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Tracey Alloway

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417 total appearances

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The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

You know, you mentioned tracking commodities and shipments.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

How do you do that exactly?

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

And is it different to what I can do?

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

Maps go.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

Yeah, maps go is pretty cool.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

I was looking up something the other day.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

It was a it was a cargo of fertilizer leaving Saudi Arabia.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

It was pretty easy to see like where the ship had left from and where it was going and whether it was on time.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

So what exactly are you doing?

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

It's called the Peanut Tree Nut Association.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

It's velocity of money, right?

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

So how are the banks actually handling this at the moment?

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

Because on the one hand, like, OK, the cost of actually shipping stuff has gone up.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

On the other hand, the value of the underlying collateral, you know, assuming it's oil or maybe steel or something like that, has also gone up.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

But on the other hand, as you point out, balance sheets are probably a little more restricted if you have these huge sums that are already tied up because the ships aren't actually moving.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

What actually happens mechanically if I've financed a particular shipment and it is now hypothetically stuck in the Strait of Hormuz?

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

Like what conditions start to kick in?

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

Is voyage frustration an actual term?

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

Yes.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

So I was looking up the toxic liquid that comes from cashews, and it's urish oil.