Platts amends dirty and clean tanker flat rates for several assessments

Following a Worldscale Association update for the port of Antwerp, Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, has amended the $/mt flat rates for its UKC-USGC 60kt, UKC-USGC 37kt, UKC-West Africa 37kt, UKC-West Africa 60kt, USGC-UKC 38kt and USGC-UKC 60kt clean tanker freight assessments as well as its Baltic-UKC 30kt dirty tanker freight assessment from March 1.

Following this amendment, the new average flat rates for the following assessments are:

Clean UKC-USGC 60kt $23.80/mt

Clean UKC-USGC 37kt $23.80/mt

Clean UKC-West Africa 37kt $19.71/mt

Clean UKC-West Africa 60kt $19.71/mt

Clean USGC-UKC 38kt $23.81/mt

Clean USGC-UKC 60kt $23.32/mt

Dirty Baltic-UKC 30kt $10.45/mt

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

The affected assessments are:

Assessment Daily Code Mavg Code

Clean UKC-USGC 60kt $23.80/mt TCABZ00 TCABZ03

Clean UKC-USGC 37kt $23.80/mt TCACA00 TCACA03

Clean UKC-West Africa 37kt $19.71/mt TCACB00 TCACB03

Clean UKC-West Africa 60kt $19.71/mt TCAFM00 TCAFM03

Clean USGC-UKC 38kt $23.81/mt TCAFI00 TCAFI03

Clean USGC-UKC 60kt $23.32/mt TCAFU00 TCAFU03

Dirty Baltic-UKC 30kt $10.45/mt TDADU00 TDADU03

The affected assessments appear in Platts Dirty and Clean Tankerwire; on Platts Shipping Alert pages 1330, 1331, 1320, 1321, 2320, 2321, 2330, 2331 1420, 1421 and Platts Tanker Alert pages 1920, 1921, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1924, 1925, 1950,1951; as well as in the Platts price database under the codes above.

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