SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Platts to add Gladstone to LNG freight matrix

London (Platts)--10Jul2018/957 am EDT/1357 GMT Following industry consultation, S&P Global Platts has decided to add LNG freight costs from Gladstone, Australia, into the existing discharge ports.

That will introduce new voyages from Gladstone to the following nine destinations: Japan/ Korea (Futtsu), South China/Taiwan (Guangdong Dapeng), West India (Dahej); Southwest Europe (Huelva); Northwest Europe (Zeebrugge); Northeast US (Everett); Brazil (Salvador Bahia);Argentina (Bahia Blanca) and Egypt (Ain Sukhna).

These would be published in Platts LNG Daily and on the Natural Gas Alert page 1025, from August 20 2018.

The voyage length in days for these voyages are estimated as follows: 9 (Futtsu), 10 (Guangdong Dapeng), 15 (Dahej), 27 (Huelva via Suez), 30 (Zeebrugge via Suez), 26 (Everett via Panama Canal), 18 (Bahia Blanca), 22 (Salvador Bahia), 21 (Ain Sukhna).

The port cost assumed for Gladstone is $240,000.

The bunker fuel basis for these routes will be Singapore.

Platts continues to invite comments and queries to lng@spglobal.com and pricegroup@spglobal.com.