Earnings Breakpoint Analysis
A written assessment of where the hire cash flow behind a maritime loan structurally fails under defined execution conditions.
For maritime private credit, funds and lessors. Pre-deal or watchlist. Written-only.
EBA assesses structural exposure, not probability.
Submit an EBA requestCredit analysis addresses the borrower and facility. Technical survey addresses the asset.
EBA addresses a different layer: the structural execution of the charter-generated hire cash flow behind debt service.
What Earnings Breakpoint Analysis reads.
- Charter party and off-hire / laytime exposure
- Payment-latency exposure in the charter structure
- Documentary chain behind the hire servicing the loan
- Force majeure provisions capable of interrupting the charterer → owner → lender cash-flow chain
- Structural points where hire cash flow fails under defined execution conditions
A written assessment for one facility or name.
The deliverable is an Earnings Breakpoint Analysis Report covering findings specific to the charter or facility, the defined execution conditions under which hire cash flow structurally fails, and the resulting consequence for debt service.
It is not credit analysis, a technical survey or a legal opinion.
It addresses the operational execution layer between them.
EBA does not predict whether the defined conditions will occur.
Hugo Federico Hernandez Varela
Prepared by Hugo Federico Hernandez Varela, a former Loading Master with 25+ years in maritime and cargo operations.
Written assessment. Fixed scope.
Single-name read from USD 4,000.
Facility / portfolio read from USD 12,000.
Scope and fee are agreed in writing before work begins.
What EBA does not do.
No rating, DSCR modelling or credit decision.
EBA does not predict whether the defined execution conditions will occur or how a counterparty will behave.
No assessment of physical asset condition.
No enforceability opinion.
No calls or workshops as the delivery mechanism.
Frequently asked questions
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