Proforma disbursement system and method

Abstract

A system for generating proforma disbursement accounts including a structured data source, said data source including historical port call cost information for both tariffed and non-tariffed costs; a similarity engine operable to compare historical tariffed items against a proposed port call disbursement account to estimate a tariffed item cost, and any surcharges, and a correlation engine, said correlation engine operable to estimate, based on historical costs, estimated costs for non-tariffed port call items. Natural language processing may be employed for some cost information. Collectively, these elements operate to estimate costs for non-tariffed items and, with the tariffed item costs, effectuate a synthetic proforma disbursement account for a vessel's port of call.

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