Voyage Summary

India-to-Brazil voyage from Sikka to Niterói, routing south through the Indian Ocean, around the Cape of Good Hope, and across the South Atlantic – 30 days, 7,922 nm. The operational risk on this lane is the Cape rounding, where the route hit its southernmost point at 35.9°S in the Roaring Forties. The optimized track cut Sea State 6+ exposure (≥4.0 m) nearly in half – from 6.4% of the historical track to 3.6% – and reduced Sea State 5+ exposure from 36.0% to 26.0%. Route-averaged significant wave height was 2.17 m. The vessel operated on VLSFO throughout with no ECA transits, so the 13.31% FOC reduction (89 MT saved) is a pure routing-and-speed optimization result, not a fuel-grade effect.