Improve The De-Bunkering Functionality
Debunkering in IMOS/VIP has long been a difficult task. The IMO2020 regulation has highlighted this as vessel owners now need a clean way to offload non-compliant fuel.
Currently the only option to debunker is to enter a negative quantity in the bunker lifting screen. However you cannot mark a bunker parcel as "do not burn" in the FIFO queue if the bunker parcel is to be debunkered down the road in future voyages. This means users need to back out of commenced voyages and artificially debunker at a suitable port before the debunkered parcel is burned.
Matters become worse if you happen to debunker at the same port you are also lifting bunkers at as the lifted figure in the port activities must reflect the net bunker qty lifted in the port, this causes issue with veslink forms.
Users would like functionality to mark bunkers as "Do Not Use" which would allow them to be debunkered on future voyages without being burned. Also it would be best if veslink forms worked with debunkering.
Comments: 4
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02 Mar, '20
NIELS LORENZENHave the Master send in a Form with 0 mts HSFO ROB.
If you get any money at all for it, credit Bunker Expense directly (not the Balance Sheet) -
05 Mar, '20
Joyce WangWe have been asking for this feature as well. IMOS now does have a debunker feature that we can enter a negative quantity. But it may take very long time for Owners to find a port that vessel can debunker. The quantity to be debunkered might be lifted very long time ago in the previous voyage, which might be already consumed in the system basis FIFO bunker calculation method. We agree that there should be an extra status option named "To be debunkered" or "Do not burn".
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19 Aug, '20
Dmitry Fomichev. SCFTechnically needs to keep internally (in DB) the greatest bunkering date for such portion(s). Therefore portion(s) will be kept always "Last In" and not be consumed if ROB allows. Issue I see is P&L recalculation for all future voyages if "Do not burn" flag is changed for specific portion...Should be available for Bunkering Manager only as per Access Rights settings. Or we need option to set up "To be burn after" date for portion. It will be not honest FIFO but provide more flexibility.
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09 Dec, '20
J VaneAgree with OP about a "do not use" option, especially when the bunker lot is found to be off-spec (not ticking the offspec box does nothing).
Also debunkering should be entered when planned and not after the fact once vsl sends in a negative report. This has a huge impact on the PNL so the current workflow is not fit for purpose.
When selling the fuel, the invoice generated from de-bunkering is a negative PI rather than SI which is incorrect.
Overall this feature is flawed and needs to be redesigned.