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Every chartering decision leaves behind valuable information. A cargo enquiry, a vessel position, a completed fixture or a project evaluation all contribute to the commercial knowledge of a chartering desk. Over time, this information becomes one of the organisation’s most valuable assets – provided it remains available when the next opportunity appears. For many chartering teams, that is exactly where the challenge begins. Commercial information is often distributed across spreadsheets, email folders and personal files, making it difficult to build on previous work instead of starting from scratch. My Data provides a shared workspace where fleet information, cargoes, projects and fixture history remain connected throughout the chartering workflow. |
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In chartering – and in dry bulk especially – commercial information is created continuously. Cargo enquiries arrive throughout the day, vessels change positions, projects evolve and negotiations become fixtures. Every stage adds context that supports future decisions.
Yet the information itself rarely remains connected. Vessel lists are maintained in spreadsheets, fixture history is archived in personal files, cargo information disappears into email folders and important commercial knowledge often exists only in the memory of individual charterers.
As organisations grow, these disconnected data sources become increasingly difficult to manage. Previous business is harder to retrieve, commercial context is lost and teams spend unnecessary time rebuilding information that already exists somewhere else.
Most desks have all the information they need – spread across so many places that nobody can use it when it counts.
Another spreadsheet won’t fix that.
One trusted workspace will.
Fleet information, cargoes, projects and fixtures are not isolated datasets. They are different parts of the same chartering workflow. Every new opportunity builds on information that already exists, whether it is a vessel previously tracked, a similar cargo handled last month, or a fixture completed several years ago.
When these datasets are managed separately, valuable knowledge becomes fragmented. Teams spend more time searching for information, maintaining duplicate records and relying on individual experience than developing opportunities.
My Data brings these datasets together in one structured workspace. Instead of treating fleet information, cargoes, projects and fixtures as separate records, they become connected information that supports every stage of the chartering process.
Data creates value when it can be reused.
Successful chartering depends on understanding more than the vessels currently under employment. Owners monitor competing fleets, operators follow open tonnage for their next tonnage-in decision, and charterers track future vessel availability and cover. Maintaining this market overview is an essential part of the daily workflow, yet it often relies on individual watchlists and disconnected spreadsheets.
Fleet creates a shared vessel database for commercially relevant vessels. Vessels can be added from the Vessel Database or created manually. Sister vessels on order – without name or IMO yet – can be cloned from existing entries, including all specifications. Live AIS vessel tracking, open dates and vessel remarks keep the picture current, while vessel lists keep sub-fleets organised by trade, size or desk. Position list templates turn selected vessels into a formatted position list on the clipboard: ready for circulars, client emails or market updates, with no manual retyping. Excel export is available whenever data needs to leave seabo.
Rather than asking who has the latest vessel list, every team member works from the same foundation.
Every completed fixture becomes part of a vessel’s commercial history. Previous employment, trading patterns and commercial relationships often provide valuable context when evaluating similar opportunities in the future. Without a structured fixture history, however, that experience is easily lost. Information remains buried in archived emails, spreadsheets or personal notes, making previous business difficult to retrieve when it is needed most.
Fixtures preserves that commercial history in one searchable workspace, allowing previous employment to support future decisions. Fixtures can be tagged, commented and filtered by type, and the full history exports to Excel when needed – useful for reporting or reviewing employment decisions across the fleet.
Previous fixtures are not simply history. They are the reference point for the next employment decision – what was fixed, at what terms, with whom. Experience becomes part of the collective knowledge of the chartering desk instead of remaining with individual team members.
Opportunities rarely follow a straight line. Chartering teams compare different cargoes, evaluate alternative vessels and assess several employment options side by side before committing – the groundwork for commercially sound employment decisions.
Projects provides a shared workspace where these alternatives can be organised and evaluated together. Cargoes, vessels and supporting information remain connected throughout the decision-making process instead of being distributed across emails, spreadsheets and personal notes. Where further analysis is required, Projects connects directly with Voyage Calculations as part of the wider seabo workflow.
Not every cargo enquiry becomes a fixture. Even so, every enquiry contributes valuable commercial context. Previous cargoes help chartering teams compare similar opportunities, understand market activity and revisit earlier business whenever comparable enquiries return to the market.
Cargoes provides a structured cargo database where opportunities remain organised, searchable and connected to the wider commercial workflow instead of disappearing once the original email has been processed. Cargoes can be added manually or directly from the Circular Inbox, so market opportunities move straight into your dataset.
Opportunities should remain part of the commercial dataset – even when they are not fixed.
When a project is ready to move, Negotiations is part of the same My Data workflow. Offers, counters and terms stay connected to the vessels, cargoes and projects they belong to – one-to-one, secure and fully documented.
Fleet information, cargoes, projects and fixture history remain connected in one place instead of being distributed across spreadsheets, emails and personal files.
Every completed fixture, evaluated project and managed cargo adds to the knowledge of the organisation, creating a stronger foundation for future chartering decisions.
Information only needs to be maintained once. Structured data reduces repeated work, minimises duplicate records and improves transparency across the chartering desk.
Better decisions depend on reliable information. My Data helps teams build on previous knowledge instead of recreating information every time a new opportunity appears.
My Data is a shared workspace for managing fleet information, cargoes, projects, negotiations and fixture history. It keeps information organised, connected and available throughout the chartering workflow.
Commercial information is often spread across spreadsheets, emails and individual files. A shared workspace keeps that information connected, searchable and accessible across the organisation, reducing duplicate work and improving collaboration.
Vessels with live AIS positions, open dates, specifications and remarks in Fleet. Cargo enquiries with laycan, quantity, load and discharge details in Cargoes. Vessel-cargo combinations under evaluation in Projects. Offers, counters and terms in Negotiations. Completed employments and sales in Fixtures, including charterer, rate, period and duration.
Many chartering desks still rely on spreadsheets for fleet tracking, cargo management and fixture history. My Data provides a structured workspace that reduces dependence on disconnected spreadsheets – and where Excel is still needed, fleet and fixture data can be exported at any time.
Fleet helps teams maintain a shared overview of commercially relevant vessels through live AIS information, open dates, vessel remarks and organised sub-fleets.
Previous fixtures provide valuable context. Keeping fixture history organised helps chartering teams review previous employment, trading patterns and commercial relationships when evaluating similar opportunities in the future.
seabo brings fleet information, cargoes, projects, negotiations and fixture history together in My Data, so chartering teams manage one connected dataset instead of separate spreadsheets and archives. My Data connects directly with Projects, Voyage Calculations and Negotiations.
A cargo from the Circular Inbox can be saved into Cargoes, linked to a vessel in a project, calculated in Voyage Calculations and taken into Negotiations, and once fixed, it stays in Fixtures as part of that vessel’s commercial history. Information entered once remains available at every following step.
My Data is built for chartering teams, owners, operators and shipbrokers who manage information across multiple vessels, cargoes and fixtures. It is used most in dry bulk, where fleet lists, cargo enquiries and fixture history change daily – but the workflow applies to any segment where commercial information needs to stay connected.
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Information only creates value when it remains available for the next decision. My Data keeps fleet information, cargoes, projects and fixture history in one shared workspace – and every enquiry, every project and every completed fixture makes that foundation stronger. Information wins fixtures. My Data is where you build it. See how My Data keeps fleet, cargoes, projects and fixtures connected – in one shared workspace. |
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