Since 7 January 2019, 5 new Tanker routes have been on Public Trial. We are pleased to advise the Baltic Index Council has approved moving to Live reporting, from Monday 4 March 2019.

The new routes and ID are listed below.

1. TD22– VLCC  270,000mt USG/China (Galveston O/S lightering area to Ningbo),loading 25-35 days from Index date. 3.75% total comm. [assessed in $ lumpsum] 

2. TD23- Suezmax  140,000mt AG/Med (Basrah to Lavera), loading 20-30 days fromIndex date, 2.5% total comm. 

3. TD24– Aframax  100,000mt Russian Pacific/China (Kozmino to Qingdao), 10-20 days from Index date, 2.5% total comm.[Published with BITR Asia] 

4. TD25– Aframax  70,000mt USG/Med (Corpus to Trieste), loading 10-20 days from Index date. 2.5% total comm. 

Post the Baltic Forum held this week, route TC17 (AG/East Africa) is undergoing further consultation and will remain in Public Trial.

In the meantime any feedback from members is extremely welcome – please send this to balticbroker@balticexchange.com