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The price of 380 centistoke (cSt) product at the port of Rotterdam fell for the fifth consecutive week between December 24 and December 31, according to Bunker Index price data.

In week 53, the Rotterdam 380 cSt bunker price declined by $1.50, or 1.1 percent, to $137.50 per tonne, compared with the previous end-of-week price of $139.00 per tonne.

During the week, price decreases of $1.00, $3.50 and $1.50 - seen on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday respectively - outweighed Wednesday's increase of $4.50, with Friday trading closed due to the New Year's Day holiday.

The week's lowest daily assessment price of $134.50 per tonne was recorded on Tuesday, December 29, and the lowest intra-day quote of $133.00 was seen on the same day. Significantly, these prices are also the lowest since Bunker Index began publishing Rotterdam indices in April 2008. An intra-day low of $133.00 was also recorded last week, on December 22.

Please click on the link below to view the latest daily prices for Rotterdam.

http://www.bunkerindex.com/prices/portfreels_xmdo.php?port_id=637

Please find a summary of end-of-week Rotterdam's 380 cSt prices below (in US$ per tonne) since the start of the year.

Rotterdam 380 cSt summary:

Date	Week	Price ($)	$ (+/-)	% (+/-)
31/12/2015	Week 53	137.50	-1.50	-1.1
24/12/2015	Week 52	139.00	-2.50	-1.8
18/12/2015	Week 51	141.50	-14.00	-9.0
11/12/2015	Week 50	155.50	-30.00	-16.2
04/12/2015	Week 49	185.50	-11.00	-5.6
27/11/2015	Week 48	196.50	+6.00	+3.1
20/11/2015	Week 47	190.50	-5.50	-2.8
13/11/2015	Week 46	196.00	-18.50	-8.6
06/11/2015	Week 45	214.50	-7.00	-3.2
30/10/2015	Week 44	221.50	+2.50	+1.1
23/10/2015	Week 43	219.00	-7.50	-3.3
16/10/2015	Week 42	226.50	-20.00	-8.1
09/10/2015	Week 41	246.50	+28.00	+12.8
02/10/2015	Week 40	218.50	+5.50	+2.6
25/09/2015	Week 39	213.00	-10.50	-4.7
18/09/2015	Week 38	223.50	0.00	0.0
11/09/2015	Week 37	223.50	-21.50	-8.8
04/09/2015	Week 36	245.00	+26.50	+12.1
28/08/2015	Week 35	218.50	-2.50	-1.1
21/08/2015	Week 34	221.00	-24.50	-9.8
14/08/2015	Week 33	245.00	-11.00	-4.3
07/08/2015	Week 32	256.00	-11.00	-4.1
31/07/2015	Week 31	267.00	-13.00	-4.6
24/07/2015	Week 30	280.00	-13.00	-4.4
17/07/2015	Week 29	293.00	-12.50	-4.1
10/07/2015	Week 28	305.50	-15.50	-4.8
03/07/2015	Week 27	321.00	0.00	0.0
26/06/2015	Week 26	321.00	-10.00	-3.0
19/06/2015	Week 25	331.00	-0.50	-0.2
12/06/2015	Week 24	331.50	+11.00	+3.4
05/06/2015	Week 23	320.50	-2.50	-0.8
29/05/2015	Week 22	323.00	-16.00	-4.7
22/05/2015	Week 21	339.00	-12.00	-3.4
15/05/2015	Week 20	351.00	+1.00	+0.3
08/05/2015	Week 19	350.00	+1.00	+0.3
01/05/2015	Week 18	349.00	+13.00	+3.9
24/04/2015	Week 17	336.00	+11.50	+3.5
17/04/2015	Week 16	324.50	+28.50	+9.6
10/04/2015	Week 15	296.00	-1.00	-0.3
03/04/2015	Week 14	297.00	-9.00	-2.9
27/03/2015	Week 13	306.00	+24.50	+8.7
20/03/2015	Week 12	281.50	-14.50	-4.9
13/03/2015	Week 11	296.00	-16.50	-5.3
06/03/2015	Week 10	312.50	-5.50	-1.7
27/02/2015	Week 9	318.00	+6.00	+1.9
20/02/2015	Week 8	312.00	-3.00	-1.0
13/02/2015	Week 7	315.00	+14.00	+4.7
06/02/2015	Week 6	301.00	+54.50	+22.1
30/01/2015	Week 5	246.50	+3.50	+1.4
23/01/2015	Week 4	243.00	+0.50	+0.2
16/01/2015	Week 3	242.50	-4.00	-1.6
09/01/2015	Week 2	246.50	-28.50	-10.4
02/01/2015	Week 1	275.00	--	--