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Best-in-class lubricant procurement for liners

Increase the degree of automation and mitigate key risks in the procurement of marine lubricants.

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Cost Prevention

Maximizing performance

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

  • Automatically estimated prices and costs by port and product

  • Better port hint based on vessel schedules and existing contracts

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

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Reliability

Minimizing risks

  • Integrated noon reporting combined with vessel specific tank information incl. max capacities and safety reserve limits

  • Automatically tracked, cleaned and qualified lube oil consumption curve per product

  • Vessel reach calculation by days left sailing per product

  • Warnings for upcoming vessel demand or supply opportunities

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Compliance

Ensuring process integrity

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

  • Configurable approval process with pre-defined approver limits on company or even vessel basis

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

  • Auditable order-linked supplier communication feature 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.

Vessel schedule

Quickly view vessel schedules, track days left sailing by product category, and compare color-coded port prices to identify the best lifting option.

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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Live-chat

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

Approval process

Mirror your internal approval process and set pre-defined approvers with individual approval limits.

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Calculated average consumption

Automated, 90-days rolling consumption curve per product based on cleaned and qualified ROB reportings to better predict future demand.

Power up your operations

Discover how seamless data exchange maximizes your performance.

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Onboarding

Get started with Closelink

Benefit from Closelink platform in less than 2 weeks.

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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 liner companies increase the degree of automation and mitigate key risks.

Integration

LR OneOcean and Closelink partnership integrates lubes procurement into Cloud Fleet Manager

Closelink is excited to announce a recent partnership with LR OneOcean (LR OO), integrating our procurement platform and LR OO’s Cloud Fleet Manager Purchase module. This collaboration enhances the procurement of marine lubricants by automating the transfer of lube-oil requisitions from the Cloud Fleet Manager to Closelink’s platform for optimized planning and ordering.
Integration

Closelink integrates NAVTOR real-time data into its lubricant procurement platform

Closelink GmbH, the leader in marine lubricant procurement, is excited to announce an integration with NAVTOR, a premier provider of fleet monitoring solutions. This collaboration brings NAVTOR's stock reporting (ROB) data directly into Closelink’s procurement platform to help ship managers generate greater cost savings and enhance planning in lubricant procurement.
Product

Ensuring Uninterrupted Supplies with One of Closelink's Key Features

When sailing in remote areas or experiencing a shortage of products from the primary supplier, urgent and unexpected requisition requests can quickly lead to costly consequences. To address these challenges effectively, Closelink offers a practical and easy-to-use solution.

Say hello to automation.

Mitigate the risk of operational downtime and ensure fleet reliability

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