Speed & Consumptıon Claım Data Analysis
An underperformance claim is not your vessel's actual performance.
It is a calculation built on the claimant's choices.
What is included. What is excluded. What is used. What is ignored.
Those choices change the final amount.
You are checking their choices.
Before you respond, make sure it holds.
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Shipowners with Repeated Engagements
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Charterers / Operators with Repeated Engagements
Bulk Carrier · Tanker
Vessel and C/P Types
What shapes the claim
A speed and consumption claim is not a fixed number.
It is the result of how the calculation is built.
That's where the difference comes from.
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Weather filtering
Which hours qualify as “good weather” — and how that threshold is applied — can materially change the result.
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Exclusion periods
Not all time at sea counts. Periods outside the charterparty warranty must be identified and excluded.
Weather, traffic, mandatory speed reduction, charterers’ instructions, off-hire events — each can affect the calculation.
These periods are not always correctly identified — and when they are missed or misapplied, the final amount changes directly.
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Methodology & terms
How performance is measured, which reference figures are used, and whether the calculation aligns with the charterparty — each directly affects the outcome.
The data does not change.
The result does.
Because the result depends on how the calculation is constructed.
Every choice changes the result. The claimants know exactly what they're doing. You should too.
A real example
Same Voyage.
Different Calculation.
The difference was not in the facts — it was in how the facts were interpreted.
Claim Submitted by Charterers
Weather routing company analysis
TIME LOST
81 hrs
Overconsumption VLSFO
72 mt
Claim Amount
USD 86,625
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Claim Settlement Figures
As per our calculations based on C/P terms
TIME LOST
17 hrs
Overconsumption VLSFO
28 mt
Claim Amount
USD 24,625
The reduced amount is USD 62,000.
Same voyage. Same data. Same weather conditions.
The difference was in what was included — and what was left out — in line with the charterparty.
USD 62,000 is not a saving. It is an amount that was about to be paid. Nothing changed. Only the calculation changed.
In a shipowner’s office, many things run at the same time. There isn’t always time to go through every line of a claim. That’s when numbers like this pass through — not because something was missed, but because no one had the time to go all the way through it.
You shouldn’t have to pay for that.
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Time Recovered
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VLSFO Recovered
Tanker Claims
Tanker Claims Require a Different Level of Analysis
Tanker claims are more complex — and the consequences of a missed allocation are proportionally larger.
The data is denser. Claim periods are significantly longer — particularly in period time charters, where a tanker’s performance may be assessed only once per year. And unlike bulk carrier claims, tanker voyages involve operations that generate significant additional auxiliary consumption: cargo heating, tank cleaning, IGG operation, purging. These must be correctly identified, timed, and excluded from the performance calculation.
The issue is not the existence of consumption — it is how it is allocated.
Over a long voyage, one misclassified period compounds into a significant claim amount. Charterers know this. Their calculation is built on specific choices — which periods qualify, which are excluded, how each 6-hour block is treated, how relative consumption is applied.
You need someone who has been through enough of these calculations to know which data points drive the result — and what to question when they don’t add up.
We have reviewed over 100 tanker charterparty claims. That is what allows the vessel’s actual performance to be separated from the claimant’s choices.
This requires not only detailed analysis, but experience in knowing what to look for, what to isolate, and what each figure actually represents.
— where to look
— what to isolate
— what can be misinterpreted
You cannot leave the outcome to the claimant’s choices. You need to understand what was selected, what was ignored, and why.
Why Choose Speed Claim
How the process works
Step 1
Send the claim.
Step 2 — Free
This initial review is free.
If you do not proceed — no fee.
If you are satisfied with our initial calculation and would like the full data analysis, calculations and technical report — continue to Step 3 →
Step 3 — If you proceed
Full analysis, calculations, and a technical report.
The claim may require revisions before it is settled. We do not charge anything until the claim is settled.
Settlement
15% of the reduction achieved.
Calculated on the difference between the initial claim amount and the final settled amount. Nothing else.
Not every claim is wrong.
But every calculation should be verified.
Because once accepted, the result becomes
your responsibility.
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