02/06/2026
๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฝ๐๐๐: ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ'๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ and ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐๐ป๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐
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That is the entire basis on which most procurement teams assess their ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ.
What sits behind those two data points is a different picture entirely:
โข ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ on the service
โข ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ, including diversions
โข ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ
โข ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ
โข ๐ง๐๐จ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
โข ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐ป๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ
โข ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป generated by all of those variables combined
๐ก๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ.
๐ก๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐๐ป๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐
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And in a market shaped by ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด and the effective closure of the ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐๐, voyage ex*****on has become more variable than at any point in recent history.
As a result, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ.
VesselBot's ๐๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ were built to close that gap. By combining ๐๐๐ฆ-๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐น ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐, ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐, ๐ง๐๐จ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐น-๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น-๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐ป๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ, they provide an ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ of what a fuel surcharge should reflect under actual voyage conditions.
If fuel surcharges are a material cost in your organization but remain difficult to validate, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐.
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