DON’T JUST COMPARE
THE PRICE.
A lower rate can mean more waiting, more handling—or a missed deadline. Put the full set of assumptions next to each other before deciding what to investigate.
KEEP YOUR ASSUMPTIONS
IN THE STORY.
Exact inputs, derivation and unverified defaults
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Shanghai → Rotterdam
20 40-ft containers / month · Ocean freight
One monthly demand, held constant across every strategy.
This working comparison and saved snapshots still keep their original inputs.
Starts these unsaved cases again from your current applied profile, or the fictional example if none is applied. Saved cases stay untouched. You can cancel before replacing edited inputs.
SAME DEMAND.
EXPLICIT TRADE-OFFS.
All starting rates, time and capacity assumptions below are illustrative—even when your real profile supplies the baseline. Edit them to test your own case.
THE COMPARISON SHELF.
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Reload before changing this saved shelf. Working assumptions stay untouched.
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Save any strategy above. Exact repeat saves do not create duplicates. Different demand, lane, profile or shared assumptions are flagged—not ranked together.
START WITH THE THREE CASES ↑Accessible saved comparison table
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SHOW THE WORK.
KEEP THE LIMITS.
Monthly cost = quantity × transport unit cost
+ explicit extra monthly costs
+ quantity × (hold + transit days) × carrying cost per unit/day.
All cases use one unchanged monthly quantity and USD. Transport includes the fuel already in your entered rate; no second automatic fuel surcharge is added. Taxes, duties and other accessorials are excluded unless you explicitly include them in extra costs. Components round half-up to cents before the total. Modeled totals above $1 trillion are outside this tool’s limit.
Capacity and deadline are basic feasibility checks, not a promise of service. They do not model loading plans, schedule uncertainty, partial shipments, multiple departures, inventory depletion, cargo value, insurance or network optimization. “Lowest modeled cost” is not a recommendation or a verified saving.
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