SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Freight netback for Urals ex-Baltic in 2018

Effective January 2, 2018, the Worldscale basket flat rate used to calculate the freight netback to the Urals CIF Rotterdam assessment for Urals ex-Baltic will be $7.22/mt. The basket of Baltic ports covers routes from Primorsk, Ust-Luga and Gdansk.

The flat rate will be adjusted using the Worldscale rate published in the Platts Dirty Tankerwire for a 100 kt Aframax Baltic to UKC route. The conversion factor applied will be 7.23. Rotterdam harbor dues will be $0.12/b.

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