As well as CAD/CAM applications used by shipbuilders and ship management software, charterparty calculations have a long history of computerisation. Being merely a matter of 'number crunching', voyage estimating was a prime target for early shipping software entrepreneurs and many chartering software suites can trace their genesis to the days when everything was programmed in DOS. Now it is possible to use software throughout the whole business of matching ships and cargoes, both in tramp and liner shipping, from initial offer to final financial settlement, including dispatch and demurrage calculations.
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