According to a notice made by Kateryna Kononenko, manager of Avalon shipping, on her LinkedIn page, the number of ships waiting to enter the Danube ports through the Sulina and Bystre Canals is decreasing. Therefore, there is no need to establish a queue in the USPA list.
Despite the fact that the Christmas and New Year holidays are just a couple of weeks away, the excitement from the large-tonnage market has not spilled over to the coaster segment of the Black and Mediterranean Seas. Moreover, the regional cargo traffic has even decreased slightly during the week
The cargo turnover decreased by 256,000 t to 1.3 million t at the Riga Freeport in November compared with October.
The November cargo turnover decreased by 149,000 t or 20% month-on-month to 590,000 t at the Liepaja Free Economic Zone (SEZ).
The cargo turnover of the Port of Klaipeda remained unchanged in November compared with October. Meanwhile, a 135,000 t decrease in transshipment at the Klaipeda State Seaport to 2.9 million t was offset by a 129,000 t rise in handling of crude oil at the Butinge terminal to 790,000 t.
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
AB Klaipėdos nafta (KN) is resuming the supply of diesel fuel in ISO containers (30,000 tonnes) by rail through Poland to Ukraine after a break. This batch of fuel was transferred from a tanker to KN tanks and then to tank containers.
A total of 3 million t of agricultural products meant for shipments to foreign markets were handled at the Romanian port of Constanta in November 2023 (down 24% compared with October), including 900,000 t of transit grain of mostly Ukrainian origin.
Due to unfavorable weather conditions, traffic on the Danube River has been suspended since December 6. As of December 5, only one vessel of more than 10k dwt was expected to sail west to Sulina, but the canal administration would not agree to suspend downstream navigation for the sake of one vessel
In March 2024, the Romanian port of Constanta plans to launch an additional anchorage for Ukrainian agricultural products. This agreement was reached in Romania at a meeting on increasing the export capacity of Ukrainian Danube ports.