Maritime & Shipping, Agriculture, Dry Freight, Grains
July 15, 2025
New KMAX-9 derived Panamax/Supramax dry bulk freight symbols
The following KMAX-9 derived Panamax/Supramax dry bulk freight symbols have been created in the Market Data category GRY (Agriculture: Grains Dry Bulk). They will appear on the following:
Publications: Platts pricing database and the Dry Freight Wire publication.
Alert Pages: Platts Shipping Alert SHP0620, SHP0621, SHP2620 and SHP2621.
Platts Tanker Alert PGT3932, PGT3933, PGT3938 and PGT3939.
Platts Biofuel Alert PBF3938.
Platts Agriculture Alert PAA3938 and PAA3939.
They are scheduled to begin updating on Aug. 1, 2025.
| MDC | Symbol | Bates | Dec | Freq | Curr | UOM | Description |
| GRY | GLRTA00 | u | 0 | DW | N/A | MT | Grain Load Rate Panamax Chornomorsk (Ukraine) |
| GRY | GLRTB00 | u | 0 | DW | N/A | MT | Grain Load Rate Supramax Varna (Bulgaria) |
| GRY | GLRTC00 | u | 0 | DW | N/A | MT | Grain Discharge Rate Supramax Cigading (Indonesia) |
| GRY | GLRTD00 | u | 0 | DW | USD | UNS | Grain Port Cost Supramax Varna (Bulgaria) |
| GRY | GLRTE00 | u | 0 | DW | USD | UNS | Grain Port Cost Panamax Chornomorsk (Ukraine) |
| GRY | GLRTH00 | c | 2 | DW | USD | MT | DBF Grains Varna Bulgaria-Cigading Indonesia Cargo 50kt Supramax $/mt |
| GRY | GLRTH03 | c | 3 | MA | USD | MT | DBF Grains Varna Bulgaria-Cigading Indonesia Cargo 50kt Supramax $/mt MAvg |
| GRY | GLRTI00 | u | 2 | DW | N/A | MT | DBF Grains Varna Bulgaria-Cigading Indonesia Cargo 50kt Supramax Cargo Size |
| GRY | GLRTJ00 | c | 2 | DW | USD | MT | DBF Wheat Chornomorsk Ukraine-Cigading Indonesia 60kt Panamax $/mt |
| GRY | GLRTJ03 | c | 3 | MA | USD | MT | DBF Wheat Chornomorsk Ukraine-Cigading Indonesia 60kt Panamax $/mt MAvg |
| GRY | GLRTK00 | u | 2 | DW | N/A | MT | DBF Wheat Chornomorsk Ukraine-Cigading Indonesia 60kt Panamax Cargo Size |
Please follow the link below for further details:
https://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights/en/pricing-benchmarks/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/061625-platts-proposes-to-amend-3-dry-bulk-implied-freight-assessments-launch-kmax-9-derived-panamax-dry-bulk-freight-assessment
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