But you should also know that the Cutter has been displaced as the Queen of the Trade ships. They've added an additional size 8 slot to the Type-9 for a grand total of 752 w/shields.
Can you double-check this for me? Seems like the cargo space is the same as for my Cutter.
[Type-9 Heavy, Type-9 Trader] [+1]
M: 2F/G Multi-cannon [+1]
M: 2F/G Multi-cannon [+1]
M: 2F/G Pulse Laser [+1]
S: 1G/G Pulse Laser [+1]
S: 1G/G Pulse Laser [+1]
U: 0I Chaff Launcher [+1]
U: 0I Heat Sink Launcher [+1]
U: 0A Shield Booster [+1]
U: 0A Shield Booster [+1]
BH: 1C Lightweight Alloy
PP: 6D Power Plant
TH: 7D Thrusters [+1]
FD: 6A Frame Shift Drive [+1]
LS: 5D Life Support [+1]
PD: 6D Power Distributor [+1]
SS: 4D Sensors [+1]
FT: 6C Fuel Tank (Cap: 64)
8: 8E Cargo Rack (Cap: 256)
8: 8E Cargo Rack (Cap: 256)
7: 7E Cargo Rack (Cap: 128)
6: 6A Shield Generator [+1]
5: 5E Cargo Rack (Cap: 32)
4: 4E Cargo Rack (Cap: 16)
4: 4E Cargo Rack (Cap: 16)
3: 3E Cargo Rack (Cap: 8)
3: 3E Cargo Rack (Cap: 8)
2: 1E Standard Docking Computer [+1]
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Shield: 287.7
Power : 17.28 MW retracted (91%)
19.94 MW deployed (106%)
18.90 MW available
Cargo : 720
Fuel : 64 T
Mass : 1,031.60 T empty
1,815.60 T full
Range : 20.03 LY unladen
12.09 LY laden
Price : 117,387,070 CR
Re-Buy: 5,869,354 CR @ 95% insurance
[Imperial Cutter, Ice Cutter] [+1]
M: 2F/G Pulse Laser [+1]
M: 2F/G Pulse Laser [+1]
M: 2F/G Multi-cannon [+1]
M: 2F/G Multi-cannon [+1]
L: 3C/G Multi-cannon [+1]
L: 3C/G Fragment Cannon [+1]
H: 4A/G Pulse Laser [+1]
U: 0I Chaff Launcher [+1]
U: 0I Heat Sink Launcher [+1]
U: 0I/T Point Defence [+1]
U: 0A Shield Booster [+1]
U: 0A Shield Booster [+1]
U: 0A Shield Booster [+1]
U: 0A Shield Booster [+1]
U: 0A Shield Booster [+1]
BH: 1C Lightweight Alloy
PP: 8D Power Plant
TH: 8D Thrusters [+1]
FD: 7A Frame Shift Drive [+1]
LS: 7D Life Support [+1]
PD: 7D Power Distributor [+1]
SS: 7D Sensors [+1]
FT: 6C Fuel Tank (Cap: 64)
8: 8E Cargo Rack (Cap: 256)
8: 8E Cargo Rack (Cap: 256)
6: 6D Shield Generator [+1]
6: 6E Cargo Rack (Cap: 64)
6: 6E Cargo Rack (Cap: 64)
5: 5E Cargo Rack (Cap: 32)
5: 5E Cargo Rack (Cap: 32)
4: 4E Cargo Rack (Cap: 16)
3: 1E Standard Docking Computer [+1]
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Shield: 515.3
Power : 21.08 MW retracted (78%)
27.45 MW deployed (102%)
27.00 MW available
Cargo : 720
Fuel : 64 T
Mass : 1,488.60 T empty
2,272.60 T full
Range : 21.95 LY unladen
14.99 LY laden
Price : 279,543,100 CR
Re-Buy: 13,977,155 CR @ 95% insurance
Looks like on jump range alone, the Cutter wins with 14.99LY vs. only 12.09LY for the Type-9.