Shipping desks

A private Full-Time Agent
for shipping desks.

Vessel scheduling, position lists, cargo emails, fixtures, CPs, bunkers, claims, and daily WhatsApp briefings. All handled on your hardware, from approved company sources, with humans still deciding.

Position list · Morning rundown
VesselPresent employmentForward employmentETA / ETBOpen positionWatch item
MV ATLASDisch. AntwerpTBN, 2 fixtures under subsETB 03 Jun · agent05–07 Jun NWESource conflict
MT HORIZONLoaded, Algiers → LaveraQ88 sent to charterersETA 04 Jun · master08–10 Jun WMEDCOQ pending
MV MERIDIANIdle Piraeus anchorageAwaiting voyage ordersBerth prospects 03 JunPrompt EMEDHolds inspection
MT PELAGOSBallast Skikda → SarrochSubjects lifting 30 MayETA 31 May · terminal01–03 Jun WMEDLast-3 cargo OK
Mac Mini · Local · No cloud
Chartering · Morning
Runs locally on your Mac
07:42You
Morning vessel board. Anything slipping?
Agent07:42
Conflict first. On MV ATLAS, agent ETB current port 3 Jun, but master itinerary shows ETA next port 3 Jun. Treat forward schedule as not clean until clarified.
Agent07:43
Three opens this week: ATLAS 5–7 Jun NWE, HORIZON 8–10 Jun WMED, MERIDIAN prompt EMED. Two charterer enquiries already touching the open window.
Desk rules · Memory
  • 01Always state whether ETA comes from master, agent, or terminal.
  • 02Put source conflicts before the normal vessel rundown.
  • 03Default to WhatsApp rundown. Excel only when asked.
  • 04Flag last-three-cargo gaps on chemical/parcel candidates.
The problem

Shipping work is not one inbox.

The commercial risk is not lack of data. It is that the data lives across too many threads, formats, and people.

Master · itinerary

ETA next port 03/06 0600 LT. Slow steaming due wx.

Port agent · berth prospect

ETB 03/06 PM. Two ahead at terminal 4.

Operator · email

Bunkers ROB 178 IFO / 42 MGO. ETC unchanged.

Broker · cargo order

30/35 KT VG / WMED / 05-10 JUN / dirty / max 12 yrs.

Recap · fixture

WS 167.5 / 1 SBP / LT 84 hrs / dem $32,500 pdpr.

CP · clause

Clause 38: charterer to provide last-three-cargo prior loading.

Noon report

Avg sp 11.8 kts. SLR 28.4. Wind BF5. No deviations.

Market report

TD7 firming 5 pts. WAF tonnage list thinning.

Operating model

One agent. Approved sources. Decisions stay with the desk.

The agent reads only what your team approves. It produces drafts, tables, and alerts. Sending and signing stay with the broker, the operator, the charterer.

Approved sources
WhatsApp group01
Chartering / operations mailbox02
Vessel scheduling file03
Position list04
Fixture recaps05
Charter parties06
Q88 / vessel particulars07
Cargo documents08
Market reports09
Noon reports10

Private Full-Time Agent

On your hardware

Reads only what you approve. Writes drafts. Humans send.
Outputs
Vessel scheduling board01
Forward employment watch02
Open-position list03
Source conflict alerts04
TCE / fuel checks05
Legal / claim bottom notes06
Excel workbooks07
Draft replies for human sending08
Built for each seat at the desk

What it actually handles, by role.

Same agent, same memory, different priorities depending on who is asking.

From present employment to next employment, without losing the thread.

  • Vessel scheduling board
  • Position list and open-position board
  • Forward employment watch
  • ETA / ETB / ETC / ETD source checking
  • Berth and terminal prospects
  • Cargo document follow-up
  • Bunkers and ROB tracking
  • Technical-to-commercial blockers
  • Demurrage, detention, claims
By trade

Different cargo. Different blind spots.

Each trade has its own paperwork, its own clauses, its own ways to lose money quietly. The agent watches the right ones.

01

Chemical / Parcel Tanker

  • Tank coating
  • COF
  • Last-three-cargo history
  • Heating
  • Segregation
  • MSDS / COQ / BL / LOI
  • Parcel laytime
02

Product / Crude Tanker

  • NOR / SOF
  • Pumping logs
  • Terminal windows
  • Vetting blockers
  • ROB / slops
  • Delay causation
  • Demurrage exposure
03

Dry Bulk

  • Holds readiness
  • Draft / air draft
  • Cranes / grabs
  • Load / discharge rates
  • Port congestion
  • Laytime / demurrage / despatch
  • Cargo fit against open positions
Architecture

Private by design. Practical by default.

The agent works for your company. Not a shared chatbot. Not a public service. Not a forced migration.

Company sources
  • Mailboxes the desk already uses
  • Vessel schedule and position list files
  • Recaps, CPs, Q88, cargo documents
  • WhatsApp groups where work actually happens
Private local agent
  • Runs on your company hardware
  • Reads only approved sources
  • Starts read-only
  • Memory builds locally around your desk
  • Maintained privately by edge247
Approved outputs
  • Daily WhatsApp briefing
  • Position board and open-position list
  • Source conflict alerts
  • Draft replies for human sending
  • Workbooks and recap drafts
What it will not do
· No public chatbot· No forced platform migration· No autonomous commercial decisions· Your team decides
Memory

Every correction becomes company memory.

Day one, it is a careful junior. Month two, it behaves like someone trained by the desk.

Day 1

Always state whether ETA comes from master, agent, or terminal.

Captured after first morning rundown.

Day 7

Put source conflicts before the normal vessel rundown.

Promoted from session note to desk rule.

Day 14

Default to WhatsApp rundown. Excel only when requested.

Format preference learned from operator behaviour.

Month 2

Behaves like an experienced colleague trained by the desk.

Built on every correction, recap, and follow-up since deployment.

Implementation path

Five steps. No platform migration.

Sample file drops are proof-of-work. Production is connected to approved working sources.

STEP 01

Shipping discovery

A working call with the desk. We map the real workflow: orders, positions, recaps, follow-ups, claims. Not a generic process diagram.

STEP 02

Controlled sample / proof

An anonymized batch of emails, recaps, position lists, and vessel schedule, so we can show what the agent would read, flag, and draft before any deployment.

STEP 03

Local deployment

Install on company hardware in your office. Read-only at first. Personality and desk language configured with the team.

STEP 04

Approved source connection

Connect approved mailboxes, vessel schedule, position list, recap and document folders. Each source is opt-in and scoped.

STEP 05

Daily memory and monthly refinement

Desk rules and corrections become company memory. We sit with the desk monthly to retune what the agent watches, drafts, and ignores.

Show us one anonymized workflow.

We will show where a Full-Time Agent creates leverage in your shipping desk: vessel scheduling, cargo flow, documents, calculations, source conflicts, and daily memory.