Bunker fuel prices // Week 14
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Waterborne shipments
First container ship called at port of Greater Odesa since February 24, 2022
On April 3, for the first time since the beginning of the full-scale war, a container ship called at one of the ports of Greater Odesa. On the same day, the Panamanian-flagged T Mare vessel left the port via the Ukrainian Navy’s temporary corridor in the opposite direction to Constanta.
Grain exports from Ukraine in MY 2023-24
Approximately 40 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops were exported from Ukraine during the period started July 1, 2023 and ended March 31, 2024 (down 13% compared with the same period of the marketing year 2022-23).
Bunker fuel prices // Week 13
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company launches third SLG barge
At the end of March, Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company launched its third SLG barge. This was announced by the company’s CEO Dmytro Moskalenko on his Facebook page.
Freight indices // Week 13
An already weak trade on the small-tonnage freight market of the Black and Mediterranean Seas has slackened further after March 25. This even applies to such market drivers as Ukrainian grain and Egyptian fertilizers.
Freight indices // Week 12
The small-tonnage shipping market remains weak and overtonnaged in the Black Sea and eastern Mediterranean. “There are quite many grain offers from Ukraine, but many of them are not firm,” a broker commented.
Bunker fuel prices // Week 12
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Riga Freeport stepping up transshipment of metallurgical products
The Riga Freeport stepped up transshipment of mining and metallurgical products by 150% year-on-year to 178,800 t in the period from January 1 to February 29, 2024. In particular, handling of scrap, metals, and ferroalloys rocketed by 2.5 times to 147,500 t, while that of finished steel products surged by 2.6 times to 31,300…… Read more »
UDP offers comprehensive logistics service for cargo transportation to European river ports
PJSC Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company (UDP) has announced that it will provide a comprehensive cargo transportation service at a single tariff. Previously, the company focused on river transportation, with transshipment, delivery to the port and other components handled by the cargo owner