Veson University Catalog

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Shipping Concepts

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.

Shipping Market Participants

🕐 15 min COURSE | FREE

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

Global Shipping & Trade

🕐 15 min COURSE | FREE

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

Vessels, Cargoes, & Ports

🕐 30 min COURSE | FREE

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

Voyage Bunkers

🕐 10 min COURSE | FREE

Learn about bunker fuel types, how to calculate their consumption, and what affects their use.

IMOS Platform

Getting Started

Navigating the IMOS Platform

🕐 55 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.

Part of: Navigating the IMOS Platform

IMOS Platform Overview

🕐 20 min COURSE | FREE

Learn how the IMOS platform delivers connected workflows, unified systems and stakeholders, and actionable data from pre-fixture to post-fixture in this overview course.

Part of: Navigating the IMOS Platform

Getting Started in IMOS

🕐 15 min COURSE | FREE

Learn how to log into IMOS, access the different modules, and identify key navigational features.

Part of: Navigating the IMOS Platform

Workspaces in IMOS

🕐 20 min COURSE | FREE

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

New Feature Introduction

Webhooks & Fuel Modes

🕐 < 5 min VIDEO | FREE

Explore a Webhook setup where IMOS sends a Fuel Mode update notification to a third-party system and receives a response. This video includes configuration steps in the Task and Alert screen.

MRV Port Activity Distances

🕐 < 5 min VIDEO | FREE

Learn how to add a column to the Port Activities screen and Statements of Facts form to track port activity distances. Companies typically track distances for port activities for compliance reasons or MRV reporting.

FuelEU Compliance Price/MT - Config & Workflow

🕐 < 5 min VIDEO | FREE

Learn how to calculate carbon emissions using a price per metric ton in the FuelEU calculator, and how to activate this tool in Voyage Estimate and Voyage Manager.

FuelEU Pool Journals Configuration in IMOS

🕐 10 min COURSE | FREE

Learn how to set up FuelEU Pool Journals efficiently, covering essential steps in the Data Center Module and Financials Module, business reasons, and common use cases.

Prioritized FuelEU Calculation

🕐 10 min CURRICULUM | FREE

This learning path focuses on a new prioritized FuelEU calculation method in IMOS. Learn the configuration, workflow, and logic behind this calculation.

Part of: Prioritized FuelEU Calculation

Prioritized FuelEU Calc - Method Logic

🕐 5 min VIDEO | FREE

Learn the logic IMOS uses to compute the Prioritized FuelEU calculation, including a scenario where enabling this method reduces penalty costs.

Part of: Prioritized FuelEU Calculation

Prioritized FuelEU Calc - Setup & Workflow

🕐 5 min VIDEO | FREE

Learn how to configure and use the Prioritized FuelEU calculation option in the FuelEU Calculator, which could potentially reduce FuelEU penalty costs.

EU ETS 2026 Regulation and IMOS Setup

🕐 < 5 min VIDEO | FREE

Starting in 2026, the EU ETS Carbon Calculator includes CH₄ and N₂O in addition to CO₂. Review the emissions fields in the IMOS Fuel/Lube Types screen for this setup.

Time Charter Incremental Invoicing

🕐 5 min COURSE | FREE

Learn how to include FuelEU costs in incremental invoices. Covers the incremental invoice workflow and explains why companies use it for standard and complex reconciliations.

Delivery Bunker Emissions Factors

🕐 < 5 min VIDEO | FREE

Learn how to enter emission factors in the Delivery Bunker Breakdown screen, configure fuels for this workflow, and why emission factors vary for biofuels.

FuelEU: Contract Activation & Business Reasons

🕐 5 min VIDEO | FREE

Learn about the six contracts/screens in IMOS where you can enable FuelEU emissions expenses, the business reason for each, P&L impact, and the two-step workflow.

Configuring Fuel Versions

🕐 < 5 min VIDEO | FREE

Fuel Versioning lets you create a new set of six fuel types on a vessel — add new types, remove unused ones, and change their order. Learn how to configure this feature.

FuelEU Wind Reward Factor

🕐 < 5 min VIDEO | FREE

Learn about the FuelEU Wind Reward Factor field in the Vessel screen, and how this factor impacts FuelEU calculations.

Carbon Calculator Fuel Cons Report

🕐 < 5 min VIDEO | FREE

Learn about the Carbon Calculator Fuel Cons Report, available in both Voyage Estimate and Voyage Manager workspaces, showing ROB, bunker amounts, and sources for each fuel type.

EU ETS: Carbon Allowance Period Transfers

🕐 < 5 min VIDEO | FREE

Learn about the Carbon Allowance Period Transfers tool. Carbon Allowance Transfer Journals can be automatically created using available allowance inventory and open invoices.

P&L Line Item Remarks Configuration - Voyage Manager

🕐 < 5 min VIDEO | FREE

Learn about CFGEnableVoyPnlLineItemRemarks. When enabled, a Remarks column appears on the Voyage P&L (Operations View) for capturing line-item remarks, reportable via Voyage P&L Drilldown.

Default Include FuelEU Penalty in P&L

🕐 < 5 min VIDEO | FREE

Learn about CFGDefaultIncludeFuelEUPenaltyInPnL. When enabled with CFGEnableCO2Pricing, FuelEU Penalties are included in the P&L by default for Estimates and Voyages.

Default FuelEU Calculations on TCs & Cargoes

🕐 < 5 min VIDEO | FREE

Learn more about the configuration flag CFGDefaultFuelEUCalcType.

FuelEU Breakeven Calculator Config

🕐 < 5 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.

FuelEU Calculator Config - Bunker Lifting Level Emissions

🕐 < 5 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.

FuelEU Calculator Config for LNG Fuels

🕐 < 5 min VIDEO | FREE

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

FuelEU Calculator Config for Non-LNG Fuels

🕐 < 5 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

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.

Scheduling Best Practices

🕐 45 min COURSE | PREMIUM

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

Voyage Estimation Workspace

🕐 35 min COURSE | FREE

Learn about the main workflows and usage of the IMOS Estimates workspace.

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.

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.

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.

Cargo Contracts Advanced

🕐 70 min COURSE | PREMIUM

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

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.

Hire Management Advanced

🕐 75 min COURSE | PREMIUM

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

Mirror Contract Management

🕐 60 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Learn about workflow and creation of mirrored contracts in IMOS.

Time Charter Contracts and Voyages

🕐 15 min COURSE | FREE

This course covers Time Charter contract types in the context of different voyage types available in the IMOS Platform.

Operations

Voyage Manager Overview

🕐 25 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Learn about the key features and core functionalities of the Voyage Manager workspace in this introductory course.

Voyage Manager Workspace

🕐 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.

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.

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.

Laytime Calculation Basics

🕐 70 min COURSE | PREMIUM

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

Freight Basics

🕐 30 min COURSE | PREMIUM

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

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

Configuring Bunkers

🕐 15 min COURSE | FREE

Learn how to set up Bunkers in IMOS and understand where they fit in your voyage planning.

Finance

Snapshots Overview

🕐 35 min COURSE | FREE

Get a foundational understanding of snapshots in IMOS Financials — what they are, how they’re used, and how to analyze Voyage P&L across different snapshot types and periods.

Understanding Voyage P&L

🕐 35 min COURSE | FREE

Gain a foundational understanding of the Voyage P&L tool, including its workspace and core functionalities, and how financial users can benefit from it.

Overview for Accountants - Financials Module

🕐 20 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Learn the fundamental concepts of IMOS, how to navigate the platform with confidence, and gain insights into key functionalities of the Financials module.

Overview for Accountants - Additional Modules

🕐 10 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Gain familiarity with the IMOS modules most relevant to accountants outside of Financials: Analytics, Chartering, Operations, and Data Center.

Basic Concepts of Financials

🕐 60 min COURSE | PREMIUM

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

Financial Built-In Reports

🕐 20 min COURSE | PREMIUM

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

Introduction to Invoice Workflow

🕐 30 min COURSE | PREMIUM

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

Month End Close Basics

🕐 45 min COURSE | PREMIUM

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

Sustainability

Sustainable Shipping: Regulations & System Configuration

🕐 110 min CURRICULUM | FREE

Explore key concepts and regulations in sustainable shipping and decarbonization, and learn how to configure IMOS for regulatory compliance — covered across this learning path.

Part of: Sustainable Shipping: Regulations & System Configuration

Sustainable Shipping Overview

🕐 20 min COURSE | FREE

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

Part of: Sustainable Shipping: Regulations & System Configuration

EU ETS Regulatory Drive

🕐 30 min COURSE | FREE

Gain an understanding of the EU ETS regulatory framework for combating climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, including the EU's Green Deal commitment to climate neutrality by 2050.

Part of: Sustainable Shipping: Regulations & System Configuration

EU ETS Impact on the Maritime Industry

🕐 30 min COURSE | FREE

Learn about the impact of EU ETS on the maritime industry and how its requirements are reshaping collaboration between shipowners, operators, and charterers to achieve compliance.

Part of: Sustainable Shipping: Regulations & System Configuration

System Configuration Options for Sustainability

🕐 30 min COURSE | FREE

Gain an understanding of the prerequisites and system configurations required to enable key sustainability features in IMOS, and see how sustainability is addressed across different workspaces.

Carbon Emissions Management in IMOS

🕐 105 min CURRICULUM | PREMIUM

Learn how to estimate, track, and invoice carbon emissions and related expenses in IMOS through this multi-course learning path.

Part of: Carbon Emissions Management in IMOS

CO2 Tracking in the Voyage Estimate

🕐 15 min COURSE | FREE

Gain an overview of sustainability features in the Voyage Estimate module, including Carbon View, CII Band, Combine Estimates, Speed Comparison Analysis, and Apply Min CO2 Speed.

Part of: Carbon Emissions Management in IMOS

EU ETS: Calculating Emissions Expenses

🕐 20 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Learn about EU ETS Emissions Expense calculations in the Voyage Estimate and the Voyage Manager.

Part of: Carbon Emissions Management in IMOS

EU ETS: Emissions and Contracts in IMOS

🕐 20 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Learn about EU ETS-driven contractual changes in Time Charter and Cargo contracts in IMOS, and explore the Emissions tab for managing cash emission invoices and EU ETS allowances.

Part of: Carbon Emissions Management in IMOS

EU ETS: Invoicing Carbon Emission Expenses for Cash

🕐 30 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Gain an overview of creating cash carbon emissions invoices in both the Cargo and Time Charter contracts in IMOS.

Part of: Carbon Emissions Management in IMOS

Estimating FuelEU Penalties

🕐 20 min COURSE | FREE

Learn about the FuelEU Maritime regulation and the FuelEU Calculator in the Voyage Estimate workspace. Explore methods to modify the calculation, including the Breakeven Tool and Fuel Modes.

EU ETS: Managing EU Allowances in IMOS

🕐 30 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Gain an overview of carbon allowance trade capture in IMOS, including settlement management and the invoicing and transferring processes for allowances.

EU ETS: Carbon Emissions Exposure & Risk

🕐 60 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Gain an understanding of how companies manage and understand their potential carbon exposure using the IMOS Trading & Risk Module.

Admin

Data Center & Security Basics

🕐 50 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Gain an understanding of master data setup and types in the IMOS Data Center module, including Address Book, Ports, and Cargo Names, as well as security groups, access rights, and data entry compliance.

Analytics

Analytics Overview

🕐 50 min COURSE | PREMIUM

Learn about the Report Designer tool in IMOS Analytics, including standard usage, report security, output options, and table joins.

Trading & Risk

IMOS Trading & Risk Onboarding

🕐 120 min CURRICULUM | FREE

Gain an introduction to key Trading concepts, including derivative contracts, risk management, hedging, and market exposure. Explore the core functionalities and features of the IMOS Trading & Risk module across this learning path.

Part of: IMOS Trading & Risk Onboarding

Elements of Trading

🕐 50 min COURSE | FREE

Learn about derivative contract trading in the shipping market. Explore market volatility, position protection strategies, and the relationship between derivative contracts, physical contracts, and charter parties.

Part of: IMOS Trading & Risk Onboarding

Trading & Risk Module

🕐 20 min COURSE | FREE

Gain an overview of the main features and core functionalities of the Trading & Risk Module.

Part of: IMOS Trading & Risk Onboarding

Managing Exposure

🕐 20 min COURSE | FREE

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

Part of: IMOS Trading & Risk Onboarding

Managing Contracts

🕐 15 min COURSE | FREE

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

Part of: IMOS Trading & Risk Onboarding

Working with Market Data

🕐 15 min COURSE | FREE

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

Introduction to Risk Management

🕐 10 min COURSE | FREE

Explore how shipping companies manage financial risk, including the role of derivatives, hedging strategies, and tools available in the IMOS Trading & Risk module.

Understanding Freight Market Volatility

🕐 5 min COURSE | FREE

Learn why freight markets are volatile, the factors that drive price changes, and how market participants analyze and respond to this volatility.

Physical Trade & Financial Derivatives

🕐 10 min COURSE | FREE

Understand the relationship between physical shipping contracts and financial derivative instruments used to hedge freight and bunker price risk.

Sources of Freight & Bunker Market Data

🕐 10 min COURSE | FREE

Learn about the key providers of freight and bunker market pricing data and how this data is used within the IMOS Trading & Risk module.

IMOS X

IMOS X Overview

🕐 15 min COURSE | FREE

Learn about the key features and functionality of IMOS X and how it delivers powerful data insights and enhanced workflows in this overview course.

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.

Sharing Cargo Data in IMOS X

🕐 5 min COURSE | FREE

Learn how to automate cargo updates and provide a single platform to manage communications using IMOS X.

Receiving Shared Cargo Data with IMOS X

🕐 5 min COURSE | FREE

Learn how to view shared cargoes across participating operators and get real-time visibility using IMOS X.

Workflow Components in IMOS X Claims CoCaptain

🕐 10 min COURSE | FREE

Explore how IMOS X CoCaptain streamlines claims management — covering key workflows including intake, reconciliation, counterparty communication, activity monitoring, and invoice approval through the Claims detail page.

Oceanbolt

Oceanbolt Overview

🕐 15 min COURSE | FREE

Learn how Oceanbolt’s dynamic data intelligence platform delivers accurate, timely data to help navigate port congestion and elevate turnaround analysis in this overview course.

Q88

Q88 Overview

🕐 10 min COURSE | FREE

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

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

Shipfix Overview

🕐 15 min COURSE | FREE

Learn how Shipfix streamlines communication, uncovers opportunities, and delivers intelligence through your inbox in this overview course.

Mastering Shipfix Mail

🕐 50 min CURRICULUM | FREE

Master the Shipfix email workspace through this learning path — from initial setup and personalization to collaboration features, tags, and efficiency techniques.