United Arab Emirates

Cloud ERP for shipping agents, fuel traders and port services in Fujairah

Fujairah's port is one of the world's busiest bunkering and fuel-storage points, and the businesses around it invoice ships and traders in dollars and dirhams, rebill port charges, and cost each vessel call. Aqid ERP does that with generic sales, purchasing and projects; it has no marine or bunkering module, and says so.

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In short

Fujairah's port is one of the world's busiest bunkering and fuel-storage points, and the businesses around it invoice ships and traders in dollars and dirhams, rebill port charges, and cost each vessel call. Aqid ERP does that with generic sales, purchasing and projects; it has no marine or bunkering module, and says so. The Growth plan fits, at AED 109 a month, with a 60-day free trial. Not built yet: There is no marine, bunkering or terminal module: no vessel register, tank stock, nominations or port-system link.

At a glance

CityFujairah, United Arab Emirates
E-invoicingUAE e-invoicing (2027): the signed PINT AE invoice is prepared; transmission goes through an accredited service provider, and the connection to one is in progress, not yet live
VAT5% standard rate; the return is prepared from the books in the FTA's layout, not yet checked against the EmaraTax portal
PayrollA WPS salary file in the MoHRE SIF layout, end of service, payslips in Arabic and English; the UAE pension is not yet in the table
CurrencyAED, to 2 decimal places on every document and in the ledger
Recommended planGrowth: projects for job costing, several currencies, and unlimited payroll.
PriceAED 109 a month · 60-day free trial today, no card
Not built yetThere is no marine, bunkering or terminal module: no vessel register, tank stock, nominations or port-system link.

Business in Fujairah, and the part Aqid ERP plays

Fujairah, on the Gulf of Oman outside the Strait of Hormuz, is the UAE's east-coast port: fuel storage terminals, bunkering suppliers, shipping agents, ship chandlers, surveyors and the logistics firms that serve vessels calling there, with Fujairah Free Zone beside the port.

Their invoices are in dollars as often as dirhams, many of their costs are paid on a ship's behalf and rebilled, and each vessel call or cargo is a job with its own margin. Aqid ERP invoices in any currency, tags costs and rebills to the call, and shows the margin per job; the operational side stays in your port and agency systems.

How a business in Fujairah runs on Aqid ERP

Each vessel call a job

Tag the agency fee, the launch hire, the port charges paid and the rebill to the call as a project, and read its margin when the account is closed.

Dollars and dirhams

Invoice the principal in dollars and keep the books in dirhams; each document carries its rate and the exchange differences are posted.

Disbursements rebilled

Port and supplier charges paid on the ship's behalf are posted as bills and rebilled on the invoice, so the disbursement account clears per call.

VAT on services

Zero-rated and standard-rated services kept apart on the invoice, and the return prepared from them; which applies is for your adviser.

A month at a shipping agency in Fujairah (example)

  1. Say a shipping agency in Fujairah invoices AED 560,000.00 of agency and husbandry services in October, all at the standard rate. That is AED 28,000.00 VAT, AED 588,000.00 in total, on tax invoices issued from Aqid ERP.
  2. A supplier bills AED 330,000.00 plus AED 16,500.00 VAT for launch hire and port charges rebilled, posted against a purchase order and tagged to the vessel calls.
  3. Payroll for 14 staff runs with a WPS salary file in the MoHRE SIF layout and end-of-service accruals, and its cost is posted to the books from the same run.
  4. The VAT return shows AED 28,000.00 output VAT and AED 16,500.00 input VAT, so AED 11,500.00 to pay before any other purchases. Each box opens to the invoices and bills behind it.
  5. These figures only show the arithmetic. How VAT applies to your supplies is for your tax adviser, set up before you start invoicing.

The parts you will use

Sales

Tax invoices in AED or another currency, credit notes, quotes, automatic reminders, and statements by email or WhatsApp.

Purchasing

Purchase orders and supplier bills in any currency, with an approval limit so large orders wait for a second approver.

Projects and cost centres

Tag every line to a project, a cost centre or a branch; profit by job, a budget and percentage complete per project, and retention held on contract invoices.

Accounting and reports

A chart of accounts for the UAE, bank accounts and reconciliation, fixed assets, and the IFRS for SMEs statements the corporate tax return starts from.

The rules in the UAE, and what Aqid ERP does with them

VAT: the standard rate is 5%. The return is prepared from the books in the FTA's layout and every figure opens to the invoices and bills behind it; that layout has not yet been checked against the EmaraTax portal, and filing stays with you or your adviser.

Corporate tax: 9% on taxable income above AED 375,000. Aqid ERP keeps the IFRS for SMEs statements the return starts from, computes the UAE estimate and records Small Business Relief; whether income is qualifying free-zone income is your adviser's call, and no return is filed.

E-invoicing: the UAE's mandate (2027) runs through accredited service providers. Aqid ERP prepares the signed PINT AE invoice; its connection to a provider is in progress and not yet live.

Payroll: a WPS salary information file in the MoHRE SIF layout, end-of-service accruals under the labour law and payslips in Arabic and English. The UAE pension for national employees is not yet in the table, and no bank has yet accepted an Aqid ERP file.

Plans for a business in Fujairah

Starter

For small businesses that need compliant invoicing

77 د.إ / month

  • Compliant tax invoices
  • Customers & quotes
  • Payroll and WPS file for up to 5 employees
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Growth

For teams that want the full books, not only invoices

109 د.إ / month

  • Everything in Starter
  • Full ledger & reports
  • Unlimited payroll, inventory and consolidation
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Premium

For companies with branches, devices and volume

214 د.إ / month

  • Everything in Growth
  • Branches & devices
  • Consolidation & API
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Questions

Does Aqid ERP have a bunkering or marine billing module for Fujairah?

No. It invoices in any currency, posts and rebills disbursements, and costs each vessel call as a project. Nominations, tank stock and port-system links stay in your marine software; Aqid ERP carries the money.

Does Aqid ERP compute UAE corporate tax?

As an estimate: 9% above AED 375,000, with Small Business Relief recorded, from the statements it keeps as you work. It files no return, and whether free-zone income qualifies is for your adviser.

Does it produce the WPS file?

Yes, a salary information file in the MoHRE SIF layout from each pay run, with end of service accrued and bilingual payslips. No bank has yet accepted an Aqid ERP file, so have the first one checked by your bank or exchange house.

Industry pages for Fujairah

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Aqid ERP in the UAE

Set up for the UAE's rules from the first day.

  • Plans from 77 د.إ a month
  • UAE e-invoicing (2027)
  • VAT 5 %
  • Corporate tax
  • WPS
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