Chemicals, Maritime & Shipping, Aromatics

February 14, 2025

New Red Sea-East China Aromatics freight symbols

The following Red Sea-East China Aromatics freight symbols have been created in the Market Data category TA (Petchems: Liquid Chemical Tanker Rates). They will appear on the following:

Publications: AsianPetrochemicalscan

Fixed pages: Platts Petrochemical Alert Pages PCA0643

They are scheduled to begin updating Feb. 21.

MDC Symbol Bates Dec Freq Curr UOM Description
TA PFCTB03 c 2 MA USD MT Liquid chemicals freight Middle East (basis Red Sea)-East China 10-12kt $/mt MAvg
TA PFCTB04 c 2 WA USD MT Liquid chemicals freight Middle East (basis Red Sea)-East China 10-12kt $/mt Wkly
TA PFCTA03 c 2 MA USD MT Liquid chemicals freight Middle East (basis Red Sea)-East China 5-7kt $/mt MAvg
TA PFCTA04 c 2 WA USD MT Liquid chemicals freight Middle East (basis Red Sea)-East China 5-7kt $/mt Wkly

Please follow the link below for further details:

https://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights/en/pricing-benchmarks/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/012225-platts-to-launch-new-red-sea-east-china-liquid-chemicals-freight-assessment

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