Voyage Accounting Software

Every voyage generates port charges across multiple ports, vendor invoices from dozens of service providers, and disbursement accounts that need to reconcile before the books close. Base connects every port call cost to the voyage record, so you see total voyage spend as it happens, not after the last FDA arrives three weeks late.

Voyage Financials
MV Atlantic Pioneer, V-2024-047
LIVE
Houston (load)$38,400
Santos (discharge)$28,100
Rotterdam (discharge)$27,700
Voyage Total$94,200

Every Port Call Rolls Up to the Voyage

Each port call in Base is linked to a voyage and a vessel. Port charges, husbandry costs, vendor invoices, and disbursement accounts all reference the voyage record. When you need total voyage cost, the data is already there. No spreadsheet consolidation required.
Voyage Roll-up
Houston (load)$38,400
Santos (discharge)$28,100
Rotterdam (discharge)$27,700

What Voyage Accounting Covers in Base

Multi-Port PDA/FDA

Build proforma estimates and close final accounts across every port in the voyage rotation.

Vendor Invoice Capture

OCR captures vendor invoices from every port, matches to charge lines, and routes for approval.

Multi-Currency Charges

Handle port charges in local currency while reporting voyage costs in your base currency.

Principal Billing

Invoice your principals per voyage or per port call. Every charge carries the voyage reference.

Payment Reconciliation

Match vendor payments to invoices across all rotation stops. Flag unmatched and overdue items.

Voyage Reporting

Total cost per voyage, per vessel, per principal. Compare PDA estimates to FDA actuals across the full rotation.

$1B+

in voyage and port call charges tracked

85,000+

charge lines across the platform

15

currencies for multi-port voyage accounting

99.95%

PDF invoice capture rate

How Voyage Costs Flow to Your Accounting System

Port call charges post to your chart of accounts via QuickBooks or Xero sync. Each charge line carries the voyage reference, vessel, port, and principal. Your finance team sees voyage-level P&L without re-keying data from PDAs and FDAs into a separate system.
Accounting Sync
AR InvoicesSynced
AP InvoicesSynced
Payment MatchingAuto

Common Concerns

"We use a voyage management system already."

Base connects to your VMS. Port call costs, vendor invoices, and disbursement accounting flow from Base into your voyage P&L. Base handles the port-side financial detail. Your VMS handles voyage planning and chartering.

"Our voyage costs come from agents at every port."

That is exactly the problem Base solves. Instead of waiting for FDAs from each port agent, your agents use Base to track charges as they happen. You see voyage cost accumulating across the rotation, not after the fact.

"We need voyage-level reporting for our principals."

Every charge in Base carries the voyage reference, vessel, port, and principal. Report total voyage cost by any dimension. Export or sync to your accounting system with the voyage tag attached.

Voyage Accounting

See Voyage Costs Roll Up Across the Rotation

Bring a recent multi-port voyage. We will show you how port call charges from each stop roll up into a voyage-level financial view, how vendor invoices attach to charge lines, and how the accounting sync posts everything with the voyage reference.

“We used to wait weeks for FDAs from every port before we could see total voyage cost. Now we see it building as the vessel moves.”

– Commercial Manager, Tanker operator

See how Base solves your biggest challenges

Voyage Costs Visible Before the FDA Arrives

Operators who track voyage accounting in Base typically close their voyage books 40% faster within the first quarter because port call costs are already consolidated.

Voyage Accounting Software FAQ

Voyage accounting software tracks all financial activity across a vessel’s voyage: port call charges, vendor invoices, disbursement accounts, principal billing, and payment reconciliation. It consolidates costs from multiple ports into a voyage-level financial view so operators can see total voyage P&L without waiting for each port agent’s FDA.
Each port call in Base links to a voyage record. Port charges, husbandry costs, and vendor invoices at every port roll up to the voyage level. You see accumulated cost as the vessel moves between ports, not after the fact.
Base complements your VMS. It handles the port-side financial detail: PDAs, FDAs, vendor invoices, charge tracking, and accounting sync. Your VMS handles voyage planning, chartering, and freight. Base feeds the financial data your VMS needs for voyage P&L.
Yes. Every charge line carries the principal reference alongside the voyage, vessel, and port. Filter or group by principal to see what each hiring client owes per voyage or across all their voyages.
Port charges may be in local currency at each port. Base handles conversion and lets you report voyage totals in your base currency. The original currency and converted amount are both stored on every charge line.
Yes. Demurrage charges attach to the port call and voyage record like any other charge line. Laytime calculations and demurrage exposure are visible alongside port charges in the voyage roll-up.
If your team is already running port calls in Base, voyage accounting is a configuration step. Link port calls to voyage records, set up your voyage-level reporting views, and the data rolls up automatically. Most operators configure this in their first week.

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