Platts to add Flushing, Ghent as load ports in ULSD FOB ARA cargo assessment process

Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, will add Flushing and Ghent as load ports in performance of transactions reported in its FOB ARA ULSD Cargoes Market on Close assessment process, effective Oct. 6, 2025.

This follows a proposal published on Sept. 26, 2025: available here: Platts proposes to add Flushing, Ghent as load ports in ULSD FOB ARA cargo assessment process .

Platts will publish offers specifying Flushing or Ghent as a load port and normalize them back to the basis of the assessment, which remains Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp.

Following the inclusion of Flushing and Ghent as load ports in the FOB ARA ULSD Cargoes MOC, upon performance of a published deal basis an ARA bid, a seller may nominate Flushing or Ghent, subject to freight differential. A buyer may not unreasonably withhold this option.

Equally, upon performance of a published deal basis an ARA offer, a seller may nominate Flushing or Ghent, subject to freight differential. A buyer should not unreasonably withhold this option.

Where offers are published basis one single port, these offers will be deemed to be solely performable from the originally-specified port. Platts does not publish single-port bids.

Beyond the above guidelines and subject to mutual agreement between counterparties, counterparties may agree different terms, including load port, which can be amended post-trade.

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