Ocean Carriers: Case Study MBA 540 Fall 204 Janelle Roche King Quaidoo Suzanne Ekstrom Net Present Value: 15 Year Evaluation if the United States with a 35% Taxation Net present value is used in order to determine the present value of an investment by the discounted sum of all cash flows received from a project. In this case this would be the calculation of the single project capital budgeting for Ocean Carriers Inc. and a purchase of 15 year operation vessel. This 15 year time span would begin
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Case Study 1 – Ocean Carriers 1. The Capital Budgeting Decision Should Ms. Linn purchase the Capesize vessel? Assume that Ocean Carriers is a U.S. firm and is subject to 35% taxation. (Please see excel sheets) From our analysis it appears that Ms. Linn should not buy the Capesize vessel. The Net Present Value on the Ocean Carrier is not a positive number, a clear indicator that buying the vessels is not a good idea. The tax rate of 35% makes a lot of difference in determining this NPV
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Ocean Carriers Inc. was approached in January of 2001 with a contract proposal for the leasing of one of their ships for a term of 3 years beginning in 2003. Ocean Carriers currently has no ship to accommodate the customer. To commission the construction of a new vessel would take 2 years from start to completion. The average rate in the spot market is $22,000 per day. Ocean Carriers deployed a younger fleet than average carriers and generally earned a 15% premium over the average daily rate
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Ocean Carrier Case Study Summary In order to accept the recently submitted leasing contract proposal, Ocean Carriers would have to purchase a new ship. The purchasing of a new ship is a considerable investment. We have analyzed whether or not Ocean Carriers should make this investment using Free Cash Flow and Net Present Value (NPV) analysis. Given the details of the contract, the forecasted daily time charter rates, and the costs data; we have concluded that Ocean Carriers should not accept
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Ocean Carriers Ocean Carriers Inc. was approached in January of 2001 with a contract proposal for the leasing of one of their ships for a term of 3 years beginning in 2003. Ocean Carriers currently has no ship to accommodate the customer. To commission the construction of a new vessel would take 2 years from start to completion. The average rate in the spot market is $22,000 per day. Ocean Carriers deployed a younger fleet than average carriers and generally earned a 15% premium over the average
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39000000 1291200 Pinja Ruonala 241364 Case Ocean Carriers Since the consulting firm fee (200 000 USD) and internal marketing study expenses (150 000 USD) already occurred and thus are sunk costs, they are not taken into account in the investment calculations. Those expenses will realize, no matter whether the investment will be done or not, so they are not relevant. Net present value calculation was done in order to give a recommendation for Ocean Carriers whether to purchase of the $39M capsize
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A PROJECT REPORT ON Export-Import Process & Documentation towards B2B FOR Hindustan Cargo Ltd. MASTER OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES (MMS) UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI SUBMITTED TO MAHATMA EDUCATION SOCIETY’S PILLAIS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES AND RESEARCH NEW PANVEL UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF Chndrakumar P. Mutha SUBMITTED BY Aditya Ajit Jadhav (2012-2014) Roll No. 139 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Life of human beings is full of interactions. No one is self-sufficient by himself whenever anyone
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Administration Optimization of the Trucks Transit in Marsa Maroc Terminal Dr. Youssef Boulaksil Fall Term 2013 Executive Summary The container terminal is a flat modal form that binds the ship to truck, train or to another vessel in the case of transshipment. This connection is done via interfaces: truck / area inter exchange, train / buffer zone, ship / dock. Thus, the major container flows are channeled to or from this system are the result or the source of a multitude of internal flow
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middlemen or to OEM customers as a component in the manufacture of boats. We will discuss Albatross Anchors competitiveness in the market and how they may improve their processes. Question One Based on the information presented in the scenario/case study discuss Albatross Anchor’s competitiveness in relation to (please address all items in the below list and provide support for your conclusions): 1. Cost a) Cost of Production: Albatross Anchors produces two types of anchors which
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Corporate Finance Case Study Solution 1. What factors should Ameritrade consider when evaluating the proposed advertising program and technology upgrades? Ameritrade needs a cost of capital to evaluate new projects. Firms maximize their value by taking all positive NPV projects. is the expected cash flow in period i is the discount rate To calculate an NPV, we need a discount rate. In the A-Rod case we used 8%. In the Ocean Carriers case we used 9%. In this case we will learn how to determine an
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