LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - Northwest European diesel barge...

LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - Northwest European diesel barge cracks slipped by about 6% to $27.80 a barrel on Tuesday, amid higher underlying crude prices and as trading activity slowed.

• Around 11,000 metric tons of diesel barges traded in the Platts window, down from 21,000 tons in Monday's trading session.
• Diesel imports into Europe are on track to reach 943,000 barrels per day in March, Kpler data showed, slightly below February's 980,000 bpd, and sharply lower than January's 1.32 million bpd.
• Russian oil refining capacity shut down in the wake of Ukrainian drone attacks in the first quarter amounts to about 4.6 million tons (370,500 bpd), or some 7% of the total, Reuters calculations show.
• JP Morgan said the damage to Russian refining "will likely result in a production loss of approximately 150,000 bpd of gasoline and 190,000 bpd of diesel".
• Meanwhile, European refining maintenance which is set to peak in April, is helping to keep diesel margins supported, traders said.

				Trades  Bids   Offers  Previous  Seller  Buyer 
									   Session			
 0.1 GO Barge											 

diffs fob ARA per tonne

GO-ED-ARA 0.1 GO Cargo diffs cif NWE per tonne

GO-CND-NWE 0.1 GO Cargo diffs cif Med per tonne

GO-CND-MED 50ppm barge April diffs fob ARA -$26 per tonne Diesel Trades Bids Offers Previous Seller Buyer

									   Session			
 Diesel barge   April				  April	 Litasc  Vitol, 
 diffs fob ARA  +$3.50				 +$4.40	o	   Gunvor, 
 per tonne	  -$4					(21 KT)		   Glencor 
 
 A>													   
 Diesel cargo		   April		  CIF UK			 
 diffs cif NWE		  +$12		   +$4.50-5		   
 per tonne							 .50 (2			 
 													  Diesel cargo				  April					   diffs cif Med				 +$12.5					  per tonne					 0						  
  DL-CIFD-MED																										Jet fuel	   Trades  Bids   Offers  Previous  Seller  Buyer 
									   Session			
 Jet fuel					  FBH						
 barge						 +$3						 diffs fob												 FARAG													 per tonne												
  JET-BD-ARA											   Jet fuel					  CCM						 cargo						 +$10						cif NWE per											   tonne													
  JET-CD-NWE											  
 Fuel Oil	 Trades	 Bids	Offers  Previous  Seller  Buyer 
										 Session			
 0.5% barge   $590-591				   $586-587  Glenco  Unite 

 fob ARA per							 .5		re,	 dBunk 
 tonne											 Shell   ering 

														   , BP 
 3.5% barge   $473-$475				  $469	  Gunvor  Mercu 
 fob ARA per									   ,	   ria, 
 tonne											 Mercur  North 

  HFO-ARA										  ia,	 Star, 
												   Total,  Shell 
												   Vitol   , OEI 
 ICE Low Sulphur Gasoil   LGOc1		   Previous 

 Diesel ARA Barge		$27.80		   $29.48 
 Cracks vs Brent						   
 futures (per barrel)					   Diesel spread			LGOc1-LGOc2