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Hans-Christian Mordhorst, joined a recent Thetius webinar on “Understanding process automation in maritime“ to delve into the priorities and possible pitfalls of automation. Here, we’ve gathered some of his key takeaways and most valuable insights to help you successfully navigate your own process automation journey.

With digital transformation now at full speed in the maritime industry, Marcura’s solutions have gained traction in Japan. Marcura set up its Tokyo office in 2013, and now many leading shipping companies have adopted Marcura’s solutions. While visiting Marcura’s office…

On 16th June 2022, MOL Drybulk Ltd created the 2 millionth port call in DA-Desk. Last week, Hans-Christian Mordhorst, Marcura’s Group Chief Commercial Officer visited their office to hand over a celebration plate to Mr Kazuhiko Kikuchi, President, and team.

Helen Trundle, Key Accounts Manager at DA-Desk, has recently been invited to join the Baltic Exchange Membership Council. We chatted with Helen to find out more about it.

The cost of calling at a port needs to be as accurate as possible for the chartering team to calculate voyage expenses. How much costs can change depends on different variables which, if carefully assessed, support the risk analysis in taking cargo or not.

Sanctions in the maritime industry are being imposed faster than ever before, and the high-pressured regulatory landscape means not only has your liability changed, but the anti-bribery and anti-money laundering compliance landscape is becoming increasingly complex. Operations Directors should ensure that continuous monitoring programs are in place to keep up to date on the latest sanctions and other regulations.

The maritime industry faces some tough anti-financial crime compliance challenges, including the need to keep up-to-date with potentially thousands of agents around the world, having multiple voyage-associated parties across various jurisdictions and facing the opaque ownership of ships and assets. We've set out some generally accepted guidelines which can assist with managing compliance.

DA-Desk is celebrating 20 years since Seatrade created the first port call on 31 May 2002! As Walter Wildöer, MD of Seatrade Chartering, explained to us: “Before we started using DA-Desk, our system was piles of paper with yellow sticky notes. Now we have reduced our paperwork by about 95%.” You can watch the full interview with Walter.

DA-Desk celebrates 2 million port calls on 16 June 2022! Congratulations to MOL Drybulk Ltd. for creating the 2 millionth port call. A BIG thank you to all of our customers who helped us achieve this milestone.