Refined Products · Daily Indicative Assessment
Marine Fuel 0.5% vs 3.5% Spread — Rotterdam
- CommodityScope Indicative Assessment
- CS Series CS-SPREAD-RTM-HI5
- daily cadence · FOB Rotterdam · USD/mt
- Oil Products & Physical Crude Methodology v1.0
The assessment represents the estimated prevailing market level for the defined basis and is not an executable quotation.
Latest Marine Fuel 0.5% vs 3.5% Spread — Rotterdam
- Basis
- FOB Rotterdam
- Unit
- USD/mt
- Frequency
- Daily
- CS Series
- CS-SPREAD-RTM-HI5
Marine Fuel 0.5% vs 3.5% Spread — Rotterdam Price Chart
USD/mt · Calendar gaps are not interpolated.
Price Changes and Historical Range
Computed statistics are CommodityScope calculations from the series history.
Monthly Marine Fuel 0.5% vs 3.5% Spread — Rotterdam Prices
Average, minimum and maximum of assessment midpoints in each calendar month. These are not the daily assessment range. Incomplete latest months are marked month to date.
| Month | Average mid | Min mid | Max mid | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026Month to date | 58.72 | 45.50 | 75.50 | 15 |
| September 2026 | 86.20 | 57.25 | 111.25 | 22 |
| August 2026 | 107.58 | 90.75 | 115.50 | 19 |
| July 2026 | 100.09 | 84.25 | 133.25 | 14 |
| June 2026 | 82.83 | 49.00 | 119.75 | 13 |
| May 2026 | 57.90 | 48.00 | 71.25 | 17 |
| April 2026 | 57.27 | 33.00 | 100.00 | 13 |
| March 2026 | 39.04 | 17.13 | 55.50 | 16 |
| February 2026 | 50.30 | 46.75 | 56.75 | 11 |
| January 2026 | 48.25 | 47.50 | 49.00 | 2 |
Recent Daily Assessments
Latest CommodityScope daily assessments for the defined market basis. Dates without an available assessment are omitted. The chart above is interactive; this table is the dated history.
| Date | Low | High | Mid | Δ vs previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | 60.50 | 60.50 | 60.50 | -3.75 |
| 2026-10-20 | 64.25 | 64.25 | 64.25 | -3.50 |
| 2026-10-19 | 67.75 | 67.75 | 67.75 | +8.50 |
| 2026-10-16 | 59.25 | 59.25 | 59.25 | -1.00 |
| 2026-10-15 | 60.25 | 60.25 | 60.25 | +7.00 |
| 2026-10-14 | 53.25 | 53.25 | 53.25 | +0.25 |
| 2026-10-13 | 53.00 | 53.00 | 53.00 | -2.00 |
| 2026-10-12 | 55.00 | 55.00 | 55.00 | +9.50 |
| 2026-10-09 | 45.50 | 45.50 | 45.50 | -8.75 |
| 2026-10-08 | 54.25 | 54.25 | 54.25 | -3.25 |
| 2026-10-07 | 57.50 | 57.50 | 57.50 | +0.75 |
| 2026-10-06 | 56.75 | 56.75 | 56.75 | -0.25 |
| 2026-10-05 | 57.00 | 57.00 | 57.00 | -4.00 |
| 2026-10-02 | 61.00 | 61.00 | 61.00 | -14.50 |
| 2026-10-01 | 75.50 | 75.50 | 75.50 | +11.75 |
| 2026-09-30 | 63.75 | 63.75 | 63.75 | +6.50 |
| 2026-09-29 | 57.25 | 57.25 | 57.25 | -1.75 |
| 2026-09-28 | 59.00 | 59.00 | 59.00 | -0.25 |
| 2026-09-25 | 59.25 | 59.25 | 59.25 | -5.75 |
| 2026-09-24 | 65.00 | 65.00 | 65.00 | -2.75 |
| 2026-09-23 | 67.75 | 67.75 | 67.75 | -7.25 |
| 2026-09-22 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 75.00 | -4.50 |
| 2026-09-21 | 79.50 | 79.50 | 79.50 | -10.25 |
| 2026-09-18 | 89.75 | 89.75 | 89.75 | -4.75 |
| 2026-09-17 | 94.50 | 94.50 | 94.50 | -2.25 |
| 2026-09-16 | 96.75 | 96.75 | 96.75 | -0.25 |
| 2026-09-15 | 97.00 | 97.00 | 97.00 | -3.75 |
| 2026-09-14 | 100.75 | 100.75 | 100.75 | +7.50 |
| 2026-09-11 | 93.25 | 93.25 | 93.25 | -4.75 |
| 2026-09-10 | 98.00 | 98.00 | 98.00 | — |
What This FOB Rotterdam Price Represents
Daily Rotterdam “Hi-5” spread in USD/mt: 0.5% sulphur marine fuel minus 3.5% fuel oil, FOB Rotterdam barges, by contract month as defined for this series.
Compare With
Each comparison states why the series are related and whether the latest values can be subtracted directly (same unit, currency and assessment date). Where they cannot, the values are shown side by side without a difference.
Different products; values are shown side by side and are not subtracted.
| Series | Why compare | Latest | Difference (this − other) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Fuel 0.5% — Rotterdam FOB Rotterdam-Antwerp · USD/mt · daily | Physical 0.5% leg. | 681.75 21 Oct 2026 | not directly comparable |
| Fuel Oil 3.5% — Rotterdam FOB Rotterdam · USD/mt · daily | Physical 3.5% leg. | 623.25 21 Oct 2026 | not directly comparable |
| Marine Fuel 0.5% Forward — Rotterdam FOB Rotterdam barge · USD/mt · daily | Paper 0.5% leg. | 669.50 21 Oct 2026 | not directly comparable |
Related Market Prices
CommodityScope Assessment Basis
This is the CommodityScope series definition for the published midpoint and assessment range. Characteristics that are not part of this basis are not inferred.
- Product
- Marine Fuel 0.5% vs 3.5% Spread
- Product quality
- FOB Rotterdam · · M1 history
- Location basis
- FOB Rotterdam
- Parcel basis
- Typical physical cargo as transacted on the stated location basis. CommodityScope does not fix a standard parcel tonnage.
- Delivery / loading period
- Not fixed in the published series basis.
- Assessment window
- CommodityScope daily assessment dated as of the published assessment date.
- Currency / unit
- USD/mt
- Normalization
- Inputs used for the midpoint and the assessment range are considered only after they can be expressed on this series basis and unit. Cross-unit values are not converted on the public site and are not mixed into this series.
Terms not specified
- The spread is a price difference, not the payback of a scrubber; capital and operating costs are not included.
Specification · stated in the assessment basis
- Tenors as defined for this series.
- FOB Rotterdam · · M1 history
Basis: FOB Rotterdam
- FOB (free on board): the price covers the product loaded on the vessel at the named origin; sea freight and insurance to the destination are excluded, so FOB values from different loading areas are not delivered-cost equivalents.
- ARA is the Amsterdam–Rotterdam–Antwerp port and refining complex on the North Sea, linked by the Rhine to inland Europe; barge values here are inland-waterway parcels.
Unit: USD/mt
- USD/mt or USD/bbl as stated; a spread can be negative.
How to use this series, and what it is not for
How to use this series
- Read the level and direction of the differential over time.
What it is not suitable for
- Treating the spread as an arbitrage profit: it excludes freight, timing and quality adjustments.
Product and market references
- CommodityScope Market Assessment Methodology
- ICC Incoterms® 2020 rules (FOB, CFR, CIF, FCA definitions) — Meaning of the delivery terms used in the basis column.
Assessment, assessment range and computed statistics: CommodityScope. The assessment range is an uncertainty interval around the midpoint, not a bid/offer spread. See the Oil Products & Physical Crude Methodology v1.0 for assessment basis, calculation principles and data policy.