Platts to amend basket flat rates for Libya-Mediterranean dirty tanker assessments May 1

Following the recent Worldscale Association update to port fees for Zueitina, Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, will amend the Worldscale flat rate used in $/metric ton calculations for its Libya-Mediterranean dirty tanker assessments, effective May 1, 2026.

Following this amendment, the new average flat rate for the assessments will be:

Dirty Libya-Med 80,000 mt: $7.79/mt

Please refer to the Worldscale website for more information on these updates.

The affected assessments is:

The affected assessments appear in Platts Dirty Tankerwire; on Platts Shipping Alert page, 1430 and 1431 and Platts Tanker Alert pages 1960, 1961; as well as in the Platts price database under the codes above.

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