Solutions by Audience
Every role in the chain has its own demurrage problem. BV's platform maps to each one — from trader close cycles to owner evidence packages to port agent throughput. Find your audience and the tools we've paired with it.
Commodity Traders
Close the demurrage loop across dozens of counterparties before time bars expire.
Pain points we solve
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Claims scattered across S&P, voyage, and FOB/CIF contracts with different time bars.
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Multi-counterparty cargoes that need pro-rata allocation by origin, parcel, or shipper.
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Manual reconciliation between broker, owner, and internal trading P&L.
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No single view of demurrage exposure across the active book.
Recommended tools
Shipowners & Operators
Recover every dollar of demurrage across voyages without drowning in paperwork.
Pain points we solve
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Complex port calls — lightering, shifting, tidal windows — that break standard laytime logic.
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Owner claims defended against charterer counter-claims with inconsistent evidence.
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Fleet-wide exposure and recovery tracking across dozens of simultaneous voyages.
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Port intelligence gaps when choosing laycans and routing.
Recommended tools
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Laytime
Owner-side calc and claim submission with the audit trail charterers can't argue with.
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SailFast
SOF parsing that handles the messy reality of a port call, not a clean schoolbook example.
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Glomaris
Distance, laycan, and draft-aware voyage optimization before the vessel even fixes.
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PortIQ
Port benchmarks and historical performance — know which berths cost you time.
Charterers
Predictable demurrage outcomes on voyage charters and contracts of affreightment.
Pain points we solve
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Owner claims arriving fast, each with its own SOF interpretation.
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Multi-parcel cargoes that need proper allocation across suppliers.
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Budget vs actual visibility when demurrage eats into voyage economics.
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Disputes that hinge on evidence you don't have time to assemble.
Brokers & Port Agents
Lower per-calculation overhead. Higher client value per hour.
Pain points we solve
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High volume of calcs per client per month with tight turnaround expectations.
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Diverse contract types and port customs that defy a single template.
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Accuracy scrutiny from both sides of the counterparty table.
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Pressure to add value beyond pure calculation — benchmarking, advisory, exception flags.
Relevant to how you work
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Sep 25, 2025
Burmester & Vogel Shares New Insights at ASBA Annual Cargo Conference 2025
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Burmester & Vogel Announces Acquisition of Laysoft System
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Burmester & Vogel Joins Æthos AI: Shaping the Future of Responsible AI in Maritime Technology
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Sep 4, 2024
Burmester & Vogel Set to Make Waves at ASBA Annual Cargo Conference 2024
Burmester & Vogel will participate as a sponsor at the ASBA Annual Cargo Conference in Miami Beach, Florida, September 25-27, 2024. The company's CEO Evangelos...
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