Maritime & Shipping, Fertilizers, Chemicals, Dry Freight
April 23, 2025
Platts to discontinue 18 global fertilizer freight assessments June 2
Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, will discontinue 18 weekly dry bulk and liquid fertilizer freight assessments, effective June 2.
Platts amends the first decision note, published March 26, with the only change being the removal of Sulfur Middle East-China (River/South) 35kt (FUBAM04) from the discontinuation list.
As the market continues to evolve, Platts will consider the most relevant and liquid markets, as evidenced by S&P Global Commodities at Sea, along with extensive input from sources.
The proposed discontinuations stem from shifts in fertilizer trade flows.
Platts will be integrating a wider range of relevant existing freight assessments into the affected PDF publications, effective June 2.
Assessments to be discontinued are as follows:
| Symbol | Assessment | Appears in |
| FUBAG04 | Ammonium Sulphate Black Sea-Turkey 6kt | Nitrogen report |
| FUBAJ04 | Ammonium Sulphate NW Europe-Turkey 50-70kt | Nitrogen report |
| FUFWS04 | Phosphate Freight Baltic-Brazil 25-30kt | Phosphate report |
| FUFWU04 | Phosphate Freight Jordan-India (WC-EC) 40-50kt | Phosphate report |
| FUFWT04 | Phosphate Freight Morocco-Brazil 25-30kt | Phosphate report |
| FUFWV04 | Phosphate Freight Saudi Arabia-India (WC-EC) 30-35kt | Phosphate report |
| FUFWR04 | Phosphate Freight US Gulf-EC S America 25-30kt | Phosphate report |
| FUFWJ04 | Potash Freight Baltic-Brazil 25-35kt | Potash report |
| FUFWP04 | Potash Freight Vancouver-China 50-60kt | Potash report |
| FUFWL04 | Potash Freight West Europe-Brazil 25-30kt | Potash report |
| FUFWM04 | Potash Freight West Europe-Southeast Asia 15-30kt | Potash report |
| FUBAQ04 | Sulphur Baltic-Brazil 35kt | Sulfur report |
| FUBAK04 | Sulphur Jubail-WC India 35kt | Sulfur report |
| FUBAD04 | UAN Varna-Rouen 35kt | Nitrogen report |
| FUFWD04 | Urea Freight Algeria-Brazil 25-30kt | Nitrogen report |
| FUFWC04 | Urea Freight Baltic-West Coast Mexico 25-30kt | Nitrogen report |
| FUFBA04 | Urea Freight Black Sea-Spain 4-6kt | Nitrogen report |
| FUFWI04 | Urea Freight Mesaleed-Brazil 40kt | Nitrogen report |
Platts originally proposed the discontinuation of 19 fertilizer freight assessments on March 3 in a subscriber note available here(opens in a new tab).
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