200 Emails. Zero Missed Confirmations.
Barrel extracts trade details from emails and documents, matches confirmations, tracks demurrage, and flags disputes — before your operations meeting.
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.
Before and After 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.
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.
Built for the Ops Desk
Trade confirmation matching — automatic extraction and reconciliation
Demurrage tracking — laytime calculations, claim management
Vessel scheduling — nomination deadlines, laycan windows
Document extraction — recap emails parsed into structured data
Counterparty operations — outstanding items per counterparty, aging analysis
Demurrage Tracking
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.
Vessel Nominations
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.
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
Connects to Your Stack
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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