Platts to amend flat rate baskets for Black Sea-loading clean, dirty tanker assessments Nov. 1.

Following a Worldscale Association update to the Turkish Straits, Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, will amend the Worldscale flat rate basket used in $/mt calculations for clean and dirty tanker routes originating from the Black Sea, effective Nov. 1, 2022.

With this amendment, the new average flat rates for the following affected assessments will be:

Assessment New flat rate basket

Dirty Black Sea to Mediterranean 135kt $9.92/mt

Dirty Black Sea to USG 135kt $25.73/mt

Dirty Black Sea to USAC 135kt $21.60/mt

Dirty Black Sea to Mediterranean 140kt $9.92/mt

Dirty Black Sea to Mediterranean 80kt $9.74/mt

Dirty Black Sea to Mediterranean 30kt $11.38/mt

Clean Black Sea to Mediterranean 30kt $6.98/mt

Clean Black Sea to UKC 30kt $15.74/mt

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

The affected assessments are:

Assessment Daily Code Mavg Code

Dirty Black Sea to Mediterranean 135kt $/mt TDADL00 TDADL03

Dirty Black Sea to USG 135kt $/mt TDADM00 TDADM03

Dirty Black Sea to USAC 135kt $/mt TDADN00 TDADN03

Dirty Black Sea to Mediterranean 140kt $/mt TDAFI00 TDAFI03

Dirty Black Sea to Mediterranean 80kt $/mt TDADO00 TDADO03

Dirty Black Sea to Mediterranean 30kt $/mt TDADW00 TDADW03

Clean Black Sea to Mediterranean 30kt $/mt TCAAP00 TCAAP03

Clean Black Sea to UKC 30kt $/mt TCAAQ00 TCAAQ03

The affected assessments appear in Platts Dirty and Clean Tankerwires; on Platts Shipping Alert pages 1320,1321,1420,1421,1440,1441,1430,1431 and Platts Tanker Alert pages 1910,1911,1950,1951,1960,1961,1970,1971; as well as in the Platts price database under the codes above.

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