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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