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200 Emails. Zero Missed Confirmations.

Barrel extracts trade details from emails and documents, matches confirmations, tracks demurrage, and flags disputes — before your operations meeting.

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Recap status

Outstanding trade confirmations:

Shell Trading 4 trades 2 matched, 2 pending — $12.4M
Vitol 7 trades 5 matched, 2 disputed — $28.7M
Trafigura 3 trades All matched — $8.1M

Vitol disputes: Cargo VIT-2847 — quality premium disagreement ($0.15/bbl). Cargo VIT-2901 — laytime calculation differs by 14 hours (~$47K demurrage). Recommend scheduling call with Vitol ops desk.

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The Shift

Before and After Barrel

Before Barrel

6 AM: overnight cargo movements, vessel positions, ETAs, weather. 7 AM ops meeting: active cargoes, terminal nominations, demurrage at $30K-$100K+/day, L/C status. Then vessel chartering, statements of fact, trade finance docs.

With Barrel

Barrel extracts trade details from 200-400 daily emails, matches confirmations automatically, tracks demurrage in real time, and flags disputes before your ops meeting. Every cargo accounted for.

Use Cases

Built for the Ops Desk

1

Trade confirmation matching — automatic extraction and reconciliation

2

Demurrage tracking — laytime calculations, claim management

3

Vessel scheduling — nomination deadlines, laycan windows

4

Document extraction — recap emails parsed into structured data

5

Counterparty operations — outstanding items per counterparty, aging analysis

Demurrage Tracking

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Demurrage update

Outstanding demurrage claims:

Cargo VIT-2901 $47K disputed 14hr laytime gap — Vitol calculates differently
Cargo BP-1138 $82K pending Port congestion — supporting docs filed
Cargo SH-4412 $23K accruing Vessel still at berth — day 3

Vitol dispute: their calculation uses NOR tendered at 14:00, yours at 08:00. Statement of facts supports 08:00 — pilot boarded at 08:15. Recommend sending annotated SOF to Vitol ops desk today.

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Vessel Nominations

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Nominations due

Upcoming nomination deadlines:

Shell SH-4520 Due today 14:00 Fujairah loading — Mar 18-20 laycan
Total TT-3301 Due tomorrow Rotterdam discharge — Mar 22-24
Glencore GL-7788 Due Mar 12 Houston loading — Apr 1-3

Shell SH-4520: vessel MT NORDIC SPIRIT confirmed by chartering desk. Draft nomination email prepared — vessel specs, ETA, and agent details attached. Send before 14:00 to avoid late nomination penalty.

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Demurrage Alert

Cargo VIT-2901 laytime dispute — $47K at stake

8:30 AM

Nomination Due

Shell SH-4520 — nomination deadline 14:00 today

9:00 AM

Confirmations

3 Trafigura trades matched — $8.1M settled

10:15 AM

Integrations

Connects to Your Stack

Veson IMOS ION Endur RightAngle Bloomberg Exchange/Gmail
Results

Measured Impact

200-400

Emails/day processed automatically

Hours

Demurrage claims caught — not weeks

$47K saved

On a single laytime dispute

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