September 2024 Changelog
10-1-2024
Trading
Memory handling improvements have been made in order to process large datasets when running Trading P&L Snapshots.
Bug EN-61429
9-30-2024
Invoicing & Payments
When configuration flag CFGActItemizeAdvanceCredit was enabled and a FDA invoice was imported through autoinv.exe, advance reversal rows in the Transaction Data Entry form for the invoice were picking up the wrong Account; this has been fixed.
Bug EN-60199
9-30-2024
Chartering VIP & IMOS
Estimate Delays are now available as a join on the Voyage Estimate table in the Report Designer and in Tasks & Alerts.
Story EN-58467
distances-svc-1.0.102017, 9-30-2024
Distances
Improved routing logic between the ports of Harvey and Meraux
Bug EN-60997
9-27-2024
Trading
Previously, Trade Route names allowed characters that could break Market Data functionality. This change blocks the saving of routes that have the following characters: “^”, “%”, and “[]”.
Bug EN-60123
fleetmap-app-1.0.101981, tradehub-app-1.0.101981
Fleet Map N/A
N/A
Bug EN-60972
distances-svc-1.0.101972, 9-27-2024
Distances
Additional routing options regarding the North Sea Canal area
Story EN-60470
9-26-2024
Operations VIP Only
Fix issue in Carbon Calculator which could prevent loading voyages which contain very long port names.
Bug EN-61391
9-26-2024
Trading VIP & IMOS
Previously, FFA option values could have been incorrectly set to 0 when using pricing model for its contract type. This has been fixed.
Bug EN-61293
9-26-2024
Operations VIP Only
In Voyage Estimator and Voyage Manager, ECA-related passing points added to the itinerary can no longer have "Lock Transit" checked, preventing an issue where distance calculations could give unexpected results when editing ports adjacent to a locked ECA passing point.
Bug EN-60694
9-25-2024
Bunker Management
Previously, an error was introduced to the UpdateVoyage API that resulted in messages incorrectly failing to be applied with the message “Bunker planned quantity must match the bunker requirement quantity,” even when that didn’t apply. This is now fixed.
Bug EN-61325
9-25-2024
Veslink Voyage Reporting VIP & IMOS
Standard Veslink Form definitions now include a Report Time mapping for the custom consumption control. Upon updating the standard form version, any custom form derived from the standard forms now properly record the report time when the custom consumption control is in use.
Story EN-61294
distances-svc-1.0.101818, 9-25-2024
Distances
Improved routing between Cape of Good Hope and Australia
Bug EN-60827
9-24-2024
Operations
The incompatible "Deviation TCE" checkbox is no longer visible on Deviation Estimates.
Bug EN-61226
9-24-2024
Journals
Previously, Accruals was not including address commission in per-cargo calculations. This has been fixed.
Bug EN-61191
9-24-2024
Pooling
A performance issue which could happen when saving data in the Pooling Distribution form has been fixed.
Bug EN-60762
9-23-2024
Invoicing & Payments
Previously, attempting to open Rebill Claim invoices resulted in a permission-related error message and the Claim form could not be displayed. This has been fixed.
Bug EN-60573
9-23-2024
Chartering VIP & IMOS
Three new fields have been added to the Fuel EU tab on the Carbon Calculator, for both Voyages and Estimates: "Exchange Rate (EUR to Base)", "Agreed Penalty (EUR)", and "Agreed Penalty (Base)". These fields allow users to override the total Penalty values, and to convert between EUR and the voyage's base currency. These fields are also available for reporting. Requires a schema upgrade.
Story EN-60432
9-23-2024
Operations VIP & IMOS
On the Fuel EU tab of the Carbon Calculator, the three aggregate fields ('Total Energy', 'Compliance Balance (MT)', and 'Penalty (EUR)') will now be saved and can be reported on. Requires a schema upgrade.
Story EN-58400
9-23-2024
Chartering VIP Only
In Voyage Estimator, fixed an issue where inactive fuel types may not be properly updated when changing the vessel on an existing estimate.
Bug EN-55915
9-20-2024
Voyage P&L
Previously, rebills using a different price for offhire bunkers were not reflected correctly in Voyage PnL. This has been fixed.
Bug EN-59951
9-20-2024
Trading VIP & IMOS
Previously, Analytics Report was not performant when Cargo -> Benchmark Estimates -> CO2Qty field was selected. This has been fixed.
Bug EN-59848
distances-svc-1.0.101594, 9-20-2024
Distances
New port: FSO CIMA (Brazil)
Story EN-60908
distances-svc-1.0.101594, 9-20-2024
Distances
Improved routing between Daesan and Rizhao
Bug EN-60783
distances-svc-1.0.101594, 9-20-2024
Distances
New port: Narathiwat (Thailand)
Story EN-60769
distances-svc-1.0.101594, 9-20-2024
Distances
New port: Ghaxaq (Malta)
Story EN-60695
distances-svc-1.0.101594, 9-20-2024
Distances
New port: OFFSHORE SANTOS (Brazil)
Story EN-60687
distances-svc-1.0.101594, 9-20-2024
Distances
UN Code added for port Nipah Anchorage
Story EN-60642
distances-svc-1.0.101594, 9-20-2024
Distances
New port: Georgetown, PA (United States)
Story EN-60620
9-19-2024
Operations VIP Only
Fixes issue with Voyage Performance Report where a large negative value could be shown for the Bad Weather speed.
Bug EN-61048
9-19-2024
Voyage P&L
Previously, an rebill freight adjustment was not included in the mirrored voyage's P&L. This has been fixed.
Bug EN-59692
9-19-2024
Bunker Management VIP & IMOS
Previously, adding a planned lifting through the UpdateVoyage API could result in an error about not matching the bunker requirement quantity for a portcall if that portcall had multiple bunker requirements. This is now fixed.
Bug EN-59221
9-19-2024
Chartering
Cargo Import and Export xml now include Alt Lifting Qty and Alt Lifting Units.
Story EN-58970
9-18-2024
LNG VIP Only
The LNG Max Load value in the Voyage Manager is now calculated using the bunkers at load port arrival instead of the initial bunkers value.
Bug EN-60251
9-18-2024
Trading VIP & IMOS
Previously, FFA Options could have shown an incorrect Unrealized PnL values on the wrong side of the trade if pricing model was used. This has been fixed to pin these values to 0.
Bug EN-59920
9-18-2024
Invoicing & Payments
Previously, importing port expenses through the VIP interface, when both CFGSavePortExpAct and CFGActItemizeAdvanceCredit configuration flags are enabled, would result in error. This has been fixed.
Bug EN-59501
9-18-2024
Invoicing & Payments
When post FDA, TED failed to pick correct AP/AR Acc for the adjustment line(s) of PDA (the AP/AR Acc was not picked from BS rules' Credit Acc). This has been fixed.
Bug EN-59461
9-17-2024
Invoicing & Payments
Previously invoiced commission amounts were mistakenly deducted from the total commission when there were multiple brokers and incremental invoices in a TC contract. This issue has been fixed.
Bug EN-59642
9-17-2024
Invoicing & Payments
In Time Charter and Cargo/VC In contracts, the base currency column for Emission cash invoices and Allowance transfers in their grids were always displaying USD as the currency instead of showing the base currency for the contracts; this has been fixed.
Bug EN-59401
9-16-2024
Data Center Settings VIP Only
Removed reference to obsolete table in vessel deletion.
Bug EN-61025
9-16-2024
Operations VIP Only
In Voyage Manager, fixed an issue where users without access rights to save a voyage could still be prompted to save the voyage when using the Veslink Form List.
Bug EN-60102
9-16-2024
Trading
Previously, trade quantity on a carbon futures trade could have been incorrect if the custom period was set to today. This has been fixed.
Bug EN-59938
9-16-2024
Operations VIP Only
Previously, when the Pause Tasks & Alerts Evaluation setting was enabled in the Voyage Manager, preexisting Tasks and Alerts errors could block saving new updates. This has been fixed.
Bug EN-59776
9-16-2024
Operations
Previously, voyages with automatically updated estimated demurrage might falsely prompt the user to save when no changes had been made. This is now fixed.
Bug EN-59577
9-13-2024
Trading IMOS Only
Previously, carbon allowances that were pre-allocated were incorrectly showing the pre-allocated quantity as available for selection on Cargo and TC. This has been fixed.
Bug EN-60722
9-13-2024
Security & User Mgmt VIP & IMOS
Fixed a bug that was sometimes not displaying the "Last Login" time for users on the Security list.
Bug EN-60644
9-12-2024
Analytics VIP & IMOS
Vessel variables will now appear properly in reports without requiring fields in the details tab to be populated. Note that this will only change after saving a vessel.
Bug EN-59666
9-11-2024
Data Center Settings VIP & IMOS
When saving ECA Fuel Zones, a popup message now allows users to deactivate new zones that would be applied to estimates and voyages. This warning ensures users review the ECA Zones that are enabled to prevent incorrect bunker consumption.
Story EN-58354
9-10-2024-r2
Invoicing & Payments VIP & IMOS
Fixes issue where LOB was defaulting incorrectly on tax lines in TDE
Bug EN-60939
9-10-2024-r2
Trading VIP & IMOS
Added data validation to ensure that Carbon Allowances linked to Allowance Invoices cannot be deleted.
Bug EN-60732
9-10-2024
Trading VIP & IMOS
Previously, Freight Matrix was incorrectly using estimate TCE for comparison vessel, when comparison vessel speeds were manually set equal to benchmark vessel speeds. This has been fixed.
Bug EN-59540
9-9-2024
Invoicing & Payments
The issue where demurrage and respective commission rows were not displayed together in Freight invoice reports and Final Freight statement reports in cases where the Freight invoices had adjustments in them has been fixed.
Bug EN-60561
9-9-2024
Trading
Commodity/Option Trades would sometimes have a blank Index field. This has been fixed.
Bug EN-59690
9-9-2024
Voyage P&L VIP & IMOS
Previously bunker swaps linked to the time charter contract would incorrectly show up on the P&L of the last voyage linked to the said TCI.
The issue has been fixed.
Bug EN-59600
9-9-2024
Trading
Previously, TC options in Trading PnL might not show in Trade Details List. This has been fixed.
Bug EN-59556
9-9-2024
Voyage P&L VIP & IMOS
Previously, when the configuration flag, CFGTCUseProjRedelDate, was enabled, the Voyage P&L for TCO Hire was calculated using the Estimated Redelivery date instead of the Projected Redelivery date. This issue has been resolved.
Bug EN-59326
9-9-2024
Data Center Settings
Previously, users with spaces in their usernames would receive an error when attempting to change their password across multiple Veslink sites. Now, so long as these users have a correctly formatted email address, their password can be changed in multiple veslink sites.
Bug EN-58701
9-9-2024
Veslink Voyage Reporting VIP & IMOS
Configuration 'Include the Form Status when printing as PDF' has been made available under Veslink System Configuration Forms tab. Enabling this will display the status of a custom Veslink form when printing as a PDF.
Story EN-58602
distances-svc-1.0.100947, 9-9-2024
Distances
Time zone corrected for port Calvert City
Bug EN-60905
9-6-2024
Trading VIP & IMOS
Users are now able to edit the CO2 Mkt field in the Cargo Exposure benchmark estimate table, even when the Cargo is assigned to a voyage and CFGAutoUpdateCarbonExposureOnVoyages is enabled.
Story EN-60246
9-6-2024
Demurrage & Claims
Previously, VIP would time out on opening a laytime calculation with large number of deductions. This has been fixed.
In addition, a limit on the maximum number of deductions and itinerary lines allowed in the Laytime Calculator (1000 such items) has been added.
Bug EN-59744
9-6-2024
Trading IMOS Only
Previously, "closed" Carbon Allowances could incorrectly be shown with a "confirmed" status on the Carbon Allowances list. This has been fixed.
Bug EN-59644
9-6-2024
Invoicing & Payments
Previously, it was not possible to make TC commission payments for a 0 duration off hire lumpsum items. This has been fixed.
Bug EN-59512
9-6-2024
Voyage P&L
Previously, provision for bad debt could have been excluded from the P&L even if the TC bill had a accrual % of non 100%. This has been fixed.
Bug EN-59441
9-6-2024
Bunker Management VIP & IMOS
The BunkerRequirementExport message has been updated to include vendor UDF values, under the inquiries/inquiry/vendorUserProperties element.
Story EN-58686
distances-svc-1.0.100929, 9-6-2024
Distances
Improved routing around the Riau Islands, new avoidance region TAMBELAN ARCHIPELAGO added in order to avoid low draft areas around the islands
Bug EN-59282
distances-svc-1.0.100909, 9-9-2024
Distances
New ECA zone "ECA - Mediterranean" is now available in the distances maps and Fuel Zone table for configuration. Please configure the ECA Zone or save the Fuel Zone Table to apply the Worldwide configuration to the new ECA Zone.
Story EN-60172
distances-svc-1.0.100909, 9-6-2024
Distances
Updated boundaries for the Straits of Hormuz region
Story EN-60016
9-5-2024
Data Center Settings
The IMO field for vessels is now 10 characters long to allow support for MMSI values. Schema version of 470 or above is required.
Story EN-60145
9-5-2024
Analytics
Fixed bug where User Machine ID was occasionally missing in audit trail
Bug EN-59093
9-5-2024
Invoicing & Payments
New configuration flag has been added to VIP.
Flag: CFGAutoinvEnhancedBillReject
Description: When enabled, the "autoinv" interface program will process operations-side invoice reject message ("invoiceApproval" with "approvalStatus" field set to "R") the same way that VIP process invoice Reject operation in the UI. This includes setting corresponding bill record's fields correctly, handling any linked mirrored invoices properly, deleting linked financials' Provisional invoice (if any exists), notifications etc.
Data Type: Boolean
Default Value: N
Possible Values: Y, N
Bug EN-58890
9-4-2024
Journals VIP & IMOS
Added data validation checks to prevent bad data from being used in DDF Voyage Period Journal creation process.
Bug EN-60628
9-4-2024
Security & User Mgmt VIP & IMOS
Previously, the "Record Trades" permission did not prevent a user from copying a trade. This has been fixed.
Bug EN-60298
9-4-2024
Analytics
With Schema updated 469, a saved Voyage and Estimate will include per fuel consumption and emission values for each leg.
Story EN-57398
9-4-2024
Invoicing & Payments
The currency and exchange rates for emission cash invoices and emission allowance invoices have been made editable. Additionally, the invoice's currency and exchange rate will automatically set to the voyage carbon calculator’s currency and exchange rate when linked to a voyage, and will be set to the allowance trade’s currency and exchange rate when linked to an allowance trade.
Story EN-57221
fleetmap-api-1.0.100787, fleetmap-app-1.0.100787
Fleet Map VIP & IMOS
The IMOS Fleet Map filter panel has been expanded to include a Port Area filter. Applying this filter will return vessels that are currently in the selected port area(s), as well as vessels that have the selected port area(s) in their forward itinerary.
Story EN-60059
9-3-2024
Invoicing & Payments
When configuration flag CFGEnableTaxGroup is enabled, we now default auto-generated tax line's LOB from the parent invoice detail line's LOB when posting a financials invoice.
Bug EN-59700
9-3-2024
Invoicing & Payments
In a Laytime calculation, when the invoice currency was different from the laytime currency, the invoice amounts were not accurate. This has been fixed.
Bug EN-58754