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Ship manager

Category-specific procurement for market leaders

Demonstrate your expertise by implementing best-in-class software tailored to lubricant procurement.

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Marine lubricant procurement budget overview
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Expertise

Data-driven decisions

  • Real-time tracking of individual vessel schedules with automated alerts about upcoming key port calls

  • Cleaned and qualified ROB reportings to accurately foresee vessel reach by days left sailing

  • Aggregated demand overview for the full or selected fleet to easily identify upcoming demand or supply opportunities

  • Vessel lube oil chart for immediate requisition verification during the entire ordering process

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Efficiency

High-class performance

  • Automated email alerts and notifications when ROB limits are approaching

  • Automatically calculated prices and costs by port and product for each order

  • Integration with supplier’s operating systems to receive immediate quotes and order acknowledgements

  • Easy lube oil cost calculation to quote for new vessels

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Transparency

Process integrity

  • Configurable approval process with different approver limits on company and vessel basis

  • Assignable user roles with clearly defined access permissions incl. active buyers and passive viewers

  • Auditable order-linked supplier communication with order change logbook

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Functionalities

Designed for marine lubricants

Closelink is the easiest way to a resilient procurement strategy that generates tangible cost savings.

Automated alerts & warnings

Get real-time updates on current stock levels and hints about upcoming key ports in the vessel schedules.

Demand

Demand overview

Aggregated view to monitor your fleet’s upcoming demand and vessel’s individual reach to guarantee smooth operations at any time.

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Best price hint

Be automatically informed about better pricing options based on your existing contractual terms.

Group management

Manage multiple companies and fleets within your group, while controlling user access, roles, and permissions through configurable company settings.

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Live-chat

Chat with your supplier in real-time, directly on the platform, with context-based insights at your fingertips.

Power up your operations

Discover how seamless data exchange maximizes your performance.

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Onboarding

Get started with Closelink

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Set up your account

Get started by adding your team members and vessels. Assign a default supplier per vessel and mirror your existing approval process in Closelink, if required.

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Place your first order

Connect with your contractual suppliers or access Closelink’s spot market with over 100 registered suppliers to manage your emergency requisitions.

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Integrate ROBs and schedules

Automatically transfer your daily noon reports into Closelink and integrate your vessel schedule to enable proactive planning and inventory management.

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Integrate your ordering system

Connect Closelink with your ordering system to enable a seamless enquiry and order process and to initiate automated workflows.

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Stay ahead with Closelink

Discover how forward-thinking  ship managers leverage Closelink to gain competitive edge.

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Product

Introducing: Calculated Average Consumption

The new Calculated Average Consumption feature provides users with precise insights into their vessels' lubricant consumption, significantly improving demand forecasting.
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Integration

LR OneOcean and Closelink integrate lubes procurement into Cloud Fleet Manager

The collaboration automates transfer of lube-oil requisitions from the Cloud Fleet Manager to Closelink’s platform for optimized planning and ordering.
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Integration

Closelink integrates NAVTOR real-time data

The collaboration brings NAVTOR's stock reporting (ROB) data directly into Closelink to help ship managers generate greater cost savings and enhance planning in lubricant procurement.

Exceed owners’ expectations

Ensure streamlined processes and a highest degree of efficiency with Closelink.

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