Coal, Maritime & Shipping, Thermal Coal, Dry Freight

October 05, 2026

Platts corrects SEAT and certain related thermal coal implied freight assessments

Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, has corrected historical prices for the Southeast Asia Thermal Coal Marker (SEAT) assessment and related implied freight assessments covering the period March 18, 2025, to Sept. 24, 2026.

This is due to a correction impacting the underlying freight component CEKKC00 (DBF Thermal Coal East Kalimantan-Kohsichang 55kt $/mt Supramax), as published in the subscriber note linked here: https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/pricing-benchmarks/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/100226-platts-corrects-historical-prices-for-three-implied-supramax-thermal-coal-freight-rates

The affected assessments are as follows:

CSEAA00: SEAT Coal Marker 15-60 day CFR Southeast Asia 4200 kcal/kg GAR $/mt

CSEAA03: SEAT Coal Marker 15-60 day CFR Southeast Asia 4200 kcal/kg GAR $/mt MAvg

CSEAA05: SEAT Coal Marker 15-60 day CFR Southeast Asia 4200 kcal/kg GAR $/mt QAvg

CSEAA04: SEAT Coal Marker 15-60 day CFR Southeast Asia 4200 kcal/kg GAR $/mt Wavg

CSTIA00: Thermal Coal Platts SEAT 4200 GAR to 3987 NAR Unit Conversion

CSTIB00: Thermal Coal Platts SEAT 3987 NAR to 5500 NAR Heat Conversion

STCOA00: Implied Freight Thermal Coal 5500 NAR SEAT - FOB Colombia

STECA00: Implied Freight Thermal Coal 5500 NAR SEAT - FOB USEC Baltimore

STGCA00: Implied Freight Thermal Coal 5500 NAR SEAT - FOB USGC New Orleans

STKLA00: Implied Freight Thermal Coal 5500 NAR SEAT - FOB Kalimantan

STRBA00: Implied Freight Thermal Coal 5500 NAR SEAT - FOB Richards Bay

STRUA00: Implied Freight Thermal Coal 5500 NAR SEAT - FOB Russia Baltic

STRUB00: Implied Freight Thermal Coal 5500 NAR SEAT - FOB Russia Pacific

For full details of the corrected price data for each day, please visit the following link: https://www.spglobal.com/content/dam/spglobal/ci/en/documents/platts/downloads/platts-seat-corrections.xlsx

The thermal coal assessments appear in Platts Coal Trader International and on fixed pages GCI0410, GCI0412, GCI0425, PEP0910.