Insights

Notes from the trade, without the noise.

Specifications, inspection and documentation: what actually decides whether a cargo is profitable. Written by the desks that handle it.

Sugar, read by specification

ICUMSA 45, ICUMSA 150, VHP. Three names that decide the price of a cargo — and the three parameters worth checking before you sign.

Food raw materials · 4 min read

Grade, radiation, loading and price basis. The four checks that separate a workable scrap cargo from an expensive lesson.

A bill of lading is not paperwork. It is title, contract and receipt in one page — and everything else is built around it.

These notes describe practice and specifications; they are not commercial offers or price indications. For current availability, write to the desk.

Questions

Our desks will tell you what a grade means, what to inspect and which documents the destination will require.