Maritime & Shipping, Wet Freight
March 28, 2025
Platts to amend dirty tanker, clean tanker basket flat rates for Nigerian Ports and Flotta terminal April 1
Following the recent Worldscale Association updates regarding Nigerian Ports and the Flotta Terminal, Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, will amend the Worldscale flat rate baskets used in $/mt calculations for three of its dirty tanker and three of its clean tanker routes effective April 1, as follows:
| Assessment | Platts Codes | Updated Basket Flat Rate |
| Dirty West Africa-UKC 130kt $/mt | TDACR00, TDACR03 | 17.57 |
| Dirty West Africa-UKC 260kt $/mt | TDACS00, TDACS03 | 17.57 |
| Dirty UKC-UKC 80kt $/mt | TDACD00, TDACD03 | 10.31 |
| Clean Med-West Africa 37kt MR $/mt | TCABG00, TCABG03 | 17.72 |
| Clean UKC-West Africa 37kt MR $/mt | TCACB00, TCACB03 | 18.90 |
| Clean UKC-West Africa 60kt LR | TCAFM00, TCAFM03 | 18.90 |
Please refer to the Worldscale website for more information on this update.
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