CS-TFR-DRT-AG-USGC-SUEZMAX-140
Series Specification · Version 1.0 · Document issued 21 September 2026
Dirty tanker voyage freight, Arabian Gulf to US Gulf Coast
Standard Basis
The prevailing voyage-freight market level for a Suezmax carrying 140,000 metric tonnes of cargo from Arabian Gulf to US Gulf Coast, expressed in US dollars per metric tonne. Publication cadence is daily.
A published value is an estimate of the prevailing market level for this Standard Basis. It is not a bid, offer, executable quotation or guaranteed price.
Specification Table
- Series code
- CS-TFR-DRT-AG-USGC-SUEZMAX-140
- Assessment type
- CommodityScope Indicative Assessment
- Product
- Dirty tanker voyage freight
- Freight basis
- Voyage freight for a Suezmax carrying 140,000 mt on the Arabian Gulf–US Gulf Coast trade lane. No cargo grade is specified or inferred.
- Market
- East of Suez — Arabian Gulf to US Gulf Coast
- Pricing basis
- Voyage freight
- Origin
- Arabian Gulf
- Destination
- US Gulf Coast
- Vessel class
- Suezmax
- Standard cargo
- 140,000 mt
- Assessment unit
- USD per metric tonne (USD/mt)
- Frequency
- Daily
- Published values
- Assessment Midpoint
- Methodology family
- Dirty Tanker Freight Methodology
- Methodology version
- 1.0
- Parent methodology
- CS-METH-DIRTY
- Document issued
- 21 September 2026
Market definition
Voyage basis
Voyage freight from Arabian Gulf to US Gulf Coast for a Suezmax carrying the stated cargo size, published in USD/mt. It is not a Worldscale quotation, a lumpsum, a TCE, or a physical commodity assessment.
Origin
Arabian Gulf
Destination
US Gulf Coast
Vessel class
Suezmax
Cargo
The published cargo size is 140,000 mt of cargo on a Suezmax. It is cargo tonnage, not vessel deadweight. A different cargo size or vessel class is a different series.
Loading window
Loading window is not specified for this Series.
Publication schedule
Daily cadence. Updates follow the daily publication cycle when a qualifying market observation is available. Each value retains its assessment date.
Assessment cutoff is not specified for this Series.
Exclusions and related markets
- A Worldscale quotation for the same trade lane is a different quoting basis, not this Series.
- A cargo grade is not specified for this Series. It is not inferred.
- A different vessel class or cargo size, voyage TCE, physical crude assessments and Crude Delivered Cost are different publications.
The Assessment Midpoint of CS-TFR-DRT-AG-USGC-SUEZMAX-140 is formed from this Series’ own USD/mt voyage-freight observations. No related series enters the Assessment Midpoint. Under Dirty Tanker Methodology 1.0, qualifying same-date USD/mt observations from other dirty tanker route or barge series on the same published trade lane may support Assessment Range construction.
Comparability is evaluated against the stated basis; adjustments apply only where the family methodology defines them.
Parent methodology
This specification defines the market basis of CS-TFR-DRT-AG-USGC-SUEZMAX-140 and is governed by Dirty Tanker Freight Methodology version 1.0.
Revision History
| Version | Date | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | Document issued 21 September 2026 | Initial issue of the series specification. dirty tanker voyage freight; Arabian Gulf to US Gulf Coast; Suezmax; 140,000 mt; USD/mt; daily cadence; Dirty Tanker Freight Methodology 1.0. |
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