SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Platts launches two new LR2 clean tanker assessments

Platts on February 1, 2016 is launching two new Long Range 2 clean tanker assessments from the Mediterranean to Japan and South Korea.

The new assessments reflect established trade routes for naphtha from the Mediterranean region, and are based on modern LR2 tonnage.

The assessments are published on a lump-sum basis and expressed as dollars per voyage, to reflect how these routes are traded. Platts also publishes the equivalent dollar per metric ton value for this route.

MEDITERRANEAN TO JAPAN: This assessment reflects the Mediterranean to Japan route for a clean LR2 tanker carrying a cargo of 80,000 mt. The assessment reflects loadings from Mediterranean ports such as Milazzo and Skikda and discharge at Japanese ports including Chiba, Yokkaichi and Yokohama.

MEDITERRANEAN TO SOUTH KOREA: This assessment reflects the Mediterranean to South Korea route for a clean LR2 tanker carrying a cargo of 80,000 mt. The assessment reflects loadings from Mediterranean ports such as Milazzo and Skikda and discharge at South Korean ports including Daesan and Ulsan.

These new assessments are published in Platts Clean Tankerwire and Platts Tanker Alert page PGA 1920. Please send all further comments or questions to tankers@platts.com and pricegroup@platts.com.

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