October trial set for Mercuria v Baltic Exchange fight over Hormuz VLCC benchmarks
- 15-day trial to start from October 26
- A win for Mercuria would throw FFA and index-linked charter contracts into chaos
- TotalEnergies reportedly mulling its own case against Baltic Exchange
The Baltic Exchange has argued a Mercuria win would create ‘almost incomprehensively large’ knock-on effects, with every contract that had included the TD3C benchmark as a reference needing to be amended or renegotiated
