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Veson University Catalog

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Shipping Concepts

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Shipping Companies & Departments

🕐 20 min COURSE | FREE

Explore what a shipping company is and the different departments that enable a shipping company to run efficiently.

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Shipping Market Participants

🕐 15 min COURSE | FREE

Learn about the market participants that form the commercial maritime industry and their respective role and core responsibilities.

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Global Shipping & Trade Overview

🕐 15 min COURSE | FREE

Learn about the maritime shipping industry and how it is connected to global trade in this overview course.

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Vessels, Cargoes, & Ports

🕐 30 min COURSE | FREE

Learn about vessel's details, how they are connected to the cargo types, and the port facilities' details.

IMOS Platform

Getting Started

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Navigating the IMOS Platform

🕐 105 min CURRICULUM | FREE

This learning path provides a high level overview of the IMOS Platform, including its core functionality, how to access and navigate the platform, and setting up workspaces.

Curriculum Courses

IMOS Platform Overview (75 min)

Learn about the core functionality of the IMOS Platform.

Getting Started in IMOS (15 min)

Learn how to log into IMOS and navigate within the platform.

Workspaces in IMOS (20 min)

Learn about the different tools and features available in the workspaces in IMOS.


New Feature Introduction

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Default Include FuelEU Penalty in P&L

🕐 1 min VIDEO | FREE

Learn more about the configuration flag CFGDefaultIncludeFuelEUPenaltyInPnL.

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Default FuelEU Calculations on TCs & Cargoes

🕐 2 min VIDEO | FREE

Learn more about the configuration flag CFGDefaultFuelEUCalcType.

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FuelEU Breakeven Calculator Config

🕐 3 min VIDEO | FREE

Learn how to configure the Breakeven Calculator tool in the FuelEU Calculator screen. This tool is available in both the Estimate and Voyage Manager workspaces.

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FuelEU Calculator Config - Bunker Lifting Level Emissions

🕐 3 min VIDEO | FREE

Learn how to enable lifting level emissions for fuel types in the Fuel/Lube Types screen. This enables users to add emission factors on the Bunker Purchase Form.

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FuelEU Calculator Config for LNG Fuels

🕐 3 min VIDEO | FREE

Learn how to configure the FuelEU Calculator in the IMOS Voyage Estimate for vessels burning LNG fuels.

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FuelEU Calculator Config for Non-LNG Fuels

🕐 3 min VIDEO | FREE

Learn how to configure the FuelEU Calculator in the IMOS Voyage Estimate and Voyage Manager for vessels burning non-LNG fuels.


Chartering

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Elements of Time Charter

🕐 20 min COURSE | FREE

Learn about Time Charter Contracts theory in the Shipping Industry and implementation practice in the IMOS platform.

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Scheduling Best Practices

🕐 45 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Learn how to use the IMOS Scheduling workspace to plan voyages for your fleet.

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Voyage Estimation Overview

🕐 45 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Review the main workflows and usage of the IMOS Estimates workspace in this overview course.

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Voyage Estimation Analysis

🕐 90 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Learn how to use analytical tools and assess the voyage estimate results before making the decision to schedule the voyage.

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Voyage Estimate Advanced Best Practices

🕐 60 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Learn about standardized best practices around complex business scenarios. Expand your knowledge of suggested best practices around complex IMOS functionalities.

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Standard Contract Management

🕐 60 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Learn important concepts of commonly used contracts, including Cargo, COA, VC In, Time Charter In, and Time Charter Out. You will also learn basic Tasks and Alerts functions in IMOS.

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Cargo Contracts Advanced

🕐 70 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Learn about advanced pricing models in cargoes and contracts of affreightment.

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Hire Management Basics

🕐 105 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Learn about the common usage of IMOS Time Charter (TC) In and Out contracts, data flow between the Voyage Manager and TC forms, hire payment generation, and Hire Statement review.

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Hire Management Advanced

🕐 75 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Learn about advanced workflows and pricing models in time charter contracts in IMOS. 

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Mirror Contract Management

🕐 60 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Learn about workflow and creation of mirrored contracts in IMOS.


Operations

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Introduction to Voyage Manager

🕐 25 min COURSE | PREMIUM

This introductory course guides new users through the Voyage Manager workspace and core functionalities.

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Voyage Manager Overview

🕐 90 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Learn about the main workflows and usage of the Voyage Manager that connects Port Activities, Cargo Handling, Delays, Bunkers, and Voyage P&L.

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Onboard Overview

🕐 20 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Learn how Vessel Masters can view the latest voyage information, including Onboard setup, configuration, forms, reports, and troubleshooting tips.

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Post Disbursement Process Overview

🕐 40 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Learn about the end-to-end port disbursement workflow in IMOS, including Agent Nomination, Statement of Facts, Ledger Expense Setup, and invoice creation. 

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Laytime Calculation Basics

🕐 70 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Learn about IMOS Laytime Calculation usage and workflow, including demurrage and despatch concepts.

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Freight Basics

🕐 30 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Review the creation of a Freight Invoice and data flow from IMOS Chartering tools.

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Bunker Management Overview

🕐 60 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Learn about the Bunker Management module, including different types of bunkers and their uses, fuel zones, bunker reporting, bunker controls, the bunker procurement process, de-bunkering, and bunker claims.

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Veslink Onboard Reporting

🕐 10 min VIDEO | FREE

Review the procedures for onboard users to follow in order to submit voyage reporting data, such as noon reports and arrival and departure notices, to company shoreside systems.

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Voyage & Operation Types for Time Charter Operators

🕐 30 min COURSE | FREE

Learn about one of the most essential commercial contracts, the Charter Party, and how this affects time charter operators (with an emphasis on TCOV and TCTO).

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Voyage & Operation Types for Tonnage Charterers and Cargo Producers

🕐 35 min COURSE | FREE

Learn about one of the most essential commercial contracts, the Charter Party, and how this affects cargo owners, commodity traders and tonnage charterers with an emphasis on RELT, SPOT, and VCOV voyage types.

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Voyage & Operation Types for Vessel Owners

🕐 30 min COURSE | FREE

Learn about one of the most essential commercial contracts, the Charter Party, and how this affects vessel owners with an emphasis on OVOV and OVTO.


Finance

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Snapshots Overview

🕐 35 min COURSE | FREE

This course provides a basic understanding of what snapshots are and how they are used in the financial context. Learn how to analyze Voyage PnL by different snapshot types and periods, and gain a basic understanding of what reporting on snapshot data looks like.

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Understanding Voyage P&L

🕐 35 min COURSE | FREE

This introductory course is for new financial users in IMOS. It highlights how financial users can benefit from using the Voyage P&L tool by understanding its workspace and core functionalities. 

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Overview for Accountants - Financials Module

🕐 20 min COURSE | PREMIUM

This is the first course within the General Accountant learning path. Learn basic concepts of IMOS, how to navigate the platform, as well as core functionalities of the Financials module.

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Overview for Accountants - Additional Modules

🕐 10 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Learn about the core IMOS functionalities of the Analytics, Chartering, Operations, and Data Center modules, which an accountant should know in addition to the Financials Module. 

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Basic Concepts of Financials

🕐 60 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Review the IMOS Financials module setup and capabilities such as Chart of Accounts, Business Rules, and various summary and action lists.

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Financial Built-In Reports

🕐 20 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Learn how to access and run five popular built-in reports in the Financials module, including Account Analysis, Monthly Accruals Details Report, Trial Balance, Balance Sheet, and Income Statement.

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Introduction to Invoice Workflow

🕐 30 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Learn about invoice status, approval, and workflow in IMOS. Explore basic configuration options and Financials list views in IMOS.

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Month End Close Basics

🕐 45 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Explore the concepts, tasks, and statuses related to voyage closing and period closing in IMOS. The course also reviews fuel inventory, Voyage P&L, reporting, and related Financials module setup.


Sustainability

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Sustainable Shipping: Regulations & System Configuration

🕐 110 min CURRICULUM | FREE

In this introductory learning path, explore key concepts and regulations regarding sustainable shipping and decarbonization. Additionally, learn about the system configuration process for regulatory compliance in IMOS.

Curriculum Courses

Sustainable Shipping Overview (30 min)

Learn about key regulatory measures, how they will affect various stakeholders in the shipping industry, and how IMOS can empower users to address sustainability.

EU ETS Regulatory Drive (30 min)

Learn about the EU ETS Regulatory drive to combat climate change.

EU ETS Impact on the Maritime Industry (30 min)

Learn how the ETS requirements change the dynamics of how shipowners, operators, and charterers need to work together to comply with the EU ETS regulations.

System Configuration for Sustainability (20 min)

Learn about the prerequisites and system configurations required to activate sustainability in IMOS.

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Carbon Emissions Management in IMOS

🕐 90 min CURRICULUM | FREE

Learn how to estimate and track both carbon emissions and carbon emissions expenses, and invoice carbon emissions expenses in IMOS.

Curriculum Courses

Carbon Tracking in the Voyage Estimate (20 min)

Explore carbon tracking in the Voyage Estimate module.

EU ETS: Calculating Carbon Emission Expenses (20 min)

Learn about calculating carbon emission expenses in the Voyage Estimate and the Voyage Manager.

EU ETS: Emissions and Contracts in IMOS (20 min)

Learn about contractual changes in Cargo contracts and Time Charter contracts related to EU ETS emissions, as well as how to manage cash emission invoices and EU ETS allowances in IMOS.

EU ETS: Invoicing Carbon Emission Expenses for Cash (30 min)

Learn how to create cash carbon emissions invoices in the Cargo contract and Time Charter contract.

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EU ETS: Managing EU Allowances in IMOS

🕐 30 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Learn how to capture carbon allowance trades, including how to manage a settlement and the process for invoicing and transferring these allowances.

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EU ETS: Carbon Emissions Exposure & Risk

🕐 60 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Learn how companies manage and understand their potential carbon exposure using the Trading Module in IMOS.


Admin

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Data Center & Security Basics

🕐 50 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Review master data setup, including Address Book, Ports, and Cargo Names. Learn about security groups, access rights, and data entry compliance.


Analytics

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Analytics Overview

🕐 50 min COURSE | PREMIUM

 Analytics Overview covers standard usage of the Report Designer tool and its capabilities for report security, output options, and table joins.


Trading & Risk

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IMOS Trading & Risk Onboarding

🕐 120 min CURRICULUM | FREE

This learning path introduces the Trading field of activities, such as derivative contracts, and concepts such as managing risk, hedging, and market exposure. 

Curriculum Courses

Elements of Trading (50 min)

Learn about Shipping market volatility, how market participants can protect their positions, and how the derivative contracts correlate with the physical contracts, the charter parties.

Trading & Risk Module (20 min)

Learn about the main features and core functionalities of the Trading & Risk Module.

Managing Exposure (20 min)

Learn about Trading & Risk Module features and core functionalities pertaining to managing exposure and analyzing risk.

Managing Contracts (15 min)

Learn about Trading & Risk Module features and core functionalities pertaining to physical and paper trades.

Working with Market Data (15 min)

Learn about the Trading & Risk Module features and core functionalities pertaining to market pricing data.

IMOS X

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IMOS X Overview

🕐 15 min COURSE | FREE

Learn about the key features and core functionalities of IMOS X in this introductory course.

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Receiving & Validating SCC Emissions Data

🕐 30 min COURSE | FREE

Explore the IMOS X workflow that enables carriers to send SCC emissions data to a charterer for their portion of any voyage, as well as the process for charterers to request, review, and approve emissions data.

Oceanbolt

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Oceanbolt Overview

🕐 15 min COURSE | FREE

Learn about the main features and core functionalities of Oceanbolt in this introductory course.

Q88

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Q88 Overview

🕐 10 min COURSE | FREE

Learn about the main features and core functionalities of Q88 - Ship Owners Subscription in this introductory course.

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Q88 Dry Overview

🕐 10 min COURSE | FREE

Learn about the main features and core functionalities of Q88 Dry - Ship Owners Subscription in this introductory course.

Shipfix

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Shipfix Overview

🕐 15 min COURSE | FREE

Learn about the main features and core functionalities of the Shipfix platform in this introductory course.

Vessels Value

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VesselsValue Overview

🕐 20 min COURSE | FREE

Learn about the main features and core functionalities of the VesselsValue platform in this introductory course.

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