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🔍AnalysisApr 24, 2026·5 min read
Draft-Survey Commodity Flow Estimates: 13.2M Tons at US Gulf, 2.4M Tons at Newcastle, and the Mississippi Spring Constraint
The draft-survey method estimates cargo from the difference between arrival and departure drafts via AIS. Across 1,705 US grain vessels and 35 Newcastle coal carriers, the estimate arrives eight weeks before USDA. The Mississippi spring constraint exposes the method's weakest assumption....
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