Cost Reduction Service
Off-Shore & Commercial Vessel Management, Marine Survey, Claim Handling,
Purchasing & Training Solutions, Marine Project Cargo Transportation
Samples for PDA and FDA Investigation
You can find a couple of samples as below;
PDA Investigation Sample 1
Disbursement Account Desk challenges agents’ PDA estimations basis factors like
a) Basis of Charge
E.g. Harbour Dues: GBP 18,369.00
We would greatly appreciate if you could advise us the basis of your above cost calculation, along with break up for our better understanding and forward us port tariff in support of your claim. Ships Dues should be NT X 3.31 = 17,006.78
Agent "Sincere apologies figure was calculated wrong, and was placed on Bulk Dry Cargo and not Bulk Liquid"
FDA Process
Sample 1
Systematic vetting of Final DAs for searching discrepancies and Procuring credit notes Samples
a) ROE Costs
• Clear, consistent policy on rates of exchange, fair to all parties.
• Agents do try to manipulate the ROE.
PDA Investigation Sample 2
Disbursement Account Desk challenges agents’ PDA estimations basis factors like
a)Basis of Charge
E.g. Light Dues: GBP 1,885.00
Please note that light dues were paid on 10 Aug 2014 at Grays, United Kingdom and it is valid for this call also. Hence we have deducted the same from Pro-forma DA. Kindly amend and update your records accordingly.
Systematic vetting of Final DAs for searching discrepancies and Procuring credit notes Samples
b) Incidental Costs
• Some Tunisian agents were invoicing customer’s for ‘Currency control charges’ of 1% on the Final DA amount, citing that this charge is applied for all vessels by all agents as a guarantee against Rate Of Exchange losses. .
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