Service Level Agreement

Our uptime commitment for paid Real-View SCM plans, what we exclude, and the service credits you can claim if we fall short.

Draft — pending legal review. This page is provided for information only and is not legal advice. It is a working draft and is being finalised by a South African admitted attorney before it becomes binding.

Last updated: 9 June 2026

This Service Level Agreement (SLA) applies to Subscribers on paid Real-View SCM plans. It does not apply to free plans, trials, beta features, or the free tools on tradecaravan.co.za.

1. Uptime commitment

We target 99.9% availability per calendar month for the core Real-View application (roughly 43 minutes of allowed downtime per month).

2. Definitions

  • Uptime % = (total minutes in the month − Downtime minutes) ÷ total minutes in the month × 100.
  • Downtime = minutes during which the Service is "Unavailable".
  • Unavailable = the core features of the Service are both inaccessible and non-functional for you, and the cause is within our reasonable control.

3. Exclusions

Downtime does not include unavailability caused by:

  • Scheduled maintenance, where we give reasonable advance notice.
  • Force majeure or events beyond our reasonable control.
  • Failures of third-party or upstream providers (for example hosting, MarineTraffic/AIS, shipping lines, or Transnet/port data feeds).
  • Issues caused by your systems, connectivity, or misuse of the Service.

4. Service credits

If monthly uptime falls below target, you may claim a service credit as your sole and exclusive remedy:

Monthly uptime Credit (% of that month's fee)
99.0% to < 99.9%10%
95.0% to < 99.0%25%
Below 95.0%Up to 100%

To claim, email us within 30 days of the affected month. Approved credits are applied to a future invoice and are not paid as cash.

5. Support response targets

  • Critical (Service down for you): we aim to respond within 1 business day.
  • Normal (questions, minor issues): we aim to respond within 2–3 business days.

These are response targets, not resolution guarantees.

6. Status

Where we publish a status page, it is the reference for incidents and maintenance. Contact [email protected] with any availability query.

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