Commercial freight contract management and voyage execution
The gold standard in maritime freight management
Whether you sell freight, buy freight, or manage voyages, the contract is at the heart of everything you do. Every decision echoes back to the contract. With IMOS you benefit from connected workflows, unified systems and stakeholders, and actionable data to gain a decision advantage—from pre-fixture to post-fixture.
21K
global users
165k
annual commercial voyages
$190B
commodities covered
No other platform can help you manage risk and handle complexity like IMOS
Maritime contracts have never been more complex. And choosing a proper commercial platform has never been simpler. Here are just a few of the reasons IMOS is the #1 choice for maritime contract management and execution.
Keep up with the complexity
Comprehensive capabilities designed to support the most complex maritime contracts and workflows in the world.
Stay a step ahead
Understand the commercial impact when changes happen along the voyage lifecycle and adapt rapidly with contextual data and decision support.
Unify your digital village
Form deep integrations across the systems that power your business to establish a single source of truth.
Engage with a true partner
Streamline change management, maintain momentum, and grow team knowledge with a partner that believes in client-led innovation and continual learning.
Core capabilities
Voyage & freight estimation
Replace guesswork and gut instinct with certainty using IMOS’s pre-fixture capabilities.
Voyage planning & operations
Adapt in stride with integrated updates and a full line of sight into your voyage P&L.
Exposure management
Systematically manage freight, bunker, and carbon risk while simplifying compliance.
Post-voyage settlement
Accelerate voyage close, automate manual processes, and substantiate every claim.
Specialized modules
Pooling
Claims
Bunkering
Lightering
Berth Scheduling
A new connected experience for IMOS users.
Learn how IMOS X brings your IMOS workflows to life in a modern and mobile experience that puts users first.
What does your decision advantage look like with IMOS?
- For sellers of freight
- For sellers and buyers of freight
- For buyers of freight
Maximize agility and resiliency
Utilize IMOS’s robust and evolving capabilities to navigate industry challenges from market shifts to regulatory demands. Advance your strategies for decarbonization and risk management with tools designed for the complexities of modern shipping.
Move away from manual processes
Alleviate the burden on busy stakeholders through automation while reducing errors associated with manual data entry. Empower every stakeholder with contextual tasks and alerts to prioritize their efforts and enhance your success.
Run more profitable voyages
Negotiate superior contracts with a unified workspace that contextualizes internal and external data. Make informed operational decisions to protect your bottom line and ensure comprehensive charge capture up to voyage completion.
Optimize your freight division
Manage complex marine contracts across freight books with complete visibility into estimated and actual marine P&Ls. Support stronger deals, maximize fleet utilization, and manage financial outcomes.
Manage all aspects of exposure
Shield your marine freight division from the fluctuations of freight rates, bunker costs, and carbon liabilities. Gain a sophisticated understanding of how these risks affect your financial outcomes with a dynamic P&L that is inclusive of paper trades.
Make decisions with full context
Empower your stakeholders with configurable tasks and alerts and powerful decision support. Put internal and external data into context to make more effective decisions.
Improve supply chain visibility
Achieve total visibility over the notoriously opaque marine modality with a unified workflow from nominations to operations, berthing, and financials. Coordinate seamlessly with your internal production sites and external customers.
Contain costs and mitigate demurrage
Access deep analytics to understand cost drivers, efficiency, and performance in your seaborne supply chain. Orchestrate excellence in berth scheduling to contain demurrage—one of your most significant cost components.
Standardize data across systems and stakeholders
Establish a single source of truth between your internal systems, including ERPs, ETRMs, CTRMs, and accounting tools. Bring high-quality data sources into the fold to elevate insight and decision-making.
Interested in connecting another technology to your Veson solutions?
Our deep integration expertise and flexible APIs support clients in forming a solution landscape that meets the unique needs of their business. In fact, more than 70% of our client base connects with another solution.
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Frequently asked questions on IMOS
Maritime freight management software helps shipping companies manage the full voyage lifecycle, from estimation and chartering to voyage execution, accounting, and performance analysis. IMOS (Integrated Maritime Operating System), the industry’s gold standard, unifies these critical workflows so chartering, operations, and finance teams can collaborate from one connected system, manage risk more effectively, and make faster, more profitable commercial decisions.
IMOS, or Integrated Maritime Operating System, is the industry’s most comprehensive solution for commercial freight contract management and voyage execution. Used by more than 21,000 professionals worldwide, IMOS helps maritime companies and/or teams, plan and optimize voyages, manage complex contracts, streamline operations, and analyze financial performance across the full contract lifecycle — from pre-fixture estimation through to post-voyage settlement.
IMOS serves more than 21,000 users across the global maritime industry, including charterers, freight traders, voyage operators, accounting teams, and logistics managers. Whether your organization buys freight, sells freight, or manages both sides of the trade, IMOS supports the complex commercial workflows you rely on to make effective decisions every day.
Yes. IMOS supports the unique requirements of dry bulk, tankers, LNG/LPG, chemical, and additional specialized segments. Its comprehensive capabilities are designed to handle the most complex maritime contracts and workflows in the world, with specialized modules for bunkering, berth scheduling, lightering, pooling, and claims management across every major commodity segment.
IMOS provides real-time visibility into every voyage’s financial performance through its Dynamic P&L, which automatically updates as conditions like fuel costs, port delays, or schedule changes occur. It also helps teams understand the impacts to their P&L based on FuelEU and EU ETS requirements. This enables operators to quantify estimate-to-actual variance, pinpoint the drivers of profitability swings, and adjust commercial decisions accordingly — safeguarding expected revenues throughout the voyage lifecycle.
IMOS enables organizations to systematically track and analyze exposure to freight rates, fuel prices, and carbon costs. Its Trading & Risk module connects operational data with financial and market intelligence, allowing risk managers and freight traders to visualize how market shifts affect their positions, model scenarios, test decisions before making them, and rapidly adapt to changing conditions.
IMOS includes built-in tools for emissions tracking, CII reporting, fuel consumption monitoring, and carbon cost analysis. With native support for FuelEU and EU ETS compliance, IMOS integrates emissions data directly into voyage planning and operations — helping organizations maintain regulatory compliance, forecast carbon-related costs, and make more sustainable commercial decisions throughout the voyage lifecycle.
Yes. IMOS integrates with ERPs, CTRM/ETRM systems, accounting tools, and leading maritime technology providers through flexible APIs and the Veson Partner Network. More than 70% of Veson clients connect IMOS with other solutions to create a unified single source of truth across chartering, operations, and finance — with infinite integration possibilities and full extensibility.
Implementation timelines vary based on organization size, existing systems, and complexity of implementation and workflows. Veson’s Global Services team — with the most experienced consultants in maritime shipping technology — works closely with each client to map business processes, understand requirements, and deploy efficiently. Veson maintains a 100% implementation success rate, ensuring clients start realizing value from day one.