How Oldendorff Carriers rebuilt its proforma validation and DA payment workflow

Oldendorff Carriers set out to streamline how its teams validate, approve, and pay pro forma DAs. Through its Streamline Port DA initiative, the company rebuilt the workflow around HarborLab.

What changed

• Clearer ownership: every step of the DA workflow has a defined owner, from pro forma validation to approval, payment, and escalation.
• Earlier discrepancy visibility: issues surface at proforma stage, before costs are incurred, not after the final DA arrives.
• More time for analysis: the team spends less time on reconciliation and more on analysis, disputes and cost optimisation.

Who it’s for

Ship owners, operators, charterers and DA teams who manage proforma validation, approvals, payments and escalation.

Read the full case study

See how Oldendorff restructured its operating model and what earlier visibility meant for cost control.