Your customers
- Importers and exporters of bulk cargo
- Steamer agents
- Trading companies (coal, fertiliser)
- Port-based CFS and plot holders
Transport and logistics · Services
MatruOS for a stevedore
Set up the way a stevedore runs: stevedoring rate per tonne loaded or discharged; shore handling (hopper to truck, plot stacking, rake loading); dispatch incentive from the port or the cargo owner. Routines, workflows, registers, licences and an AI team that knows the work are ready when you sign up.
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What this solves
What a stevedore deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it
Today
Vessel overstays the norm and the port penalty lands on the stevedore. Stoppages not logged, so demurrage claims cannot be fought.
In MatruOS
MatruOS sets up 8 routines, 1 workflow, 3 registers and 10 licences for a stevedore, with an AI team that reads your own records and prepares the work.
What changes
The right person is reminded at the right time, approvals wait for whoever decides, and every licence has a renewal reminder. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval.
Where you sit
MatruOS starts from how your business earns
Who you sell to, who you buy from, how credit moves and where you sit in the chain decide how your screens, reminders and reports are set up.
Your suppliers
- Dock labour gangs and their leaders
- Equipment owners (payloaders, dumpers, mobile cranes)
- Grab and hopper fabricators
- Diesel suppliers
- Port (licence and charges)
Credit and cash
Client pays 30-60 days after sailing against draft survey and Statement of Facts; labour paid weekly; equipment hire monthly
Wages and equipment for a 3-6 day vessel are paid long before the client pays; disputes over demurrage hold back the final payment
Your screens use your words
CustomerCargo ownerOrderVessel jobItemCargoInvoiceStevedoring billemployeeGang
How it works
How MatruOS is set up for a stevedore
Set-up takes a few minutes. After that, you change only what is different in your business.
- Describe the business in one lineFor example "Stevedore", typed when you sign up.
- Recognised as a stevedoreRoutines, workflows, registers, items, licences and the AI team for this trade are set up for you.
- Bring your dataCustomers, items and balances come across from Zoho Books, Vyapar, Excel and others. For Tally, our team helps you move the data while Tally import is checked on the live app.
- Approve and runThe AI team prepares the routine work. A person approves anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes.
Your AI team
What the AI team does for a stevedore
Each job goes to a member of your AI team. It reads your own records and prepares the work. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval.
Adds up tonnes per shift, compares with the port norm and stipulated berth stay, warns when the ship is falling behind and keeps the stoppage log ready for the Statement of Facts
Works it out and shows you
Builds the weekly wage sheet per gang from attendance and tonnes, checks equipment hours against hire bills, and lists EPF and ESIC due
Asks you before paying
Drafts the stevedoring bill on draft survey quantity with penalty or incentive and tracks outstanding per client
Asks you before sending
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How you run
Your routines, already on a timetable
Each routine has a time, a person and its steps with the checks that matter. MatruOS reminds the right person and keeps the record. Open one to see its steps.
Every day
6:00 amShift start briefing and gear check
- 1Gangs present per hatch
- 2Grabs, slings and shackles inspected; SWL marked
- 3Helmets, shoes and high-visibility jackets on all
- 4Hold air checked before entry where cargo can give off gas
2:00 pmShift tally and stoppage log
- 1Tonnes per hatch this shift
- 2Every stoppage with time and reason
- 3Same tally at 22:00 and 06:00
6:00 pmRunning berth-stay check against port norm
- 1Tonnes done vs norm; hours left in stipulated stay
- 2Add gangs, payloaders or a harbour crane if behind
Every week
SatWeekly gang wages and equipment hire
- 1Attendance and tonnes per gang; wages paid by bank
- 2Equipment hours per vessel checked against hire bills
WedVessel bill after sailing
- 1Bill on draft survey quantity at agreed rate
- 2Statement of Facts attached; port penalty or incentive passed on per contract
- 3Outstanding per client
Every month
12thMonthly EPF, ESIC and contract labour records
- 1EPF and ESIC for all workers by the 15th
- 2Accident register and dock safety returns
Every year
MarPort licence, insurance and gear certification
- 1Stevedoring licence renewed with security deposit
- 2Workmen's compensation and third-party insurance
- 3Lifting gear tested and certified
Workflows
Each stage goes to the person who handles it
Work passes stage by stage to the right person. Stages marked for approval wait for the person who decides.
Vessel from nomination to payment
- 1Nomination and rate agreedNeeds approval
- 2Gangs and equipment planned
- 3Working shifts with tallies
- 4Statement of Facts signedNeeds approval
- 5Bill on draft survey and payment
Registers and SOPs
Your registers and standards
Registers hold the fields this trade records. SOPs carry the steps and checks, so work is done the same way every time.
Vessel job file
Shift hatch tally
Gang attendance and wages
Safe working in holds and under hooks
No injury or death on the ship or wharf
Tally and berth norm
Quantity and stoppages proven so penalties and claims are fair
Items and licences
Your first bill is right, and no licence lapses
Starter items arrive with unit, HSN and GST rate. The registrations this business usually needs are listed with a reminder before each one expires.
| Item | HSN | GST |
|---|---|---|
| Dry bulk discharge stevedoring (geared vessel) | 996719 | 18% |
| Dry bulk loading stevedoring | 996719 | 18% |
| Break-bulk steel stevedoring | 996719 | 18% |
| Bagged cargo stevedoring | 996719 | 18% |
| Shore handling hopper to truck | 996719 | 18% |
| Food grain discharge (agricultural produce) | 996719 | 0% |
| Rake loading at port siding | 996719 | 18% |
- GST registration
- PAN
- TAN (tax deduction account number)
- PF registration (EPFO)
- ESI registration (ESIC)
- Contract labour licence
- Insurance policy
- Government contractor registrationIf it applies
- Professional tax registrationIf it applies
- Udyam (MSME) registrationIf it applies
Your people
The people who run it, each with their own login
Each person sees the screens and reminders for the work they do.
ProprietorLicence, rates, cargo owners and agents, equipment, payments.
Operations managerVessel planning, gangs and equipment, port liaison.
Hatch foremanRuns a hatch, safety, signals, stoppage notes.
Tally clerkTonnes per hatch per shift, stoppages, Statement of Facts inputs.
Gang leaderBrings and leads the labour gang, attendance.
Steamer agentVessel planning, Statement of Facts, master's sign-off.
Not covered yet
- Sending messages, bills and reminders on WhatsApp from MatruOS is not live yet. Today they go by link, QR code or email, and from your own phone in one tap.
- Live bank and UPI feeds are not connected yet. Upload a bank statement and MatruOS reads it into payments for you to confirm.
Questions people ask
How long does it take to set up MatruOS for a stevedore?
Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Stevedore". MatruOS picks this business type and sets up everything on this page in a few minutes. You then get a 7-day free trial, no card needed.
Do I have to type all of this in?
No. The routines, workflows, registers, items, licences and AI team on this page arrive already set up. You change what is different in your business, and bring your customers, items and balances from Zoho Books, Vyapar, Excel and others, with our team's help for Tally data.
Can I change the routines and workflows?
Yes. Every routine, workflow, register and SOP is yours to rename, retime, switch off or add to. MatruOS keeps the rest of the system in step with your changes.
What does the AI team do without asking me?
It runs routine checks and prepares drafts. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval. The one exception you can choose is payment reminders, which go out on their own once you have checked them and switched them on.
Transport and logistics
Other services in transport and logistics
Run a stevedore on one system Set up for your trade when you sign up.
Describe your business once. MatruOS sets up your apps, brings in your data and puts Muni and the AI team to work, with your approval on every step that matters. 7-day free trial, no card needed.
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