Shipping Optimisation Systems (SOS): tramp optimisation perspective

Journal of Shipping and Trade

Table 3 Cargo data

Data item	Shipping event	Load port	Load Laycan	Discharge port	Discharge Laycan	Weight in mt	Freight In US$/mt***
Cargo**	Shipping event	Load port	Load Laycan	Discharge port	Discharge Laycan	Weight in mt	Freight In US$/mt***
Crude Oil 1	Offered	Shuaiba	1-10/10	Baltimore	1-10/11	40,000	50
Crude Oil 2	Offered	Shuaiba	20-27/10	Baltimore	20-27/11	60,000	60
Crude Oil 3	Offered	Odessa	5-15/10	Shanghai	5-15/11	35,000	40
Crude Oil 4	Offered	Odessa	3-16/11	Shanghai	3-16/12	40,000	50
Crude Oil 5	Offered	Maracaibo	5-15/12	Riga	20-30/12	30,000	30
Crude Oil 6	Offered	Maracaibo	20-30/11	Riga	10-25/12	45,000	35
Crude Oil 7	Offered	Maracaibo	1-10/12	Riga	20-30/12	40,000	40
Crude Oil 8	Unconfirmed	Shuaiba	1-31/10	Baltimore	1-30/11	uc*	uc
Crude Oil 9	Unconfirmed	Odessa	1-30/11	Shanghai	1-31/12	uc	uc
Crude Oil 10	Unconfirmed	Maracaibo	1-30/11	Riga	1-30/11	uc	uc

* uc = unconfirmed quantity or freight
** All cargoes require heating, at ship owner’s account. Crude Oil 1, 2, and 8 are transported directly (10,147 miles with 1.5 days waiting) or via Suez Canal (8602 miles with 2 days waiting), Crude Oil 3, 4, and 9 are transported directly (14,169 miles with 1 day waiting) or via Suez Canal (8264 miles with 1 day waiting), and Crude Oil 5, 6, 7, and 10 are transported only directly (5274 miles with 0.5 day waiting). Distance between ballast transport links may be found in any distance table (waiting days are assumed zero for these links).
*** Freight is free in and out (FIO) base, load or discharge laydays are restricted to 35,000 mt per day, reversible laydays are subject to demurrage rate of US$ 8000 per day, and dispatch rate of US$4000 per day