SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Platts to publish Americas dirty tanker assessment rationales

In response to market developments, S&P Global Platts will publish assessment rationales for the US Gulf Coast-China 270,000 mt and the US Gulf Coast-UK Continent 70,000 mt dirty tanker routes, effective November 19.

The rationales apply to the market data codes TDUCA00 and TDUCF00, respectively.

The Platts US Gulf Coast-China 270,000 mt and US Gulf Coast-UK Continent 70,000 mt dirty tanker assessments have been listed by the Intercontinental Exchange for settling freight futures contracts or Forward Freight Agreements.

The US Gulf Coast-China 270,000 mt dirty tanker assessment rationales and US Gulf Coast-UK Continent 70,000 mt dirty tanker assessment rationales will appear in the Dirty Tankerwire publication and on the fixed pages PGT 1979 and PGT 1989, respectively.

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

For written comments, please provide a clear indication, if comments are not intended for publication by Platts for public viewing. Platts will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.