Europe biofuels and chemicals barge MOC dates ahead of Easter holidays 2024

Effective March 26, March 27 and March 28, and in line with the published holiday schedule, Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, will reflect bids, offers and trades for biofuels and chemicals barges that load 7-15 days forward, not the usual 3-15/5-15 days forward in its European Market on Close assessment process. The assessment continues to reflect the usual 3-15/5-15 days forward date range.

The full detail for each day can be seen below:

On March 26, MOC dates will be April 2 - April 10 (FE dates: April 2 - April 6; MW dates: April 4 - April 8; BE dates: April 6 - April 10)

On March 27, MOC dates will be April 3 - April 11 (FE dates: April 3 - April 7; MW dates: April 5 - April 9; BE dates: April 7 - April 11)

On March 28 , MOC dates will be April 4 - April 12 (FE dates: April 4 - April 8; MW dates: April 6 - April 10; BE dates: April 8 - April 12)

On March 28, all European biofuels and chemicals assessments will be on 12:30 London time basis, with all cut-offs and timings commensurate with a close at that time.

Please note that March 29 and April 1 are UK bank holidays and no European oil assessments will be published out of London. For further details on services affected, please consult the published holiday schedule at https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/our-methodology/holiday

Please send any comments or questions to petchems@spglobal.com and ags@spglobal.com with a copy to pricegroup@spglobal.com