DA Control & Finance

Most shipping companies don’t know exactly how much they lose on port costs. Not because the data isn’t there, but because it is buried in Disbursement Accounts.

Every day, more than 10,000 port calls take place around the world. Behind each one sits a complex web of coordination: agents nominate services, pilots and towage are arranged, cargo operations are monitored, documents are exchanged, and financial data is recorded for Disbursement Accounts. Yet despite the scale and financial importance of these operations, the coordination behind many port calls still happens through fragmented emails, spreadsheets and manual updates.