Platts amends Worldscale basket rate for Australia-North Asia dirty tanker route Feb 2 in International Shipping News 06/02/2026 Following the recent Worldscale Association update to port fees for the Port of Dampier and Pyrenees Venture, Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, has amended the Worldscale flat rate baskets used in $/mt calculations for Australia-North Asia dirty tanker route assessments, effective Feb. 2, 2026, details of which are as follows: The Platts Dirty tankers Australia-North Asia 80 kt TCE flat rate has also been updated to reflect this amendment. Please refer to the Worldscale website for more information on its update. These assessments appear in Platts Dirty Tankerwire, Oilgram Price Report and Latin American wire; on Platts Shipping Alert pages 431, 440, 441, 430, 499, 484, 480 and Platts Tanker Alert pages 2971, 2980, 2981 ,2998, 2994, 2999; PGA 2999, PGA 0917, MH 2970 as well as in the Platts price database under the codes above. Source: Platts 2026-02-06 hellenicshippingnews... window.___gcfg = {lang: 'en-US'}; (function(w, d, s) { function go(){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], load = function(url, id) { if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.src = url; js.id = id; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }; load('//connect.facebook.net/en/all.js#xfbml=1', 'fbjssdk'); load('https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js', 'gplus1js'); load('//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js', 'tweetjs'); } if (w.addEventListener) { w.addEventListener("load", go, false); } else if (w.attachEvent) { w.attachEvent("onload",go); } }(window, document, 'script')); tweet Share