Economics
Simplified Marginal Vessel Map
Exhaust local vessel supply and see how the ballast cost of the marginal ship creates a regional freight premium.
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Change the assumptions behind selected book examples and see the commercial result update. The chapter text and published figures remain faithful to the edition.
Eight working models
Explore the relationships behind the figures.
Each tool starts from an illustrative book preset. They are designed for learning and scenario testing—not as live market data, forecasts or trading advice. The catalogue follows the order in which the concepts appear across the book, from Economics through VaR Based Pricing. Every page also works as a standalone explainer.
Balance Sheets
Tonne Mile Route Explorer
Compare fixed agricultural corridors and see how distance turns the same cargo tonnes into very different freight demand.
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Wheat-to-Bread Transformation Margin
Convert FOB wheat, freight, milling yield, mill-feed credit and bakery costs into a risk-adjusted margin per tonne of bread.
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Carry trade for grains
Test whether an observed grain forward curve covers storage, finance and other costs of carrying inventory.
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Owner scenario matrix
Compare complete vessel employment chains instead of judging a fixture from its first-trip earnings.
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FOB vs freight vs CFR
Change origin FOB values and freight rates to see delivered CFR parity and the cheapest origin update.
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Physical Freight and FFA Hedge Waterfall
Combine physical freight and FFA profit and loss, then isolate the residual route, index and volume basis.
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Value at Risk book
Inspect a ten-position wheat, MATIF, FFA and freight book against a USD 100,000 one-day VaR policy limit.
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