This year, the Serbian Ministry of Infrastructure plans to announce a tender for the reconstruction of the port of Prahovo, located 860 km on the right bank of the Danube River near the borders of Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria.
During a regular online meeting in the Quint format with representatives of the European Commission, the US government, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine, the Romanian side announced the opening of an additional anchorage for transshipment of Ukrainian grain in the port of Constanta.
The short-sea market remains collapsed, with almost no signs of life all across the Black and Mediterranean Seas. “We certainly experience the worst start of a new grain season ever,” a Turkish ship owner complains.
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
In June, the Riga Freeport processed 1.4 million t of cargo, up 91,000 t compared with May.
The return of thousands of players back to their desks after the Istanbul Shipbrokers’ Dinner, as well as the official start of the new grain season in European countries had no impact on the small-tonnage shipping market. With Turkey’s continued ban on wheat imports and low demand from Mediterranean buyers, the cargo offer remains…… Read more »
The port of Klaipeda stepped up transshipment by 252,000 t to almost 3.57 million t in June compared with May.
The cargo turnover did not change much at the Liepaja SEZ in June compared with May. Thus, port operators processed 576,000 t of cargo in June, which is 12,800 t below the volume handled in May.
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
The Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company has announced another decrease in coaster freight rates for transportation of agricultural products in 3,000 t to 6,000 t lots from the Danube ports in June.