Cloud-based charter manager
The Marcura Group, a Dubai-based group of companies focused on providing business solutions to the maritime industry, has announced the launch of MarDocs; a cloud-based collaboration tool aimed at vessel charterers.
Charterers find themselves with ever-growing numbers of fixtures that refer to “as per last” without being under proper document control. Increasing governance requirements makes it critical to convert the fixture process into a highly structured, compliant and legally controlled documentation process, but without delaying or confusing the fast-paced freight brokering work.
MarDocs has been built to elegantly, simply and affordably support the well-known fixture process, while securing full audit trail, full control over all clauses and changes to them and the ability to produce a final, high quality charter party at the push of a button.
MarDocs offers a collaborative, cloud-based solution that fully automates workflow and provides clear, structured and complete charter party documentation. With a simple and intuitive interface, Macura claims that MarDocs is a major breakthrough for fixture compliance and quality, securely enabling Charterers, Owners and Brokers to manage fixtures in a whole new way. When fixing a vessel for a voyage, all parties involved in the transaction require a well-formatted fixture recap and a full charter party. This ensures that the correct terms and conditions are applied and all parties work from the same set of documents.
The system is cloud-based, accessible from anywhere and allows the Owner, Charterer or Broker to see and make amendments.
By Jake Frith
