA and voyage days calculations and will be used to find matching consumption values. The Source will display either IMOS, IHS, or will be Empty if no speed is found for the given vessel.
Story EN-36552
5-18-2021
Chartering
In the past, in the Voyage Estimate P&L, Hold Cleaning failed to honor the currency exchange rate. This has been fixed now.
Bug EN-36678
5-18-2021
Messaging Service
XPath filters in the messaging service can now be a maximum length of 1023 characters.
Story EN-35755
5-18-2021
Distances & Maps
New region Palm Passage (Australia) added
Story EN-35620
5-18-2021
Distances & Maps
Removed duplicate Region LOWDRAFT-MOKPO
Bug EN-35166
5-18-2021
Financials
Fixed an issue where the current P&L snapshot did not update if an off hire line was deleted without saving the form.
Bug EN-34425
5-18-2021
Analytics
Added “Option Start Date” and “Option Redelivery Date” fields to the Time Charter Lifting Options table in the Report Designer
Story EN-29840
k8s-5-17-2021
Trade Hub VIP Only
Previously, the calculation of bunker cost in the Trade Hub Estimator was not working for vessels that do not exist on the IMOS DataBase. Now, the bunker consumption values are correctly being pulled from the nominated Benchmark vessel, and the bunker cost is accurately calculated for all of the vessels.
Bug EN-36604
5-17-2021
Distances & Maps
New port added: Leonis (Italy)
Story EN-36960
5-17-2021
Berth Scheduling VIP Only
In the Berth Scheduling workspace, enable dragging between berths for berth blockages. Additionally, multiple bug fixes around dragging and clicking in the workspace.
Bug EN-36826
5-17-2021
Chartering VIP Only
Fixed a bug where sometimes pasting in remarks fields would not preserve newlines.
Bug EN-35999
5-14-2021
Distances & Maps
Winter seasonal zones have been refined for greater accuracy in distance calculations.
Story EN-36522
5-13-2021
Security & User Mgmt Desktop Only
This fixes an issue in Imos in which an error is incorrectly generated when saving a group.
Bug EN-36951
5-13-2021
Operations
The Bunker Purchases form now contains an "Index Linked" flag to track if the future trade is an index linked procurement.
Story EN-36789
5-13-2021
Data Center Settings
When the configuration flag ("CFGEnforceBankActivationSecurity") is enabled, editing inactivity of remittance information requires the user has appropriate permissions.
Bug EN-34606
5-13-2021
Tasks & Alerts
Expression autocomplete support for _RunOnceObjects is now available in the Tasks and Alerts Rule Editor in VIP.
Bug EN-33400
5-12-2021
Distances & Maps
Routing updated between ports Geraldton and Esperance when minimizing ECA routing around Australia
Bug EN-36878
5-12-2021
Operations
Sustainability tab number will now be displayed correctly based on user locale.
Bug EN-36756
k8s-5-11-2021
Trade Hub
Previously it was not possible to save the value of the Misc Expenses field to a view. The issue is now resolved.
Bug EN-36479
5-11-2021
Chartering
Previously, the TC lease calculations for the TCs with reversed Initial journals would result in a pending calculation for a billing schedule. This has been fixed.
Story EN-36456
5-11-2021
Operations
Added vessel validation to vessel schedule in VIP.
Story EN-36294
5-11-2021
Distances & Maps
Routing between Progreso and Altamira updated
Bug EN-34797
5-10-2021
Distances & Maps
New port added: Haimen (Jiangsu)
Story EN-36892
5-10-2021
Trading
New column Clearinghouse has been added to FFA/Option and Bunker Swap/Option lists in VIP.
Story EN-36846
5-10-2021
Chartering VIP Only
Updated validation warning and error icons.
Story EN-36828
5-10-2021
Chartering
Fixed an issue where FOB cargoes could be saved without itinerary info defined. Fixed an issue where creating a new FOB cargo required the form to be re-loaded to save a second time. Fixed an issue where changing the Reference Vessel on a previously-saved FOB cargo may not properly save the new vessel assignment.
Bug EN-36661
5-10-2021
Financials
Added logic to the automated commission generation functionality to reverse out any generated commissions when the source invoice has been reversed.
When CFGAutoGenerateTCComms is enabled and a TC Hire invoice is reversed that had an auto-generated commission associated, then the commission invoice will automatically be reversed.When CFGAutoGenerateFreightComms is enabled and a Freight invoice is reversed that had an auto-generated commission associated, then the commission invoice will automatically be reversed. Lastly when CFGAutoGenerateDemComms is enabled and a Demurrage invoice is reversed that had an auto-generated commission associated, then the commission invoice will automatically be reversed.
Story EN-36543
5-10-2021
Security & User Mgmt
All new passwords are required to be a minimum of 12 characters, and contain at least one lowercase character, one uppercase character, one digit, and one of the following symbols: ~!@#%&_=;:'<,>-.$^{[(|)]}*+?\
Story EN-36214
5-10-2021
Distances & Maps
Updated routing from port Baoshan to port Majishan
Bug EN-35994
5-10-2021
Distances & Maps
New Range Port added: PG-JAPAN
Story EN-34431
5-10-2021
Chartering
Previously, there was a issue when the user tried to save the exchange rate of a port expense. This issue has been fixed.
Bug EN-27299
5-10-2021
Chartering
When BAF is defined by an Unpriced Element and ‘Multiply by Freight Rate’ checkbox is selected for a Cargo with a Lumpsum Freight Rate Type, BAF rate will be applied to the Lumpsum for the Bunker Surcharge calculation.
Story EN-23895
5-7-2021
Analytics VIP Only
Changes default search popup (which opens with ctrl + comma) select action to open in new tab. Some modifier combinations now work as well. Alt + select now replaces current tab. Ctrl + select now opens in new tab without loosing focus from current tab. Shift + select now opens in new window.
Story EN-36864
5-7-2021
Onboard
Fixed an unexpected error on the initial setup page of the Veslink Onboard vessel client.
Bug EN-36859
5-7-2021
Distances & Maps
Port Legaspi updated to have UN Code = PHLIC
Story EN-33922
5-6-2021-r2
Financials
Previously, a regression caused document numbers to not generate when invoices were posted. This has been fixed.
Bug EN-36854
5-6-2021-r2
Analytics
Added "Block", "Hide", "No Tolls", "Ballast Only", and "Laden Only" as columns to the Vessel Route table in Report Designer.
Story EN-36154
5-6-2021-r2
Analytics
Added "Scrubber Type" to Voyage and Estimate tables in Report Designer.
Story EN-32825
5-6-2021
Distances & Maps
All ports with Country = Sudan have been updated to TimeZone "GMT +2"
Story EN-36839
5-6-2021
Scheduling
Following consecutive estimates will now be deleted following a vessel change. A warning will appear to alert users this will occur.
Story EN-36620
5-6-2021
Messaging Service
Fixed an issue where exchange rate could not be set using the cargo contract XML interface.
Bug EN-36373
5-6-2021
Financials VIP Only
Certain rowsets insert new rows on top in VIP, consistent with the behavior in Imos.
Bug EN-35835
5-6-2021
Onboard
Resolved an issue where attachments could go missing after syncing when using the onboard vessel client.
Bug EN-35364
5-5-2021
Distances & Maps
3 new piracy zones added:
PIRACY-JWLA-027-CABO-DELGADO
PIRACY-JWLA-027-INDIAN-OCEAN
PIRACY-JWLA-027-PERSIAN-GULF
Story EN-36734
5-5-2021
Distances & Maps
Port "Yucatan Channel" updated to be a waypoint
Story EN-36676
5-5-2021
Operations
Earlier, to compute the metrics in the Sustainability Panel, VIP would use only the internal data of the voyage itinerary itself (distance data and fuel consumption data). Now, VIP incorporates data from external sources, as specified through the "Emission Data" UI in the Sustainability Panel.
Story EN-36046
5-4-2021
Analytics
The port name will now be displayed for PEXP estimated port expenses in report designer.
Bug EN-36703
5-4-2021
Analytics
Previously, Profit Share value in saved Voyage Pnl snapshots did not reflect Owner's invoiced profit share (when CFGOwnerProfitShareonVoyagePnL is on). This has been fixed.
Bug EN-36611
5-4-2021
Operations
Two improvements were made to the Duplicate Off Hire option in the Delays form. Duplicated off hires default to Show for TCI/TCO Stmt. Duplicates/Reversals made from invoiced off hires no longer have to be refreshed to be edited.
Story EN-36560
5-4-2021
Chartering
Create Child COAs form now supports the defaulting of Load and Discharge ports from header values.
Story EN-36377
5-4-2021
Chartering
COA Contract Layering now supports reporting of Parent ID and Contract Level from the COA list. Child COA contracts support a hyperlink to Parent Contracts. Parent COA contracts support a context menu to open and view linked Child Contracts.
Story EN-36350
5-4-2021
Berth Scheduling
Berth Scheduling now allows you to configure what data appears on the bars within the Gantt Chart. The side panel contains two new settings “Gantt Chart Text Display 1” and “Gantt Chart Text Display 2”, which controls what is displayed on the top level and middle bars in the schedule.
Story EN-36051
5-4-2021
Financials
Previously, Reference field in the Transaction Summary (and other Financials lists and reports in VIP) did not display correct value for Equipment contract related invoices. This has been fixed.
Bug EN-35726
5-4-2021
Financials
Previously, when a PDA came in from DA Desk, the Document Number gets applied before the PDA is Posted, this has been fixed.
Bug EN-35144
5-3-2021
Onboard
Submitting forms in Onboard will now work with company codes with spaces.
Bug EN-36747
5-3-2021
Chartering
Added a tooltip to the cells in the COA/CVC Analysis tool within the Voyage Estimator. This tooltip will include a description of the calculation that is being performed, details on the calculation and the full precision for the number that is being displayed in the cell for each column in the output.
Story EN-36476
5-3-2021
Distances & Maps
Port "Bahodopi Anchorage, Pantoloan Port" renamed "Bahodopi" and UN Code "IDPTL" updated to "IDBAH"
Story EN-35623