Europe biofuel barge MOC dates for Christmas, New Year holidays 2019

Please note that effective December 23 and December 24, Platts will publish bids, offers and trades in its Market on Close assessment process for ethanol and biodiesel barges that load 7-15 days forward, not the usual 3-15/5-15 days forward range.

The full detail for each day can be seen below:

On December 23 MOC dates will be December 30-January 7 (FE dates: December 30-January 3; MW dates: January 1-5; BE dates: January 3-7)

On December 24 MOC dates will be December 31-January 8 (FE dates: December 31-January 4; MW dates: January 2-6; BE dates: January 4-8)

In addition, on December 30 and December 31, Platts will publish bids, offers and trades in its Market on Close a process for ethanol and biodiesel barges that load 4-15 days forward, not the usual 3-15/5-15 days forward range.

On December 30, MOC dates will be January 3-14 (FE dates: January 3-7; MW dates: January 5-9; BE dates: January 10-14)

On December 31 MOC dates will be January 4-15 (FE dates: January 4-8; MW dates: January 6- 10; BE dates: January 11-15)

On December 24 and December 31 all European biofuel assessments will be basis 12:30 London time, with all cut-offs and timings commensurate with a close at that time. Please note that on December 25 and December 26 as well as January 1, no European biofuel assessments will be published out of London, in line with the Pricing Holiday Schedule. For a full list of services affected, please consult: https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/our-methodology/holiday

Please send any comments or questions to Europe_products@spglobal.com with a copy to pricegroup@spglobal.com