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Table 2 Port data

From: Shipping Optimisation Systems (SOS): tramp optimisation perspective

Data item

Cost/call in US$

(Lights, towage)

Cost/day in US$

(Quay services)

Waiting days*

(Anchor, idle)

Cargo handling

mt/day

Port name

Alexandria (Egypt)

1500

150

0

34,000

Baltimore

12,000

1200

0.3

40,000

Shuaiba (Kuwait)

8000

800

0.5

37,000

Maracaibo

10,700

1070

0.5

37,000

Odessa

10,000

1000

0.5

35,000

Riga (Latvia)

11,000

1100

0.3

35,000

Shanghai

9000

900

0.4

35,000

  1. * Port waiting days are classified as ‘force majeure’ and hence are not part of any demurrage or dispatch time counts