Platts to amend dirty tanker basket flat rates for West African VLCC, Suezmax assessments Dec 1, 2023

Following a Worldscale Association update at the Port of Djeno, Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, will amend the Worldscale flat rate baskets used in the $/mt calculations for its West Africa-Far East 260,000 mt and West Africa-Far East 130,000 mt dirty tanker assessments, effective Dec. 1, 2023.

Following this amendment, the new average flat rates for the following assessments will be:

Dirty West Africa-Far East 260kt: $39.73/mt

Dirty West Africa-Far East 130kt: $39.73/mt

Please refer to the Worldscale website for more information on these updates.

The affected assessments are:

Assessment Daily Code Mavg Code

West Africa to Far East 260kt TDACN00 TDACN03

West Africa to Far East 130kt TDACM00 TDACM03

The affected assessments appear in Platts Dirty Tankerwire; on Platts Shipping Alert pages 1440, 1441 and Platts Tanker Alert pages 1970, 1971; as well as in the Platts price database under the codes above.

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