Effectiveness of forward freight agreements in mitigating VLCC shipowners' business risks between 2005 and 2014

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Chng, Wen Xin
• مؤلفون آخرون: Soh Woei Liang
• التنسيق: Final Year Project
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2016
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Engineering::Maritime studies::Maritime management and business
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/67140

This report investigates if the volatility of tanker spot rates are able to compensate shipowners for their cost obligations, justifying the need for a hedging tool. Subsequently, the accuracy of the paper hedging tool, Forward Freight Agreement (FFA), through its predictive mechanism is explored. T...