Waterborne shipments
Bunker fuel prices // Week 29
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Odesa Commercial Sea Port switches to euro payments
The Odesa Commercial Sea Port has initiated a switch to calculating the cost of port services in euros to comply with the terms of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, adapt to European standards and harmonize macroeconomic policy.
Moldovan Government approves Romania’s request to acquire port of Giurgiulesti
According to the Government of Moldova, on July 11, the request of the state-owned company Compania Nationala Administratia Porturilor Maritime Constanta (Maritime Ports Administration), which plans to invest more than €24 million in the development of infrastructure of the international port of Giurgiulesti (Moldova), was reviewed and approved.
Freight indices // Week 28
Although owners are increasingly getting bullish, the overall sentiment has barely improved on the seagoing short-sea market. The number of vessels available in the Black, Marmara and Mediterranean Seas has not decreased by the end of the week
COFCO International launches own fleet of river barges in Romania
According to COFCO International, the company has launched a new fleet of its own on the Danube River in Romania. It includes four towing vessels and 29 barges that can transport 1,000 tons of agricultural products, including corn, wheat and barley.
Bunker fuel prices // Week 28
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Riga Freeport cargo turnover in June 2025
The June cargo turnover at the Riga Freeport dropped to the lowest since January 2021. Thus, port operators processed almost 1.2 million t of cargo, down 119,000 t from May.
Construction of agricultural terminal starts in Port of Gdansk
On July 7, 2025, Port Gdansk Eksploatacja S.A. (PGE), a member of the Port of Gdansk Authority SA Capital Group, signed an agreement with the contractor Premium Quality Care for the construction of a large warehouse on the Szczecin waterfront. This is the first stage of the large-scale Gdansk Agro Terminal (GAT) project, a…… Read more »
Grain exports from Ukraine in MY 2024-25
A total of 54.4 million t of grain and its processed products were exported from Ukraine in the marketing year 2024-25 (started July 1 and ended June 30), which is 19% below MY 2023-24. In particular, corn exports averaged some 21.2 million t (down 26% year-on-year)