SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Platts adds MGO 0.1%, MDO 0.1% on eWindow for Asia bunkers

S&P Global Platts has added delivered Marine Gasoil 0.1% sulfur in Asia and delivered Marine Diesel 0.1% sulfur in Asia on eWindow effective September 14, 2018.

Platts previously published bids, offers and interest to trade during the Platts MOC assessment process for delivered MGO 0.1% and delivered MDO 0.1% manually via Platts Global Alert pages PGA 190 and PGA 008.

With the inclusion of these instruments in the eWindow software, participants in the MOC process will be able to submit bids or offers for publication directly through the eWindow communication tool, or through an editor who would then publish the bids and offers using the software.

Platts publishes MGO 0.1% assessments at Singapore, Fujairah, Hong Kong, Shanghai and South Korea. Platts publishes MDO 0.1% assessments at Tokyo Bay and West Japan.

MGO 0.1% will appear in the eWindow software with product name Platts MGO 0.1% under the hubs Fujairah, Singapore, South Korea (Busan), South Korea (Ulsan), Hong Kong, Hong Kong (South Lamma) and Shanghai.

MDO 0.1% will appear in the eWindow software with product name Platts MDO 0.1% under the hubs Tokyo Bay, West Japan (Setouchi), West Japan (Kyushu) and West Japan (Hanshin).

Headlines generated by the software on Platts Global Alert will carry the prefixes Platts MGO 0.1% or Platts MDO 0.1%.

Platts started publishing on June 1, 2017, price assessments for delivered low sulfur marine gasoil and delivered low sulfur marine diesel oil at a number of bunkering ports across Asia. On July 2, 2018, Platts renamed these assessments as MGO 0.1% and MDO 0.1%.

These assessments are published alongside existing MGO and MDO assessments.

Please send any questions or comments to asia_products@spglobal.com and pricegroup@spglobal.com.

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