Use cases

Physical-world intelligence, applied.

Detailed playbooks for the verticals running on NTHMAP — from crude desks and LNG traders to marine underwriters and AI research teams.

Media & research

Academic research — trade, logistics, and geopolitics as primary sources

How graduate students, professors, and research programs use NTHMAP for data-driven research in economics, geography, political science, and environmental studies.

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Commodities

Agricultural trading — grain corridors and food security monitoring

How grain traders and food security teams use NTHMAP to monitor the Black Sea corridor, Brazilian soybean exports, and global food flows.

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AI & automation

Autonomous trading agents with MCP

How to build AI agents that perceive and act on physical-world data using the NTHMAP MCP server.

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AI & automation

CLI automation — scheduled data pipelines and ops workflows

How ops and data teams use the NTHMAP CLI to build scheduled pipelines, export datasets, and integrate into existing infrastructure.

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Commodities

Coal trading — global logistics and thermal/metallurgical flows

How coal traders track the global seaborne thermal and metallurgical coal markets using NTHMAP.

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Risk management

Commodity hedging — physical-flow data as a hedge input

How corporate treasurers and commodity hedgers use NTHMAP physical-flow data to calibrate hedge ratios and timing.

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Finance

Development banks — infrastructure due diligence and impact monitoring

How multilateral development banks and infrastructure investors use NTHMAP for project due diligence and impact monitoring.

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ESG & climate

ESG & carbon tracking — shipping emissions and sustainability reporting

How ESG teams and climate-focused investors use NTHMAP vessel data to estimate shipping emissions and track sustainability claims.

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Intelligence & policy

Geopolitical intelligence — chokepoint monitoring and dark fleet tracking

How intelligence analysts, think tanks, and policy teams use NTHMAP to monitor strategic chokepoints, sanctions enforcement, and dark fleet activity.

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Energy trading

LNG trading — carrier fleet, JKM spread, and cargo rerouting

How LNG desks use NTHMAP to track the global carrier fleet, predict cargo rerouting, and arbitrage the JKM-Henry Hub spread.

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Insurance & risk

Marine insurance — war risk, real-time underwriting, and claims forensics

How marine underwriters use NTHMAP to price war-risk premiums, validate voyages, and investigate claims.

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Commodities

Mining & metals — bulk carriers, iron ore flows, and copper supply chains

How mining traders and metal desks use NTHMAP to track bulk carrier movements, iron ore cargoes, and copper concentrate flows.

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Media & research

News media — data-driven journalism with physical-world sources

How journalists, editors, and news organizations use NTHMAP to report on trade, shipping, and geopolitical events with primary-source data.

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Energy trading

Oil & gas trading — chokepoint monitoring and arbitrage signals

How crude and product desks use NTHMAP to track tanker flows, anticipate supply disruptions, and generate arbitrage signals.

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Logistics

Port operations — congestion monitoring and throughput forecasting

How port authorities, terminal operators, and freight forwarders use NTHMAP to monitor vessel queues and forecast throughput.

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Energy operations

Refinery operations — feedstock scheduling and yield optimization

How refinery schedulers and commercial teams use NTHMAP to time feedstock deliveries and optimize refinery runs.

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Compliance & risk

Regulatory compliance — sanctions screening and dark fleet research

How compliance teams at banks, traders, and shipping companies use NTHMAP to support OFAC sanctions screening and dark fleet research.

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Logistics

Shipping company operations — fleet management and voyage planning

How shipping companies and vessel operators use NTHMAP to manage their fleet, benchmark against competitors, and plan voyages.

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Logistics

Supply chain resilience — vendor risk and single-source exposure

How procurement, ops, and supply chain teams use NTHMAP to assess vendor risk, monitor critical supply lanes, and plan for disruptions.

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Insurance & risk

Weather & climate risk — storm impact on shipping and infrastructure

How climate risk teams, reinsurers, and energy companies use NTHMAP to assess weather impact on physical flows.

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