Platts amends dirty tanker basket flat rates for West Africa-Far East 130,000 mt, 260,000 mt assessments

Following a Worldscale Association update for the Port of Djeno, Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, has amended the Worldscale flat rate basket used in $/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, 2022.

With this most recent Worldscale amendment, the new average flat rates for the West Africa-Far East 260,000 mt and West Africa-Far East 130,000 mt routes are both $33.08/mt.

Please refer to the Worldscale website for more information on its update.

The affected dirty tanker assessments are:

Assessment name Daily Code Mavg Code

West Africa to Far East 260kt TDACN00 TDACN03

West Africa to Far East 130kt TDACM00 TDACM03

These assessments appear in Dirty Tankerwire; on Platts Global Tanker Alert pages PGT1970, PGT1971, and Platts Shipping Alert pages SHP1440 and SHP1441; as well as in the Platts price database under the codes above.

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