Freight indices // Week 23
The situation keeps worsening on the small-tonnage sea-going shipping market despite opinions of many ship owners that market reached its bottom in late May.
Waterborne shipments
Two berths repaired in Klaipeda port
In the Malkų Bay (Klaipeda), the reconstruction of berths 135 and 136 has been completed; the berths are owned by the Western Shipyard group of companies and intended for mooring ships awaiting repair at the dock or undergoing repair.
Bunker fuel prices // Week 22
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Freight indices // Week 22
Despite some local improvements, the overall sentiment clearly remains negative on the small-tonnage shipping market.
Destruction of Kakhovka HPP by Russian occupiers and consequences of this disaster
As a result of the internal explosion of the engine room carried out by the aggressor country’s forces, the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant (Kherson region) was completely destroyed, including 11 of the 28 spans of the dam.
First two phases of dredging completed in access canal to port of Rostock
On May 31, the first two phases of dredging in the access canal to the port of Rostock were completed.
Grain and vegetable oil exports from some Ukrainian ports // Week 21
Grain exports from Great Odesa ports, thousand tonnes*
Cargo turnover down 12% yoy in Klaipeda port
The overall cargo turnover dropped by 12% to 11.07 million t from January 1 to April 30, 2023 at the port of Klaipeda compared with the same period of 2022.
Polish Balticon S.A. completes construction of intermodal terminal in Gdansk port
The Polish company Balticon S.A. is completing the construction of an intermodal terminal in the port of Gdansk on the territory owned by InvestGDA.
Gdansk port planning to transship 2.5 million t grain this year
This year, the port of Gdansk is planning to increase grain transshipment to 2.5 million t (up 0.6 million t compared with the previous year)