The NMS voyage estimator is developed for ultimate speed and usefulness for chartering and operations.

The purpose is to calculate time charter equivalents (TCE) for a vessel in order to identify what employments gives the best result.

One click at a ship and another click at the cargo gives an instant voyage estimate where all factors are taken into consideration such as:

• Vessel's speed and fuel consumption

• Minmax cargo intake

• Draft restrictions

A range of reports are available to show the user consequences of scheduling ships on different cargoes.

Main results are presented on a single screen and additional details can be retrieved on demand. For many calculations the following key  results are prime focus:

• Days total voyage

• TCE pr day

• Voyage profit (For vessels on tc)

Main voyage estimator screen:

Minimize button clicks:

Only three clicks to make a voyage estimate.

When the voyage estimator opens,:

1. the user selects a vessel from a list of ships

2. Clicks on the cargo to be calculated from a list of cargoes

3. Push "Calculate"

Voyage Calculation Philospohy

Ship parameters

Selecting a ship automatically retrieves all relevant data for the vessel. This includes the trivial info such as dwt, ,speed and fuel consumption, cubic capacity or any other cargo intake information, draft, TPC etc

Cargo data

For the cargoes are given min/max cargo intake, draft restrictions, vetting restrictions or any other constraints. Such constraints will automatically be checked against the vessel's specifications. If the cargo can not fit on the selected vessel, R99 will give a message about the constraints.

Since the estimator always works with date and time, all calculations show the ETAs for arrival an departure in the ports included in the calculation.

The cargoes will often contain info about laydays and the program automatically checks if a ships arrives within the laydays cancelling. If not, the user will be able to accept waiting days for the opening date or the user will accept a late arrival for closing laydays.

In this way, R99 has built in as many check points as possible in order to automate as much of the calculation process as possible.

Distances

All distances between ports are automatically calculated based on the R99 internal distance table.

Sensitivity

TCE versus freight rate is often necessary when negotiating a cargo

R99 allows three modes of an voyage estimate:

• Vessel starts in port where it is currently open and ballasts to loadport

• Laden leg only

• Round trip calculation

Find the best ship for a particular cargo

In order to save time for the user, R99 has a special feature whereby the user can say "Show me the best vessel for this particular cargo". At a push of a single button, R99 will scan through all open ships that the user has on his system and calculate the TCE and nr of days and check which ships can match laydays. This function alone, will save the user a considerable amount of time in his calculation. It will also allow him to present the results in a fast and easy mode.

Voyage estimator - sensitivity

Voyage estimator - further details

Bulk operators

Show:

Ship Data

Trade/Contract data

Job data

TC jobs

Tanker operators

PCC and RORO

Container lines