CanalClear automates VUMPA (Panama Canal) and SCNT/SCA (Suez Canal) customs filing — eliminating the paperwork errors that cost operators $2,500–$50,000+ per incident. Built by compliance professionals who've lived the problem.
The Panama Canal and Suez Canal together handle ~25,000 transits per year. Each requires precise, deadline-driven compliance filings. One wrong field, one missing document, one late submission — and a vessel loses its transit slot.
Panama VUMPA requires 96-hour advance filing. Suez SCNT bookings require complete documentation before convoy assignment. There is no "almost on time."
Most operators rely on expensive ship agents who fill out forms manually — often from memory or templates that don't reflect the latest ACP/SCA regulatory updates.
A missed transit slot cascades into daily demurrage, cargo delivery failures, charter party penalties, and reputational damage.
$2.5K–$50K+ per incidentCanalClear replaces the manual filing process with an AI-powered engine that knows canal authority requirements cold — and validates every form field before it ever reaches the portal.
The result: dramatically fewer preventable rejections and missed slots from paperwork.
Upload vessel specs once. CanalClear populates VUMPA, SCNT, and all supporting docs automatically.
Every field checked against current ACP and SCA regulatory requirements before you submit.
Automated reminders ensure your team never misses a 96-hour filing window.
Manage compliance across your entire fleet from a single command center.
CanalClear is the only compliance platform that covers both the Panama Canal and Suez Canal — the two most strategically important maritime chokepoints in the world.
Full VUMPA package preparation, PCSOPEP documentation, crew credentials, cargo declarations — all validated against ACP portal requirements.
SCNT tonnage calculation, SCA transit documentation, ISPS security declarations, and convoy booking preparation — handled automatically.
Eliminate manual filing errors on every Panama and Suez transit. One platform, zero missed slots.
Compliance visibility across your entire fleet. Track filing status, deadlines, and risk flags in real time.
Serve more clients with less effort. CanalClear handles the form work so your team handles relationships.
Protect charter party obligations. Know that vessel compliance is handled before transit day arrives.
"The Panama Canal Authority doesn't accept 'almost compliant.' One wrong field in your VUMPA package and you lose your slot — and the vessel sits burning $30,000–$80,000 a day waiting for the next one. I built CanalClear so that never has to happen again."
— Francis Eagleston, Founder & CEO, CanalClearFrancis Eagleston spent years working in maritime compliance, watching vessels navigate the labyrinth of canal authority requirements with manual processes, expensive agents, and no systematic pre-validation. The same errors appeared again and again. The same delays. The same costs.
CanalClear is the platform he wished had existed. An AI-powered compliance engine that knows ACP and SCA requirements as well as any expert — and applies them automatically, every time, before a single document reaches the portal.
This is a small team building real compliance software. No fluff, no vaporware. The product is live — VUMPA automation, SCA filings, SP-1, STRAITREP, and SAMSA ISPS all running. Every release makes transit compliance one step easier for the operators who depend on it.
See the compliance engine in action — no account required. Or book a 20-minute walkthrough of your specific canal filing situation.