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#Specifications
How to read a fuel specification before you sign for it
A certificate of quality is a contract document, not a formality. Here is what each line on it actually constrains, and which numbers decide whether the cargo is accepted or rejected at discharge.
#Incoterms
FOB or CIF: choosing the term that matches your risk
The delivery term is not an administrative detail about who books the vessel. It decides where title passes, who carries the freight market, and who is holding the cargo when something goes wrong.
#DueDiligence
Why petroleum trades collapse before they start
Most enquiries that reach a trading desk never become cargoes. The reasons repeat — unmandated intermediary chains, documents that fail verification, and payment instruments no bank will confirm.
#Chartering
Why every cargo needs a clear laycan and agreed demurrage terms
Laycan and laytime are where a good price quietly becomes a bad one. Both are set before the vessel is fixed, and both are settled against the statement of facts.
#DueDiligence
Five checks that tell you whether an offer is real
You can establish whether a petroleum offer is worth pursuing in about an hour, using five checks that need no goodwill from the other side and no commitment from yours.
#Freight
Trade routes and freight rates that shape your landed cost
Two identical cargoes priced the same at the load port can land hundreds of thousands apart. Routing, parcel size and canal availability are where that difference is made.#MarineFuels
What the 0.50% sulphur cap changed for VLSFO buyers
The global marine fuel sulphur limit did more than lower a number. It created a blended fuel with far more variability than the grade it replaced, and shifted the risk onto the buyer.
#Compliance