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Supply Network

Supply is a sequence of control points, not a single transaction.

Between an available cargo and a discharged one sit several parties and five control points. Where a transaction fails, it almost always fails at one of them. This is the structure we work within.
Delivery
To the discharge port or terminal
Control points
Five, defined in contract
Inspection
Independent, load and discharge
Basis
Executed contract governs

Commercial Pathway

Supplier to discharge port.

Each stage introduces its own counterparties, documentation and failure modes. Our delivery obligation runs to the agreed discharge port or terminal; the buyer's onward distribution is shown only to place the transaction in context.
Mittrex scopeBuyer's scope

Mittrex delivers to the agreed discharge port or terminal. Onward inland distribution, storage and last-mile delivery are arranged by the buyer.

  1. 01Origin

    Supplier

    Supply is made available by producers, refiners or established traders holding allocated product.

  2. 02Loading

    Export Terminal

    Product is stored, quality-tested and loaded. Independent inspection establishes quantity and quality at origin.

  3. 03Transit

    Marine Logistics

    Vessel nomination, chartering and voyage execution under the delivery terms agreed in contract.

  4. 04Delivery

    Discharge Port

    Discharge at the agreed port or terminal, with inspection repeated to confirm quantity and quality on arrival. This is where our delivery obligation ends.

  5. 05Buyer's scope

    Distributor

    Onward movement into the local distribution network of terminals, depots and inland logistics, arranged by the buyer.

  6. 06Buyer's scope

    Commercial Buyer

    Consumption at the end site: fleet, industrial plant, mine, airport or retail network.

  1. 01Origin

    Supplier

    Supply is made available by producers, refiners or established traders holding allocated product.

  2. 02Loading

    Export Terminal

    Product is stored, quality-tested and loaded. Independent inspection establishes quantity and quality at origin.

  3. 03Transit

    Marine Logistics

    Vessel nomination, chartering and voyage execution under the delivery terms agreed in contract.

  4. 04Delivery

    Discharge Port

    Discharge at the agreed port or terminal, with inspection repeated to confirm quantity and quality on arrival. This is where our delivery obligation ends.

  5. 05Buyer's scope

    Distributor

    Onward movement into the local distribution network of terminals, depots and inland logistics, arranged by the buyer.

  6. 06Buyer's scope

    Commercial Buyer

    Consumption at the end site: fleet, industrial plant, mine, airport or retail network.

Geography

Major petroleum ports and pricing hubs.

Refined products move along established routes between surplus and deficit markets. The ports below are the established loading, storage and discharge centres around which that activity is concentrated.

Illustrative representation of a typical commercial supply pathway. Not live supply, routing or transaction data.

  • Canada, West Coast

    Vancouver

  • US West Coast

    Los Angeles / Long Beach

  • US Atlantic Coast

    New York Harbor

  • US Gulf Coast

    Houston

  • US Gulf Coast

    New Orleans

  • Panama

    Balboa

  • South America

    Santos

  • Northwest Europe (ARA)

    Rotterdam

  • West Africa

    Lagos

  • Southern Africa

    Durban

  • Arabian Gulf

    Fujairah

  • West India

    Sikka

  • Southeast Asia

    Singapore

  • East China

    Ningbo–Zhoushan

  • Sydney, Australia

    Botany Bay

Ports shown for orientation only. Mittrex does not own, operate or hold capacity at any terminal, vessel or storage facility named above. Safe port and safe berth are warranted by the parties in the contract for the specific vessel and voyage; nothing shown here constitutes such a warranty, or a representation that any port is available, nominable or suitable for a given requirement.

Control Points

Where a transaction is actually decided.

Price is the least difficult part of a physical fuel deal. The control points below determine whether the movement completes and whether either party carries unmanaged exposure.
  1. CP-01

    Quality at origin

    Refinery certificate of quality and independent analysis establish the product being loaded. Everything downstream references this baseline.

  2. CP-02

    Quantity at load

    Shore tank and vessel figures are reconciled by an independent surveyor. Bills of lading are issued against the agreed measurement basis.

  3. CP-03

    Title and risk transfer

    The incoterm determines the point at which title, risk and cost pass between the parties. It is agreed in contract, not assumed.

  4. CP-04

    Quantity and quality at discharge

    Inspection is repeated at the destination terminal. Any variance is handled under the tolerance and claims provisions of the contract.

  5. CP-05

    Document release and payment

    The agreed instrument governs when documents are released against payment. This sequence is fixed before the vessel loads.

Tell us where in the pathway you sit.

Whether you are importing at a terminal, distributing regionally or consuming at site, the delivery structure changes what supply is realistic. Start with your requirement.

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