ОБҐРУНТУВАННЯ КОМЕРЦІЙНО ДОЦІЛЬНОЇ КІЛЬКОСТІ ВАНТАЖІВ У КОМПОЗИТНОМУ ЗАВАНТАЖЕНІ СУДНА
The article analyzes the sources, which addresses the issue of optimization of loading of various types of vessels. It is concluded that these works are focused mainly on the "Shipowner''s market". Under the conditions of the "Cargoowner''s market" one of the major industrial problems of the shipping company is to determine the minimum amount of cargo being transported on the ship it is commercially justified. But the works, which explores such issue, are focused on loading vessel with homogeneous cargo. In this context, the aim of the research is to increase the economic efficiency of the shipping companies in the unstable conditions of the freight market by developing the theoretical and methodological provisions on justification commercially reasonable amount of various cargoes in the composite load of the vessel. The research presents a methodological approach based on the method of break-even analysis or CVP - analysis. It allows to determine the critical amount of the particular cargo not separately, but as part of the overall composite loading of the vessel and taking into account cover of ship''s fixed costs by the contribution margin the goods in question. The research also provides analytical expressions for determining the commercial viability of certain amount of goods in cases where the alleged allocation of fixed costs between the various cargo, claimed to be transported.