Bunker fuel prices // Week 16
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Waterborne shipments
Exports of Ukrainian agricultural products in March 2024
Almost 7 million t of agricultural products were exported from Ukraine in March 2024 (down 5% or about 350,000 t compared with February). In particular, exports included 5.89 million t of grain (down 5% year-on-year or 300,000 t), 660,000 t of vegetable oil
Riga Freeport cargo turnover in March 2024
The stevedoring companies operating in the Riga Freeport handled almost 1.6 million t of various types of cargo in March 2024, showing a 123,000 t hike compared with February. The increase is due to brisker transshipment of general cargo
Freight indices // Week 15
Activity has expectedly declined to a minimum on the small-tonnage shipping markets of the Black, Mediterranean and Azov Seas amid holidays in Muslim countries. Given extremely slow cargo traffic, ship owners are forced to make concessions
Bunker fuel prices // Week 15
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
UDP to modernize five vessels at shipyard in Austria in 2024
This year, Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company plans to modernize five vessels at the ÖSWAG shipyard in Linz, Austria. Preparations are underway to replace the engines on the first vessel, Captain Antypov.
Liepaja SEZ cargo turnover in March 2024
The Liepaja SEZ cargo turnover did not change much in March compared to February. The port operators all together handled about 637,000 t of cargo (up 2% month-on-month or up 13,000 t against February).
Freight indices // Week 14
Despite the return of European players from the Easter holidays, the market activity has been very low in the Black, Mediterranean and Baltic Seas. Moreover, owners are increasingly showing rush and desperation as Eid al-Fitr holidays approach. “We see many spot vessels being ready to accept lower rates in order to get fixed before…… Read more »
Port of Klaipeda cargo turnover in March 2024
The overall cargo turnover rose by 97,000 t to 3.3 million t at the port of Klaipeda in March 2024 compared with February. This is mainly due to increased transshipment in the Klaipeda State Seaport (up 93,000 t to 2.7 million t).
Almost 36 million tons of cargo shipped from ports of Greater Odesa via temporary corridor
Since its launch on August 8, 2023, as many as 1,286 vessels have used the Ukrainian Navy’s temporary corridor sailing to/from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports.