Europe chemicals and biofuels barge MOC dates ahead of the UK Summer Bank Holiday on Aug 25, 2025

Effective Aug. 20, Aug. 21 and Aug. 22 and in line with the published holiday schedule, Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, will reflect bids, offers and trades of chemicals and biofuels barges that load 6-15 days forward, not the usual 3/5-15 days forward in its European Market on Close assessment process. The assessment continues to reflect the usual 3-15/5-15 days forward date range.

The full details for each day can be seen below:

On Aug. 20, MOC dates will be Aug. 26 - Sept. 4 (FE dates: Aug. 26-30; MW dates: Aug. 28-Sept. 1; BE dates: Aug. 31-Sept. 4)

On Aug. 21 , MOC dates will be Aug. 27-Sept. 5 (FE dates: Aug. 27-31; MW dates: Aug. 29-Sept. 2; BE dates: Sept. 1-5)

On Aug. 22 , MOC dates will be Aug. 28-Sept. 6 (FE dates: Aug. 28-Sept. 1; MW dates: Aug. 30-Sept. 3; BE dates: Sept. 2-6)

Please note that Aug. 25 is a UK public holiday and no European chemicals or biofuels assessments will be published. For further details on services affected, please consult the published holiday schedule at https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/our-methodology/holiday

Please send any comments or questions to petchems@spglobal.com and mrts_biofuelsandfeedstocks@spglobal.com, with a copy to pricegroup@spglobal.com.