Platts moves 80kt Vancouver-China tanker assessment to Houston-only publishing schedule, June 1

Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, has moved its 80kt Vancouver-China dirty tanker freight rate assessment to a Houston-only publishing schedule, effective June 1, 2026.

Platts recognizes that the route is traded out of both the Americas and Asia regions; however, in the occurrence of a holiday in Asia, trading responsibility shifts solely to the Americas. This change aligns the publishing schedule more closely with observed market activity.

The assessment previously followed both a Singapore and Houston publishing schedule, as previously stated in the launch note Feb. 2: Platts launches Aframax 80,000 mt Vancouver-China tanker freight assessment Feb 2.

Platts earlier proposed this change via a subscriber note published April 10 followed by a decision announced April 24.

The impacted assessments read as follows:

The global Platts publishing and holiday schedule can be found here: Platts Pricing Holiday Schedule

The above assessments are published in the Platts Dirty Tankerwire, Platts Dirty Tankerwire Monthly and on Platts Shipping Alert and Platts Tanker Alert pages SHP2430, SHP2431, PGT1962 and PGT1963.

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