Guides for
ship chandlers and ship suppliers

8 ship chandler software tools compared for 2026: AI inquiry reading, IMPA codes, accounting, platform and pricing, from each vendor's own website.

Chandler vs Tidal, side by side: AI quoting, orders and delivery, accounting, integrations and price. Which ship chandler software fits which chandler.

Chandler vs Seaborn side by side: AI reading of RFQs, supplier prices, warehouse apps, accounting and price, and which kind of ship chandler each one suits.

Chandler vs Supply Logic: AI RFQ reading, supplier prices, warehouse, accounting and price. One runs on Microsoft Dynamics 365, one is built for chandlers.

What an IMPA code is, how the six digits work, the 34 sections of the IMPA Marine Stores Guide, IMPA vs ISSA, and how to get the catalogue legally.

What a ship chandler does, what they supply to ships, how an order runs from requisition to delivery, and how to choose a chandler in any port.

How ship supply works at the Port of Colombo in 2026: terminals, anchorage and OPL deliveries, bonded stores rules, congestion and finding a chandler.

Supplying ships in Singapore in 2026: which anchorages take stores, harbour craft rules, the 24-hour sea stores rule, crew rations, GST and OPL risks.

Supplying ships in Dubai in 2026: Jebel Ali and Mina Rashid, the J-Alpha, J-Bravo and J-Charlie anchorages, licensing, VAT, customs and the Hormuz disruption.

Supplying ships at Fujairah in 2026: the anchorage zones, utility boats from the Service Harbour, port rules on agents and medicines, VAT, and the war's impact.

Supplying ships in Houston in 2026: the Ship Channel and Project 11, Bolivar Roads anchorages, TWIC access, duty-free stores under CBP rules and Texas tax.

Supplying ships in Oman in 2026: Sohar, Port Sultan Qaboos, Salalah and Duqm, all outside Hormuz. Agents and the navigation licence, bunkering rules and VAT.