Veson Nautical and Seaber Integrate Platforms to Streamline Chartering
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Veson Nautical and Finnish maritime software company Seaber announced an integration between their platforms that allows charterers to push fleet schedules directly into voyage estimates, eliminating a manual step that previously existed between planning and cargo fixing.
How the integration works
The integration connects Seaber's scheduling and optimization software with Veson's IMOS platform. Chartering teams can build and compare different whole-fleet scenarios in Seaber, testing combinations of vessels and cargoes, and then send the chosen decision directly to IMOS, which creates and saves the voyage estimate in a single step, builds the route, and calculates freight, voyage profit and loss, and time charter equivalent (TCE).
Less manual work
According to the companies, the setup reduces the workload on spreadsheets and the need to review scattered position lists, allowing chartering teams to compare performance across the entire fleet schedule rather than evaluating each voyage separately, without the need to re-enter data manually.
Statements from executives
Jean-Guy Faubert, Chief Revenue Officer at Seaber, explained that an estimate indicates how much a voyage is worth, while a schedule determines which voyages the fleet should undertake, in what order, and how much the overall plan earns, noting that charterers optimize that plan in Seaber, compare scenarios and outcomes in parallel, and the chosen voyage is recorded in IMOS as a saved estimate, with no manual re-entry of data.
Matt Filosa, Vice President of Strategy and Operations at Veson Nautical, said that by connecting Seaber's optimization solution directly with IMOS, a manual step that slowed teams down between planning and committing to the operation has been eliminated. Seaber handles scenario planning, while IMOS remains the system of record for voyage estimates and subsequent operations, allowing alternative schedules to be tested without affecting the financial data of ongoing voyages. Veson noted that the integration is part of its push toward an open technology platform, enabling customers to connect specialized applications without replacing existing systems.
