Current vessel traffic in Sulina and Bystre canals
About 10 vessels are standing at the roadstead of the Sulina and Bystre canals as of September 17, waiting to sail to the Danube ports, with 15 ships waiting to head for Ukrainian seaports.
Waterborne shipments
Bunker fuel prices // Week 37
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
NIBULON ships second batch of Ukrainian wheat to Egypt under agreement with GASC
NIBULON has shipped the second 63,000 t consignment of Ukrainian wheat to Egypt under the agreement with GASC.
Freight indices // Week 36
This week has finally brought at least some positive features to the small-tonnage shipping market. In a different situation, market participants would hardly pay serious attention to these improvements (5-7 fresh requests – even in one direction – are usually not supernatural for the peak of the grain season).
Bunker fuel prices // Week 36
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
KN Energies and ORLEN extend agreement for use of LNG transshipment station in Klaipeda
International energy terminal operator KN Energies has extended for another five years the strategic partnership agreement with Polish energy company ORLEN on the use of the Klaipeda liquefied natural gas (LNG) transshipment station.
Interpipe chartering a vessel
In order to optimize its logistics, Interpipe has chartered a vessel for sea transportation for the first time (time-charter basis) instead of using traditional freight.
Ukraine sets maximum volume of wheat allowed for exports in 2024-25 grain season
In early September, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy together with grain market participants (the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, the UGA, the EBA, the Ukrainian National Agrarian Forum, and the Association of Farmers and Private Landowners of Ukraine) agreed on the maximum volume of wheat and meslin
Freight indices // Week 35
Another depressive week is nearing its end on the small-tonnage shipping market. Despite the fact that two months of new grain season have already passed, owners see no benefits from it; Traders are also in a difficult situation as sales of wheat and barley remain extremely weak.
Caspit Group completes season of potash supplies
Caspit Group of Companies (Serbia, fertilizer producer and trader) is completing the potash supply season by unloading the last batch of 2,800 tons at the Orlivka terminal. The supplies were made from Dehkanabad Potash Plant, located in southern Uzbekistan.