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LNG Shipping Optimiser

 

Optimise LNG cargo scheduling to maximise portfolio value.

Your LNG Shipping Optimisation Questions

How do I optimise cargo scheduling decisions across multiple lifts, deliveries and vessels to maximise portfolio value?

Is it possible for me to coordinate shipping operations while managing ADPs, structured deals, volume tolerances, logistical constraints and incoterms obligations?

What’s the best way for me to respond to changing forward prices when deciding cargo destinations and routing?

How do I balance vessel availability, charter costs and port restrictions to avoid inefficient or idle shipping?

How do I determine the most profitable delivery destinations without manually analysing dozens of options?

How do I ensure shipping decisions are included in broader business portfolio risk and P&L reporting?

Our LNG Shipping Optimisation Solution

Lacima Analytics’ LNG Shipping Optimiser identifies the optimal shipping schedules and nomination decisions for LNG portfolios across multiple lifts, deliveries and vessels, using current forward prices, physical constraints and operational economics.

It evaluates the feasible combinations of LNG lifts, deliveries and vessel movements, accounting for vessel classes and capacities, charter rates, fuel costs, routes and distances, port constraints, delivery windows and contractual constraints such as volume tolerances, optional delivery ports and Incoterms responsibilities.

Using intrinsic optimisation based on market forward prices, it determines how to best match lifts and deliveries to vessels and routes to maximise total portfolio value.

You can incorporate optional deliveries, backstops and backfill to ensure all cargo commitments can be executed, while exploring additional value creation through vessel charter-in or charter-out decisions when required.

LNG Shipping Optimiser produces optimal and near-optimal solutions ranked by value, each supported by a fully detailed shipping schedule showing voyage timings, loading volumes, transit durations, destinations, costs and revenues.

Because LNG Shipping Optimiser is part of Lacima Analytics, the resulting lifts and deliveries can be incorporated into broader portfolio reporting and risk workflows, supporting consolidated analysis of P&L, Earnings-at-Risk, Value-at-Risk and Potential Future Exposure.

Configure vessels, contracts and operational constraints to drive portfolio-wide LNG shipping.

Key parameter input screen in Lacima Analytics’ LNG Shipping Optimiser, showing vessel, contract, cost and operational constraint inputs used for cargo scheduling optimisation.

The LNG Shipping Optimisation Features

Visualise optimised voyage schedules and routes to maximise LNG portfolio value.

Optimised LNG voyage schedule and chart produced by the Lacima Analytics LNG Shipping Optimiser, showing vessel routing, delivery timing and value-driven cargo nominations.

 

  • Portfolio-Wide Shipping Optimisation
    Optimise cargo scheduling decisions across all lifts, deliveries and vessels.
  • Vessel Class & Fleet Modelling
    Define vessel capacities, heel and boil-off parameters, speeds, fuel consumption, charter costs, plus canal and port access restrictions.
  • Intrinsic Price-Driven Optimisation
    Optimise routing and nominations using forward curves and contract pricing inputs to identify the highest-value execution strategy.
  • Operational Constraint Handling
    Account for delivery windows, travel times, idling limits, canal restrictions, port availability and timing tolerance within the optimisation framework.
  • Backstops, Backfill & Charter Flexibility
    Explore additional value through backfill options and vessel charter-in or charter-out decisions while ensuring all cargo commitments remain feasible.
  • Interactive Schedule & Voyage Visualisation
    Review optimisation results through intuitive schedules and voyage maps to quickly understand vessel deployment, routes and timing across the portfolio.
  • Integrated Financial & Risk Reporting
    Input shipping outcomes into Lacima Analytics for consolidated P&L, VaR, EaR and PFE analysis, portfolio reporting and more.

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