Platts amends Worldscale basket rate for Australia-North Asia dirty tanker route Feb 2

Following the recent Worldscale Association update to port fees for the Port of Dampier and Pyrenees Venture, Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, has amended the Worldscale flat rate baskets used in $/mt calculations for Australia-North Asia dirty tanker route assessments, effective Feb. 2, 2026, details of which are as follows:

The Platts Dirty tankers Australia-North Asia 80 kt TCE flat rate has also been updated to reflect this amendment.

A subscriber note announcing this change was published on Jan. 13:

https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/pricing-benchmarks/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/011326-platts-to-amend-worldscale-basket-rate-for-australia-north-asia-dirty-tanker-route-feb-2

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

These assessments appear in Platts Dirty Tankerwire, Oilgram Price Report and Latin American wire; on Platts Shipping Alert pages 431, 440, 441, 430, 499, 484, 480 and Platts Tanker Alert pages 2971, 2980, 2981 ,2998, 2994, 2999; PGA 2999, PGA 0917, MH 2970 as well as in the Platts price database under the codes above.

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