CS-TFR-DRT-WAF-WCI-VLCC-260

Standard Basis

The prevailing voyage-freight market level for a VLCC carrying 260,000 metric tonnes of cargo from West Africa to West Coast India, 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-WAF-WCI-VLCC-260

Assessment type

CommodityScope Indicative Assessment

Product

Dirty tanker voyage freight

Freight basis

Voyage freight for a VLCC carrying 260,000 mt on the West Africa–West Coast India trade lane. No cargo grade is specified or inferred.

Market

West of Suez — West Africa to West Coast India

Pricing basis

Voyage freight

Origin

West Africa

Destination

West Coast India

Vessel class

VLCC

Standard cargo

260,000 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 West Africa to West Coast India for a VLCC 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

West Africa

Destination

West Coast India

Vessel class

VLCC

Cargo

The published cargo size is 260,000 mt of cargo on a VLCC. It is cargo tonnage, not vessel deadweight. A different cargo size or vessel class is a different series.

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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-WAF-WCI-VLCC-260 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-WAF-WCI-VLCC-260 and is governed by Dirty Tanker Freight Methodology version 1.0.

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