European biofuels and chemicals barge MOC dates ahead of May 4 2026 bank holiday

Effective April 29, April 30 and May 1, and in line with the published holiday schedule, Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, will reflect bids, offers and trades of biofuels and chemicals barges that load six to 15 days forward, not the usual three-to-15/five-to-15 days forward in its European Market on Close assessment process. The assessment continues to reflect the usual three-to-15/five-to-15 days forward date range.

The full details for each day can be seen below:

On April 29, MOC dates will be May 5-14 (FE dates: May 5-9; MW dates: May 7-11; BE dates: May 10-14)

On April 30, MOC dates will be May 6-15 (FE dates: May 6-10; MW dates: May 8-12; BE dates: May 11-15)

On May 1, MOC dates will be May 7-16 (FE dates: May 7-11; MW dates: May 9-13; BE dates: May 12-16)

Please note that May 4 is a UK bank holiday and no European chemicals or biofuels assessments will be published. For further details on services affected, please consult the published holiday schedule at https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/our-methodology/holiday.

Please send any comments or questions to platts_biofuels@spglobal.com and petchems@spglobal.com, with a copy to pricegroup@spglobal.com.