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Current DT4 Use Cases

DT4 is designed to be modular, and work in parallel with your existing systems and process to optimize mission critical post-trade steps. Key use cases addressed to date by DT4 include:

Digitize and simplify all aspects of the clearing process for ICE Murban, Gasoil and other futures deliveries
Create, manage & share monthly lifting plans

Track inventory by asset and/or tank
Share vetting information and supporting docs

Propose and accept vessel nominations
Transport
Share transportation plans to-from FPSO or distant asset with relevant parties: Load Masters, Inspectors, Government Officials, etc.
Handle all ship-shore documents from ISGOTT SSSCL to Handbooks for pre-arrival, berthing, etc., through cargo operations
Vendors
Instruct vendors: Ship Agent, Independent Inspector, Stevedore or others
Demurrage
Manage and collect all relevant docs: Notices of Readiness (NOR), Letters of Protest (LOP), Statements of Facts (SOF) and Timesheets

Demurrage calculator

Demurrage statements

Bunker Deliveries
Produce and share eBunker Delivery Notes (eBDN), Quality docs and Invoice

Sign-issue eBDN
DI + Pro Forma(s)
Share Doc Instructions (DI)

Generate Pro Forma LC, BL, Invoice, etc.

Approve-reject Pro Forma(s)
Generate or collect cargo docs

One-click sign electronic docs and/or print paper BLs

Distribute docs
Manage eDocs
Manage original eDocs through the trade chain: Return or Surrender, Transfer-Produce, Recut-Amend
Tank Management
Maintain a live view of tank status, capacities and inventory by product, asset and/or tank

Plan tank allocations and transfers against the lifting schedule

Track available storage and ullage to avoid conflicts or bottlenecks
Comply / Sentinel
Ubiquitous search across generated + collected documents

Downloadable clean search Report

Pre-Screening Report

Future DT4 Use Cases

Future use cases addressed by DT4 will include:

Lifting Shedule / Plan (expanded)
Inventory forecasting and adjustment rules (with override)

Criteria engine, i.e., max vessel draft, min loading rate, to auto draft Plan
Vessel (expanded)
Q88 integration

Configurable nomination + vetting steps
Demurrage (expanded)
Real-time estimator

Claims management
LOI Manager (expanded)
Track internal and external approvals of draft LOIs

Track outstanding LOIs thru to expiry or cancellation

Auto-void LOIs on expiry or manually void as relevant
Chartering-Freight (new)
Charterparty negotiation

Recaps

Charterparty generation and eSigning
Berth Planning (new)
Visualize and manage berth availability and vessel arrivals in a single schedule

Assign vessels to berths based on ETA, cargo, draft and terminal constraints

Adjust plans in real time as schedules change, and share updates with all parties
Inventory (new)
Digitally manage end-off-the-month reconciliations

Digital Hold Certificates and/or Warehouse Receipts and cargo release
STS Ship-to-Ship (new)
Digitally manage all ship-to-ship transfers
Export Customs (new)
Embedded US Export Declaration (AES) and Australian Export Declarations (ICS)

Exportable 309 EDI files for non-integrated countries
Finance (new)
Pledge digital Hold Certificates and/or Warehouse Receipts and/or eBLs under bilateral or syndicated financing arrangements

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Modular use cases optimizing mission critical post-trade processes