Commodities Traders
One platform to secure the best deals and mitigate risk.
Commodities traders work in a dynamic, fast-paced industry that requires them to continually evaluate open opportunities, perform maritime freight exposure management, and maintain strong cargo visibility at all times. The Veson IMOS Platform (VIP) empowers commodities traders with a set of tools that enable them to rapidly evaluate and secure the strongest deals, manage contracts at every point of the voyage lifecycle, optimize pre-fixture decisions, rapidly discern mark-to-market performance, and manage maritime freight exposure..
Transform intuition into insight with a platform built to inform rapid, data-driven decisions.
Information to help secure the most profitable deals.
In today’s volatile market, a commodities trader’s success depends on the ability to understand the full extent of each decision’s potential P&L impact in order to make the best deals. Through best-in-class voyage estimation capabilities and dynamic, algorithm-based scheduling, VIP enables commodities traders to accurately calculate freight rates, compare multiple voyage scenarios, maximize fleet utilization, and accelerate deal flow.
Dynamically calculate and manage maritime freight exposure.
By automating complex exposure calculations and providing full visibility into mark-to-market performance at all times, VIP empowers commodities traders to more proactively manage maritime freight and fuel risk. VIP includes support for index-linked hire and freight over viable options and periods, bunker adjustment factors, and embedded derivatives, bringing together all of the information traders need to form a complex, contextual picture that is reflective of ever-changing internal and external realities.
Maintain cargo visibility and control at all times.
Volatile and ever-changing, today’s market realities raise the burden for agility and insight among global commodities traders. Today, more than ever, trading teams require full maritime cargo visibility and control over their commercial maritime workflow at all times. With a dynamic, cloud-based architecture, VIP provides continuous access to business-critical information and tools with nothing more than an Internet connection and modern web browser.
With the cloud, you have an open platform that provides optionality. You have the best freight and fleet management system–the Veson IMOS Platform–at the core, which then integrates with different applications that you need for specific functions or data feeds. What you end up with is the best blend of systems for your use cases, which is more unique and robust than any one system you can find in the market.
–Martin Hjelle,
Head of Technology & Digital Strategy, Western Bulk
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Use Case
Trading & Risk Use Case
Marine freight and fuel contracts have long been marked by significant market volatility. While many of the world’s largest owner-operators, commodities traders, and tonnage charterers have their own approaches to measuring and managing risk, others have yet to adopt a formal strategy.
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