MECC APRIL 2024 ROAD TO LAS VEGAS CHALLENGE

TASK

FMWC has founded a new shipping company. This company operates a lot of routes on a fictitious map.
Your task is to calculate different aspects of freight shipping and logistics business.

Fuel Cost
The fuel cost is always equal to the distance between two cities in cells * the weight of the ship.
Besides Level 7, fuel cost is the only relevant type of cost in this Case.

The Ships
There are four different ship types. Each has a different capacity (in Units), Base Weight (own weight of an empty ship) and Maximum Weight, and Speed. The Weight of a specific ship is equal to the Base Weight + Units loaded * Weight of one Unit. You can’t load partial units on the ships.
The speed is only relevant on Level 5 and Bonus 4, it displays how many blocks a ship can travel in one hour.

Distance calculation (Level 5-7)
Starting with Level 5 you are required to calculate the distance to a specific port. Note that all shipping routes start at Port Excel (E13). The distance between two ports is equal to the minimum number of cells on the map. A ship can travel one cell up, down, right or left, but it cannot travel diagonally. Do not include the starting cell but include the final cell in your calculations.

Canals (Level 7)
There are two different canals displayed on the map. The Indirect Canal and the Table Canal.
Large ships can’t travel through any of the canals. Big ships can travel through the Table Canal, but not the Indirect Canal. Small and medium ships can travel through both canals.
Passing through one canal costs 150.