Maritime & Shipping, Refined Products, Wet Freight, Fuel Oil

November 04, 2026

Platts will revise bunker fuel consumption of compliant fuels for tanker, dry bulk assessments, effective Jan. 4

Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, will revise bunker fuel consumption effective Jan. 4, 2027, for key dry bulk and tanker freight assessments that involve Emission Control Areas (ECA) and ECA distances.

Currently, bunker fuel consumption calculations reflect the use of compliant fuel, in line with the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) Annex VI, Regulation 14, which establishes a sulfur limit of 0.5% for fuel oil used outside ECAs and 0.1% sulfur within ECAs.

The adjustment will reflect the bunker fuel consumption based on updated ECA and non-ECA distances for all assessed routes, including the designation of the Mediterranean Sea as an ECA under MARPOL Annex VI on May 1, 2025.

Platts will adjust the following assessments:

Symbols Symbol Description
CIPHA00 DBF Petcoke New Orleans-Iskenderun $/day Ultramax 0.5% Bunker FO
GARBF00 DBF Grains Recalada-Bejaia $/day Ultramax 0.5% Bunker FO
MSRAA00 DBF Scrap Rotterdam-Aliaga $/d Ultramax 0.5% Bunker FO
NIPTE00 New Orleans-Iskenderun 50,000 mt Petcoke Time Charter Equivalent 0.5% VLSFO
GARAA00 DBF Grain Recalada Argentina-Bejaia Algeria 40,000 mt 0.5% TCE $/day Supramax
RAFTE00 Rotterdam-Aliaga 40,000 mt Ferrous Scrap Time Charter Equivalent 0.5% VLSFO
ADBFQ00 DBF Carbon-Inclusive 40,000 mt Scrap Rotterdam Netherlands-Aliaga Turkey $/MT Supramax
ADBFS00 DBF Carbon-Inclusive Scrap Rotterdam Netherlands-Aliaga Turkey 30,000 mt $/mt Supramax
ADBFU00 DBF Carbon-Inclusive Scrap Riga Latvia-Aliaga Turkey 35,000 mt $/mt Supramax
DRTNC00 Dirty Ras Tanura-Rotterdam 0.5% Bunker Fuel (Non-Scrubber Fitted Non-Eco) TCE $/day
TDCEG00 Carbon Emission Charge Aframax 80,000 mt Black Sea-Med $/mt
TDCEI00 Carbon Emission Charge Aframax 80,000 mt Ceyhan-Med $/mt
TDCEC00 Carbon Emission Charge Aframax 70,000 mt USGC-Med $/mt
ACMEA00 Dirty Ceyhan-Med 80,000 mt $/day Aframax 0.5% Bunker FO
ABLMA00 Dirty Black Sea-Med 80,000 mt $/day Aframax 0.5% Bunker FO
ACMEB00 Dirty Ceyhan-Med 80,000 mt $/day Aframax 0.5% Bunker FO Day n-7
ABLMB00 Dirty Black Sea-Med 80,000 mt $/day Aframax 0.5% Bunker FO Day n-7
ACMEC00 Dirty Ceyhan-Med 80,000 mt $/day Aframax 0.5% Bunker FO Day n-14
ABLMC00 Dirty Black Sea-Med 80,000 mt $/day Aframax 0.5% Bunker FO Day n-14
GSTDD00 Dirty Escravos-Fos 0.5% Bunker Fuel (Non-Scrubber-Fitted Non-Eco) TCE $/day
GSTDH00 Dirty Novorossiisk-Trieste 0.5% Bunker Fuel (Non-Scrubber-Fitted Non-Eco) TCE $/day
GSTDJ00 Dirty Novorossiisk-Yosu 0.5% Bunker Fuel (Non-Scrubber-Fitted Non-Eco) TCE $/day
GSTDL00 Dirty Basrah-Aliaga 0.5% Bunker Fuel (Non-Scrubber-Fitted Non-Eco) TCE $/day
GSTDR00 Dirty Basrah-Rotterdam 0.5% Bunker Fuel (Non-Scrubber-Fitted Non-Eco) TCE $/day
GSTDV00 Dirty Corpus Christi-Cartagena 0.5% Bunker Fuel (Non-Scrubber-Fitted Non-Eco) TCE $/day
GSTDN00 Dirty Tankers Basrah-Galveston 0.5% Bunker Fuel (Non-Scrubber-Fitted Non-Eco) TCE $/day

Please send all comments or questions to tankers@spglobal.com, shipping@spglobal.com and pricegroup@spglobal.com by Jan. 3, 2027.

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