SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Platts amends load, discharge rates for sugar freight rates

Following market feedback and significant upgrades to port infrastructure, S&P Global Platts proposes to amend the current load and discharge rates considered in the weekly sugar freight assessments. These changes will be effective from October 4, 2018.

Platts proposes to change the load/discharge rates on the Santos, Southeast Brazil, to Rizhao, North China, 50KT route (Platts code: SYCAC00) from 8,000/3,000 mt/day to 10,000/7,000 mt/day.

Platts also proposes to change the load/discharge rates on the Laem Chabang, Thailand, to Ciwandan, Indonesia, 25KT route (Platts code: SYCCA00) from 3,000/3,000 mt/day to 6,000/6,000 mt/day.

Please send any feedback or questions by September 20, 2018 to shipping@spglobal.com and pricegroupshipping@spglobal.com.

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Platts will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential, available upon request.