Freight indices // Week 50
While Mediterranean and North European small-tonnage markets were demonstrating signs of the traditional pre-Christmas rally in early December, owners’ hopes for further growth have faded this week.
Waterborne shipments
Port of Klaipeda cargo turnover in November 2025
The November cargo turnover has been the highest at the port of Klaipeda since January 2022. Thus, the overall cargo handling reached 4.6 million t in November 2025, exceeding the October outcome by 22% or 832,000 t.
Bunker fuel prices // Week 50
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Liepaja SEZ cargo turnover in November 2025
Liepaja SEZ’s November cargo turnover appeared the highest this year. The stevedoring companies all together handled a total of 680,000 t of cargo, exceeding the October turnover by 127,000 t.
Freight indices // Week 49
The Baltic & Continent coaster market remains somewhat buoyant, which market participants attribute to the traditional upturn ahead of the Christmas holidays in Europe. The market is mainly driven by grain cargoes, while the tonnage list stays limited.
Bunker fuel prices // Week 49
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Freight indices // Week 48
The small-tonnage shipping market looks very uneven in the last week of autumn. Positive sentiment clearly prevails in North Europe and the Mediterranean Sea, while negative trends dominate the Black, Azov and Caspian Seas.
Bunker fuel prices // Week 48
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Uni-Laman Group: new logistics route via Kazakhstan’s Khorgos dry port
The Ukrainian company Uni-Laman Group (Odesa) has announced the start of cooperation with a warehouse complex in the dry port of Khorgos, which is one of the key transit hubs on the border between China and Kazakhstan. The company has already received its first shipments processed under the new scheme.
Freight indices // Week 47
Despite shipowners’ attempts to behave more aggressively when discussing deals for late November and December shipments, in fact they have only managed to raise rates in the Mediterranean Sea. This market is driven by fertilizer traffic from Egypt to European ports, which is supporting fairly high tonnage demand in EMed, with even some excitement…… Read more »