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)
The stevedoring companies operating in the Liepaja SEZ handled a total of 514,000 t of cargo in June, a 20% month-on-month or 129,000 t decrease from May.
In late June, Rail Baltic Estonia announced that it had signed a contract with the Estonian engineering company AllSpark OÜ to design a railway connection between the port of Muuga and the main line of Rail Baltica. The deal is worth almost €2.9 million.
The start of a new grain season has so far brought only more aggressive ideas from small-tonnage owners who are tired of waiting for rates to rise in the Black and Mediterranean Seas . In fact, however, few charterers are ready to accept higher freight rates.
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
According to PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe (PKP PLK), an agreement has been signed with the contractor Torpol and the Police Seaport Authority for the construction of railway line No. 437 and a siding to the Police seaport, located on the western bank of the Oder River near the Gulf of Szczecin.
The freight wagon rental market remained unchanged in the Baltic countries in June 2025.
The fact that there are just days left before the start of the new grain season has no impact on the small-tonnage shipping market. Perhaps, the rollback of bunker prices is now the only positive factor for the market. Activity is growing very sporadic, if it is at all.
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Ventspils Freeport processed approximately 694,000 t of cargo of various types in May 2025; the transshipment plunged by 25% or 231,000 t compared to April.