SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Platts adds US Marine Fuel 0.5% $/mt assessment rationales

As part of its continued commitment to market transparency, S&P Global Platts is publishing new assessment rationales for the US Atlantic Coast and US Gulf Coast Marine Fuel 0.5% $/mt benchmarks.

These rationales complement existing market analysis and commentaries by providing specific details regarding how Platts editors arrived at these published assessments.

The new rationales -- along with Bid, Offer, Trade and Exclusion summary data -- appear in Platts US Marketscan and on Platts Global Alert.

A table showing pages, along with the assessment covered, follows below.

RATIONALE BOTE ASSESSMENT MARKET DATA 579 595-598 Marine Fuel 0.5% Dlvd USAC Barge $/mt AUAMB00 569 565-568 Marine Fuel 0.5% FOB USGC Barge $/mt AUGMB00

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