Platts to amend Worldscale flat rate for Australia to North Asia route from March 1

Following a Worldscale Association update to Australia's Dampier port, S&P Global Platts will amend the Worldscale flat rate basket used in $/mt calculations for the Australia to North Asia 80,000 mt dirty tanker assessment, effective March 1, 2021.

With this amendment, the new average flat rate for the Australia to North Asia voyage will be $12.09/mt.

Please refer to the Worldscale website for more information.

The affected assessment is as follows:

Assessment Code Mavg

Dirty Australia-North Asia 80kt $/mt TDAFE00 TDAFE03

This assessment appears in Platts Dirty Tankerwire; on Platts Shipping Alert pages 430, 431, and Platts Tanker Alert pages 2970, 2971; and in the Platts price database under the codes above.

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