- The premise
- You are the CEO of a small independent trader and shipowner based in Rotterdam. Cargo has to leave the Gulf. Every week you read the market, pick a contract, choose a ship and decide how the cargo gets out: straight through the Strait, in an escorted convoy, by pipeline, or bought outside the Strait at a premium.
- Real numbers
- Premiums, transit counts, tolls and the diesel crack are taken from the same sources as our analysis. The live Risk Monitor score sets the difficulty of each week.
- Real headlines
- Events that actually happened, from tanker strikes to blacklistings and export bans, arrive as cards during the game.
- How you win
- Not by solving the crisis. By still existing after twelve weeks, with cash in the bank and at least one customer who still trusts you.
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