Maritime & Shipping, Refined Products, Fuel Oil, Bunker Fuel

November 09, 2023

Platts to change symbols for 12 South America-US container box rates, bunker charge assessments effective Dec. 1, 2023

Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, will initiate a symbol change for 12 pre-existing daily spot container freight rate and bunker excluded container rate assessments from Dec. 1, 2023.

Old Symbol New Symbol Description
PCR4100 PCR5600 Platts Container Rate 56 EC South America-US Gulf Coast $/FEU
PCR4103 PCR5603 Platts Container Rate 56 EC South America-US Gulf Coast $/FEU monthly average
PBX4100 PBX5600 Platts Bunker Excluded Container Rate 56 EC South America-US Gulf Coast $/FEU
PBX4103 PBX5603 Platts Bunker Excluded Container Rate 56 EC South America-US Gulf Coast $/FEU monthly average
PBC4100 PBC5600 Platts Bunker Charge 56 EC South America-US Gulf Coast $/FEU
PBC4103 PBC5603 Platts Bunker Charge 56 EC South America-US Gulf Coast $/FEU monthly average
PCR4200 PCR5700 Platts Container Rate 57 US Gulf Coast- EC South America $/FEU
PCR4203 PCR5703 Platts Container Rate 57 US Gulf Coast- EC South America $/FEU monthly average
PBX4200 PBX5700 Platts Bunker Excluded Container Rate 57 US Gulf Coast- EC South America $/FEU
PBX4203 PBX5703 Platts Bunker Excluded Container Rate 57 US Gulf Coast- EC South America $/FEU monthly average
PBC4200 PBC5700 Platts Bunker Charge 57 US Gulf Coast-EC South America $/FEU
PBC4203 PBC5703 Platts Bunker Charge 57 US Gulf Coast-EC South America $/FEU monthly average

The new symbols have been created to move existing PCR41, PCR42, PBC41, and PBC42 symbols (PCR4100, PCR4103, PBX4100, PBX4103, PCR4200, PCR4203, PBX4200, PBX4203, PBC4100, PBC4103, PBC4200, PBC4203), to further align with other Platts container assessments.

Symbols PCR4100, PCR4103, PBX4100, PBX4103, PCR4200, PCR4203, PBX4200, PBX4203, PBC4100, PBC4103, PBC4200 and PBC4203 will therefore be discontinued once the new PCR5600, PCR5603, PBX5600, PBX5603, PCR5700, PCR5703, PBX5700, PBX5703, PBC5600, PBC5603, PBC5700 and PBC5703 assessments are launched.

Furthermore, all historical pricing data for PCR4100, PCR4103, PBX4100, PBX4103, PCR4200, PCR4203, PBX4200, PBX4203, PBC4100, PBC4103, PBC4200 and PBC4203 will be available under the new symbols shown above.

The new Platts Container rate and Bunker Charge symbols will appear in the following Publications: Dry Freight Wire, Dry Freight Wire Monthly, and Bunkerwire and on Platts Bunker Alert pages PGB3960 & PGB3961 & Platts Shipping Alert pages SHP0520 & SHP0521.

The above change will be effective from Dec. 1, 2023.

If you have any comments or questions about this announcement, please contact S&P Global Commodity Insights Client Services or email CI.support@spglobal.com and pricegroup@spglobal.com.