Case 1: Ocean Carriers We think that daily spot hire rate will likely decrease next year. There are two reasons. First, there are 63 new vessels scheduled for delivery in 2001 to increase the supply of vessel and only few old vessels need to be retired, while the demand will not increase because imports of iron ore and coal would remain stagnant over next two years. Second, exhibit 5 shows that avg. spot rate of 2000 was higher than the rate of previous years and avg. 3-yr charter rate. In addition
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FNCE90013 Case Studies in Finance SUBJECT GUIDE July – August, 2015 Prepared by George Kester Department of Finance Faculty of Business and Economics Objective To develop an understanding of applied corporate finance including financial analysis and forecasting, financing sales growth, short-term versus long-term financing, capital structure policy, capital investment analysis, cost of capital, and company valuation. The course will be experiential and focus upon selected Harvard
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Case #1: Butler Lumber Company Questions 1. Why does Mr. Butler have to borrow so much money to support this profitable business? 2. Do you agree with his estimate of the company’s loan requirements? How much will he need to borrow to finance his expected expansion in sales (assume a 1991 sales volume of $3.6 million)? 3. As Mr. Butler’s financial advisor, would you urge him to go ahead with, or to reconsider, his anticipated expansion and his plans for additional debt financing? As the banker, would
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secure needed financing because of the global credit crunch. They create extreme challenges in the market for global transportation services. Just a few short years ago during the global trade boom, ports were testing the limits of their capacity, ocean carriers were placing orders for new ships, and freight customers were scrambling to find available containers and berths to move product to free-spending consumers. However, in a very short span of time, global trade has contracted and the transportation
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FINA 6092 Advanced Financial Management 2014-15 Term 1 Case questions Case #A: Butler Lumber Company Questions 1. Why does Mr. Butler have to borrow so much money to support this profitable business? 2. Do you agree with his estimate of the company’s loan requirements? How much will he need to borrow to finance his expected expansion in sales (assume a 1991 sales volume of $3.6 million)? 3. As Mr. Butler’s financial advisor, would you urge him to go ahead with, or to reconsider, his anticipated
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Ocean Carriers Case Expectations for Daily Spot Hire Rates Next Year Iron ore and coal imports will most probably decrease the upcoming year With the increasing supply of vessels should result in a market surplus By creating this surplus, prices will be driven down, since we will have limited demand and suppliers competing Average daily rates, based on historical numbers, have a direct relationship with the number of shipments. What Factors Drive Average Daily Hire Rates? u u Daily
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worldwide supply of capesizes by 11% and 5.4%, respectively. Furthermore the worldwide capesize fleet is relatively young – only 8 capesizes are at least 20 years old – there should be relatively few scrappings. For example Exhibit 5 of the Ocean Carriers case study shows the direct correlation between the number of shipments of iron ore and the average daily spot rate. From 1995-1996, the average spot rate fell from $20,149 to $11,730 and from 1997-1999, the average spot rate fell from $14,794 to
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of a charterer, which wants a contract of only 3 years. Based on the calculation of the cost of construction against the value of the contract, it is recommended that Ocean carriers should not go ahead with the construction. However, if a strategic alliance can be created with another carrier to lease their vessels, Ocean Carriers should accept the contract. What does Mary Linn has to consider? 1. Evaluation of the amount of expected returns over the life of the present contract. 2. Evaluation
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Analysis In order to make a recommendation to Mary Linn as to whether Ocean Carriers, Inc. should purchase a new ship we must first look at the net present value of the ship. In order to do this our team used the provided expected daily hire rates to calculate revenue which we expect to be for the lifetime of this vessel. The expected daily hire rate is the most accurate measure to determine future cash flows for the company. By using the annual operating days over the life of the new vessel we
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Pierre Kitts | Integrated Logistics Case Study 1 | March 2, 2014 Case Study 1 – Buttons Limited Canadian Distribution System Contents Executive Summary 1 Introduction 4 Initial Stocking of Stores 6 Figure 1 - Average Transit Time by Ocean Container from Manufacturing Plants to Canadian Stores 8 Figure 2 – Initial Stocking of Stores via 40 FT Ocean Containers to DC’s. 9 Full Distribution System Buttons Canada 10 Figure 3 - Average Transit Time by Consolidated Air from Manufacturing Plants
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