Platts amends dirty tanker basket flat rates for cross-UK/Continent Aframax and West Africa-Far East VLCC, Suezmax assessments April 2

Following a Worldscale Association update for the ports of Flotta and Djeno, Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, has amended the Worldscale flat rate baskets used in the $/mt calculations for its 80kt cross-UK/Continent Aframax and West Africa-Far East 260kt and 130kt dirty tanker assessments, effective April 2.

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

Dirty cross-UK/Continent 80kt: $9.79/mt

Dirty West Africa-Far East 260kt: $35.75/mt

Dirty West Africa-Far East 130kt: $35.75/mt

Please refer to the Worldscale website for more information on these updates.

The affected assessments are:

Assessment, Daily Code, Mavg Code

Dirty cross-UK/Continent 80kt: TDACD00, TDACD03

Dirty West Africa-Far East 260kt: TDACN00, TDACN03

Dirty West Africa-Far East 130kt: TDACM00, TDACM03

The assessments appear in Platts Dirty Tankerwire; on Platts Shipping Alert pages 1430, 1431, 1440, 1441 and Platts Tanker Alert pages 1960, 1961, 1970, 1971; as well as in the Platts price database under the codes above.

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