Maritime & Shipping, Crude Oil, Wet Freight

September 29, 2025

Platts to amend basket flat rates for select Santos-related tanker routes Oct. 1

Following a Worldscale Association update to routes involving Santos, Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, will amend the Worldscale flat rate baskets used in $/mt calculations for two of its clean tanker routes and one dirty tanker route, effective Oct. 1, 2025.

The affected assessments are as follows:

AssessmentDailyMonthlyUpdated Basket Rate ($/mt)
Dirty Brazil-UKC 130kt $/mtABRKA00ABRKA0321.16
Clean US Gulf Coast-Brazil 38ktTCAFR00TCAFR0321.76
Clean USGC-Brazil 60kt $/mtTCBRA00TCBRA0321.46

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

Please send all comments or questions to shipping@spglobal.com and pricegroup@spglobal.com.

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