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How the answers your business needs are already sitting inside your claims data, and what it takes to surface them. Drawn from more than 20,000 claims a year across dry bulk, tankers and chemicals.
port costs management
Keep port costs in check without doing all the checking.
Every disbursement account is checked by DA-Desk’s specialists before you fund it, audited line by line after, and wrong charges recovered.
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Trusted by over 350 shipping companies
Trusted by over 350 shipping companies
Trusted by over 350 shipping companies
Three decisions for your team. The checking in between, handled.
Every port call generates estimates, invoices, questions and adjustments. Your team should have the information to decide, without having to chase down every answer.
1
Appoint the agent
Keep your preferred agent or choose from more than 10,000 vetted agents. Screening is completed before they act, and contracted rates are attached to the call.
2
Fund the PDA
Every proforma is checked against tariffs and cost data before you fund it. Charges that need attention are flagged with the reason and supporting evidence.
3
Settle the FDA
The final account is audited line by line. DA-Desk raises queries with the agent, pursues overcharges and brings the outcome back to you for approval.
Follow a port cost approval through. From a flagged charge to the evidence your team sees before making a decision.
See the work behind each decision. Charges are checked and exceptions explained before they reach your team.
With DA-Desk wired straight into our voyage management system, a two-person team runs a growing fleet at the speed the market demands, and with the confidence and discipline of a much larger organisation."
Vinay Rai, Operations Manager at Navigr8 Bulk
With DA-Desk wired straight into our voyage management system, a two-person team runs a growing fleet at the speed the market demands, and with the confidence and discipline of a much larger organisation."
Vinay Rai, Operations Manager at Navigr8 Bulk
Know the rate. Check the charge. Verify the payee.
Agreed prices, cost evidence, counterparty checks and payment controls come together around the port call.
Rates negotiated at scale. Checked at settlement.
Combined volume from 350+ shipping companies helps secure negotiated rates, including towage across 441 ports and pilotage, launches and other services across 315 ports. Agreed rates are attached to the call and checked against the final invoice.
Find the charges that need a closer look.
Missing costs, inflated advances and unusual overtime are flagged when the account is reviewed. Compare charges with tariffs, your fleet’s own history and aggregated benchmarks from settled accounts. Where a charge needs challenging, the query is prepared for you.
Check the counterparty before funds move.
Agents, banks and beneficiaries are screened against more than 130 sanctions and regulatory lists. Screening continues through the call, so a change affecting a payment can be caught before funds are released.
Fund what the call needs. Settle what it costs.
Advances are sized against the expected cost of the call, reducing unnecessary prefunding. Beneficiaries are verified before payment, with volume-negotiated FX rates across 100+ currencies. Overfunded balances are returned after settlement.
Know the rate. Check the charge. Verify the payee.
Agreed prices, cost evidence, counterparty checks and payment controls come together around the port call.
Rates negotiated at scale. Checked at settlement.
Combined volume from 350+ shipping companies helps secure negotiated rates, including towage across 441 ports and pilotage, launches and other services across 315 ports. Agreed rates are attached to the call and checked against the final invoice.
Find the charges that need a closer look.
Missing costs, inflated advances and unusual overtime are flagged when the account is reviewed. Compare charges with tariffs, your fleet’s own history and aggregated benchmarks from settled accounts. Where a charge needs challenging, the query is prepared for you.
Check the counterparty before funds move.
Agents, banks and beneficiaries are screened against more than 130 sanctions and regulatory lists. Screening continues through the call, so a change affecting a payment can be caught before funds are released.
Fund what the call needs. Settle what it costs.
Advances are sized against the expected cost of the call, reducing unnecessary prefunding. Beneficiaries are verified before payment, with volume-negotiated FX rates across 100+ currencies. Overfunded balances are returned after settlement.
Know the rate. Check the charge.
Verify the payee.
Agreed prices, cost evidence, counterparty checks and payment controls come together around the port call.
Rates negotiated at scale. Checked at settlement.
Combined volume from 350+ shipping companies helps secure negotiated rates, including towage across 441 ports and pilotage, launches and other services across 315 ports. Agreed rates are attached to the call and checked against the final invoice.
Find the charges that need a closer look.
Missing costs, inflated advances and unusual overtime are flagged when the account is reviewed. Compare charges with tariffs, your fleet’s own history and aggregated benchmarks from settled accounts. Where a charge needs challenging, the query is prepared for you.
Check the counterparty before funds move.
Agents, banks and beneficiaries are screened against more than 130 sanctions and regulatory lists. Screening continues through the call, so a change affecting a payment can be caught before funds are released.
Fund what the call needs. Settle what it costs.
Advances are sized against the expected cost of the call, reducing unnecessary prefunding. Beneficiaries are verified before payment, with volume-negotiated FX rates across 100+ currencies. Overfunded balances are returned after settlement.
Know the rate. Check the charge. Verify the payee.
Agreed prices, cost evidence, counterparty checks and payment controls come together around the port call.
Rates negotiated at scale. Checked at settlement.
Combined volume from 350+ shipping companies helps secure negotiated rates, including towage across 441 ports and pilotage, launches and other services across 315 ports. Agreed rates are attached to the call and checked against the final invoice.
Find the charges that need a closer look.
Missing costs, inflated advances and unusual overtime are flagged when the account is reviewed. Compare charges with tariffs, your fleet’s own history and aggregated benchmarks from settled accounts. Where a charge needs challenging, the query is prepared for you.
Check the counterparty before funds move.
Agents, banks and beneficiaries are screened against more than 130 sanctions and regulatory lists. Screening continues through the call, so a change affecting a payment can be caught before funds are released.
Fund what the call needs. Settle what it costs.
Advances are sized against the expected cost of the call, reducing unnecessary prefunding. Beneficiaries are verified before payment, with volume-negotiated FX rates across 100+ currencies. Overfunded balances are returned after settlement.
Different calls.
Different pressures on the account.
Different calls. Different pressures on the account.
Commercial
Port costs feed directly into voyage P&L. Check the estimate before funding and challenge the final charges against tariffs, agreed rates and what happened during the call.
Husbandry
Crew changes, stores and inspections bring requests from several teams into one call. Keep scope, approvals and costs visible as plans change, then allocate charges to the right department.
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From claims processing to commercial intelligence
How the answers your business needs are already sitting inside your claims data, and what it takes to surface them. Drawn from more than 20,000 claims a year across dry bulk, tankers and chemicals.
One platform for every part of voyage operations.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Port cost management, sometimes called DA management, describes the control of everything a vessel pays at port: disbursement accounts, port services like towage and pilotage, the compliance checks on every counterparty, and the payments that settle it all. Marcura delivers this as a managed service through DA-Desk, with your team keeping three approvals per call.
- Port cost management, sometimes called DA management, describes the control of everything a vessel pays at port: disbursement accounts, port services like towage and pilotage, the compliance checks on every counterparty, and the payments that settle it all. Marcura delivers this as a managed service through DA-Desk, with your team keeping three approvals per call.
- Port cost management, sometimes called DA management, describes the control of everything a vessel pays at port: disbursement accounts, port services like towage and pilotage, the compliance checks on every counterparty, and the payments that settle it all. Marcura delivers this as a managed service through DA-Desk, with your team keeping three approvals per call.
- A disbursement account (DA) is how a port agent collects and settles the costs of a port call: port dues, towage, pilotage, agency fees and related charges. The PDA (proforma) is the agent's estimate, funded in advance; the FDA (final) is the actual cost, reconciled after the call. The gap between them is where overfunding and overcharges live.
- A disbursement account (DA) is how a port agent collects and settles the costs of a port call: port dues, towage, pilotage, agency fees and related charges. The PDA (proforma) is the agent's estimate, funded in advance; the FDA (final) is the actual cost, reconciled after the call. The gap between them is where overfunding and overcharges live.
- A disbursement account (DA) is how a port agent collects and settles the costs of a port call: port dues, towage, pilotage, agency fees and related charges. The PDA (proforma) is the agent's estimate, funded in advance; the FDA (final) is the actual cost, reconciled after the call. The gap between them is where overfunding and overcharges live.
- Both, in a fixed order. 2000+ checks run on every account; where there are exceptions that require judgement specialists step in and query the agent directly. The decisions stay with your team: appoint, approve, dispute, with the evidence in front of them. What leaves is the correspondence, the re-keying and the chasing
- Both, in a fixed order. 2000+ checks run on every account; where there are exceptions that require judgement specialists step in and query the agent directly. The decisions stay with your team: appoint, approve, dispute, with the evidence in front of them. What leaves is the correspondence, the re-keying and the chasing
- Both, in a fixed order. 2000+ checks run on every account; where there are exceptions that require judgement specialists step in and query the agent directly. The decisions stay with your team: appoint, approve, dispute, with the evidence in front of them. What leaves is the correspondence, the re-keying and the chasing
- Settled disbursement accounts across 200,000+ port calls a year, alongside official tariffs. Tariffs tell you the listed price; settled accounts tell you what calls actually cost.
- Settled disbursement accounts across 200,000+ port calls a year, alongside official tariffs. Tariffs tell you the listed price; settled accounts tell you what calls actually cost.
- Settled disbursement accounts across 200,000+ port calls a year, alongside official tariffs. Tariffs tell you the listed price; settled accounts tell you what calls actually cost.
- It stays your system of record. DA-Desk integrates with 15+ VMS platforms, including Veson (IMOS, connected for 15+ years), Dataloy, Danaos, Q88VMS, ShipNet, SoftMAR and Sedna, and onboarding completes in 35 days or fewer.
- It stays your system of record. DA-Desk integrates with 15+ VMS platforms, including Veson (IMOS, connected for 15+ years), Dataloy, Danaos, Q88VMS, ShipNet, SoftMAR and Sedna, and onboarding completes in 35 days or fewer.
- It stays your system of record. DA-Desk integrates with 15+ VMS platforms, including Veson (IMOS, connected for 15+ years), Dataloy, Danaos, Q88VMS, ShipNet, SoftMAR and Sedna, and onboarding completes in 35 days or fewer.
- You keep them. Every agent is screened and validated regardless of who appoints them, and 10,000+ vetted agents are there when you need coverage you don't have.
- You keep them. Every agent is screened and validated regardless of who appoints them, and 10,000+ vetted agents are there when you need coverage you don't have.
- You keep them. Every agent is screened and validated regardless of who appoints them, and 10,000+ vetted agents are there when you need coverage you don't have.
- No. Everything from contract to settlement stays inside the DA workflow. Pre-negotiated rates attach to the call, and validation checks the final invoice against them.
- No. Everything from contract to settlement stays inside the DA workflow. Pre-negotiated rates attach to the call, and validation checks the final invoice against them.
- No. Everything from contract to settlement stays inside the DA workflow. Pre-negotiated rates attach to the call, and validation checks the final invoice against them.
- It's built in, not bolted on. Agents, banks, beneficiaries, vessels, ports and terminals are screened against 130+ sanctions and regulatory lists before anything is paid, re-screened continuously, with a full audit trail on every transaction. Screening is standard on every account; the Enhanced and Pro tiers add deeper agent control and portfolio-wide vetting where your risk model needs it.
- It's built in, not bolted on. Agents, banks, beneficiaries, vessels, ports and terminals are screened against 130+ sanctions and regulatory lists before anything is paid, re-screened continuously, with a full audit trail on every transaction. Screening is standard on every account; the Enhanced and Pro tiers add deeper agent control and portfolio-wide vetting where your risk model needs it.
- It's built in, not bolted on. Agents, banks, beneficiaries, vessels, ports and terminals are screened against 130+ sanctions and regulatory lists before anything is paid, re-screened continuously, with a full audit trail on every transaction. Screening is standard on every account; the Enhanced and Pro tiers add deeper agent control and portfolio-wide vetting where your risk model needs it.