What do you need to know about precontrol port costs before a Charter Party is signed?

Recently, a Korean shipowner has quickly implemented the signing of a cooperation agreement with a customer and predicted the direct revenue from the operation of the ship under this voyage through port-related information provided by E-PORTS, a third-party intelligent ship service management platform. The speed and timeliness of the port information have provided the best basis for the shipowner's decision.

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7 * 24 dedicated service to quickly provide details of the destination port

E-PORTS has learned that the customer's vessel was expected to load 20,000mt of pet coke to the West African port of Lome.

After the voyage plan was completed, within no more than 4 hours, E-PORTS clarified with the customer the urgently needed information about the estimated port disbursements and other expenses for the vessel to arrive at Lome Port, the draft restrictions of the port, the congestion at the port, and the yard conditions, etc.

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Customized solutions to 100% meet customer needs

Obviously, charterers and shipowners need to know the specific details of the corresponding ports before chartering, so that shipowners can predict their operating costs, ship rentals and specific revenues before signing agreements with charterers.

In this process, charterers are most concerned about the consistency of the ship schedule with the cargo schedule to avoid additional expenses. If the ship schedule is not in line with the cargo laydays date or charterers have to wait for a long time for loading, they will give up the carriage even the best cargo. A simple way to determine if the ship schedule is proper is to add the expected vacant time of the ship to the navigating time of the preliminary voyage and see if it is within the laydays date. If the times are in line, it allows charterers to save operating costs by deciding on which days the ship will call at the port and perform loading/discharging operations in a timely manner.

In particular, E-PORTS used the global major ports Line-up in the platform to provide timely information on congestion and ship schedules at the destination port Lome, informing the shipowner’ customer that there was no ship pressure at the port and that it only took 1 day to enter a suitable terminal for loading/discharging.

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Intelligent big data to provide more references for customers

To judge the situation of loading/discharging ports, except for ship schedules and congestion, it is also necessary to consider port operating conditions. Hence, before signing the charter party, the charterer and the shipowner also pay close attention to the loading/discharging situation of the port, which is not only related to the responsibility of the safe port, but also closely related to loading/discharging efficiency and demurrage and dispatch clauses. If the loading/discharging conditions are not good, both the shipowner and the charterer need to make corresponding plans in advance. For some ports with long years of pressure and low loading/discharging efficiency, even with loading/discharging efficiency and demurrage clauses, it is difficult to fully prevent the risk of shipping schedule loss. As we all know, it is quite difficult to recover Demurrage in practice, which will directly affect the previous settlement of the shipowner and the charterer.

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E-PORTS integrated the database of [Port Guidelines]?in the platform, and combined with the ship overview and local partner Star Agent to find out that the ship could depart from the Lome port with a full cargo.

Systematic management to provide the best decision basis for the customer

Finally, E-PORTS’s accurate cost budget of this voyage has resulted in significant cost savings for the shipowner and gained the trust of the shipowner. E-PORTS also successfully completed the customer's berthing and loading/discharging plan at the Lome Port. Particularly, the E-PORTS SAAS Management System allows the shipowner and the charterer to monitor multiple operational processes in real-time, including ship entry declaration, confirmation of loading/ discharging plan, berthing, loading/discharging equipment, cargo handling, stacking, and ship departure. So they can timely understand the operation progress of the ship after berthing. The system is linked to the end of E-PORTS APP, allowing for real-time communication with cooperating port agents whether you are out or in the company. It creates a new era of shipping!

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E-PORTS, a one-stop solution provider for global shipping

E-PORTS not only provides the ship agency services such as loading/discharging, shipowner affairs, etc. for global customers, but also provides pre-customized voyage planning services. E-PORTS helps corporate clients such as charterers, shipowners and shippers to customize their voyage plans, provide different roles with port pressure time calculations, port budgets, etc., and provide a decision basis for port disbursement for chartering contracts.

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If you have any questions during the shipping process, you can find E-PORTS for consultation through the following methods. E-PORTS is dedicated to serving you 7×24 ！