Crude Oil, Maritime & Shipping, Wet Freight

August 28, 2025

Platts to amend basket flat rates for select East Coast Mexico-related dirty tanker routes Sep 2

Following a Worldscale Association update to routes involving Cayo Arcas, 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 routes, effective Sept. 2, 2025.

The affected assessments are as follows:

AssessmentDailyMonthlyUpdated Basket Rate ($/mt)
Dirty East Coast Mexico-UKC 70kt $/mtTDEMU00TDEMU0321.72
Dirty East Coast Mexico-Med 70ktTDEMM00TDEMM0324.53
Dirty East Coast Mexico-USGC 70kt $/mtTDEMG00TDEMG036.45

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

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