Live Crisis · Hormuz Closed
 
Simulation 02 · Tier 1 · Live Scenario

Hormuz is closed.

Oil at $95. Your feedstock is on a tanker that may not dock for months. Your board meets in 72 hours. You get seven decisions. You don't get to stall.

✓ 15–20 minutes ✓ 7 decisions ✓ Scored debrief

You are the CEO of Vesper Industries, a $28B India-headquartered specialty chemicals and pharma intermediates group. Plants in Gujarat, Andhra, Singapore, and Louisiana. 38% of revenue is dollar-denominated. 41% of your raw feedstock passes through the Strait of Hormuz.

Three weeks ago, the IRGC declared the Strait closed to US- and Israel-allied shipping in retaliation for Operation Epic Fury. 21 merchant vessels have been hit. Qatari LNG suspended. Gulf insurance premiums up 9x.

Brent is $95. Two of your three Indian plants are running on 11 days of inventory. Your largest customer (18% of revenue) wants a force-majeure letter or a price guarantee. Your board meets Wednesday.

REUTERS20 APR 06:14 GMTIRGC reaffirms closure. Fourth Saudi facility hit overnight. Brent opens +$3.10 at $95.80.
BLOOMBERG20 APR 07:02 GMTMaersk and CMA CGM pause all Gulf transits. Cape of Good Hope queues at Durban.
INTERNAL20 APR 07:40 ISTPlant 2 (Dahej) at 9 days of feedstock. Plant 3 (Vizag) at 13. Procurement cannot close April order.
$95Brent today
41%Feedstock via Hormuz
11 daysInventory cover
72 hoursTo board meet
How this works
01
Seven decisions, in sequence
Each one drops you into a different room, board call, top-customer summit, tank-yard, plant floor, pricing committee. The scenario brief at the top of every round explains the situation in plain English before you pick.
02
Four live meters track your run
Risk control, margin, customer trust, and long-term positioning. Each call moves them. The numbers aren't a score. They're the consequences your successor inherits.
03
Industry context shows up in the brief
If a term is specialty-chem-specific (Naphtha, force majeure, spot rates, Cape route), the scenario paragraph above the options decodes it. Read the brief, the options are tight by design.
Before you start

Who's in the chair?

The sim calibrates to your stakes. A plant head running one site reads this crisis differently than a CEO of a $28B group. Two minutes. Your debrief comes back sharper.

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