Maritime & Shipping, Wet Freight

February 26, 2025

Platts to amend dirty tanker flat rate for Turkish Strait transit voyages from April 1

Following a Worldscale Association update for tanker routes transiting the Dardanelles Straits, Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, will amend the $/mt flat rate used in its corresponding assessments and netbacks effective April 1, 2025.

Please refer to the Worldscale website for more information on its update.

The amended flat rates will apply to the following assessments and netbacks:

Assessment Code Monthly average
Urals Augusta vs Med Dated Brent Strip (CIF) AAGXX00
KEBCO (FOB Novorossiisk) vs Med Dated Brent Strip KBCOF00 KBCOF03
CPC Blend FOB Suezmax vs CPC Dated Brent Strip AALVZ00 AALWC00
CPC FOB Aframax vs CPC Dated Brent Strip AAOFW00 AAOFV03
Siberian Light CIF vs Med Dated Brent Strip AAHPK00 AAJIE00
Azeri Light FOB Supsa vs BTC Dated Brent Strip AATHN00 AATHN03

These assessments appear in Crude Oil Marketwire and on Platts Global Alert pages 1210, 1220 and 1222.

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