Services
For companies with high volume shipping
Our service is all about getting laytime right, every time. We combine decades of bulk commodity logistics experience with AI-assisted document analysis, calculation and delay identification to deliver faster, more accurate and transparent voyage assessments.
Standardising the documentation
Summarising the transaction
Cost reduction
Eliminating duplication of resources.
Maximising returns
Using experts who know their trade.
Track record
Decades of coal and bulk commodity experience
Over 495 million tonnes have been processed since early 1999. 27 coal mines have outsourced this service in Queensland and New South Wales, through the ports of Newcastle, Gladstone, Dalrymple Bay and Abbot Point.
Our experience means we can pick up a charter party agreement or sales contract and immediately start processing.
Today that experience is paired with AI-assisted document analysis, calculation and delay identification, so every voyage assessment is faster, more accurate and more transparent.
Other commodities we handle
How it works
From charter party to settlement
DesDem International Services liaises with all counterparties to achieve an agreed outcome. By issuing debit or credit notes, we arrange for the appropriate counterparty to make payment. All transactions are recorded in detailed monthly reports supplied in Microsoft Word or Excel.
DesDem has developed software to handle the complex nature of laytime management, and confidentiality agreements can be implemented if necessary.
Laytime audit & verification
Independent review of your laytime and demurrage calculations
Independent. Practical. Evidence-based.
TransCoal's Laytime Audit Service provides an independent review of laytime calculations to help identify errors, missed deductions, contractual inconsistencies and potential areas of financial exposure.
Our audit tool combines a structured, systematic approach with TransCoal's extensive experience in bulk commodity shipping and Laytime & Demurrage. Relevant Charter Party provisions, Statements of Facts, NORs, operational records and supporting documentation are reviewed to assess whether the calculation has been applied consistently with the contractual terms.
The service can be used to validate your own calculations, review a counterparty's claim, or provide an independent assessment before a claim is agreed or disputed.
Where discrepancies are identified, TransCoal provides a clear explanation of the issue, the contractual basis and the potential time and financial impact.
TransCoal's Laytime Audit Service gives clients greater confidence that their laytime and demurrage calculations are accurate, transparent and properly supported.
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