In early April, the first LNG tanker (Vivit Americas – 299 m long, 46 m wide and with a capacity of 174,060 cu m of LNG) arrived at the Finnish port of Inkoo, located in the Gulf of Finland, with a cargo delivered by Vitol from the US plant Venture Global Calcasieu Pass (Louisiana).
The stevedoring companies operating in the Port of Klaipeda stepped up handling of various types of cargoes by 10% month-on-month to 3.4 million t in March 2023, exceeding the February handling volume by 309,000 t.
A total of 38.45 million tonnes of grain and legumes were exported from Ukraine during the period started July 1 and ended April 5, 2023, down 15% year-on-year.
Grain exports from Great Odesa ports, thousand tonnes*
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Activity has grown slightly again on the small-tonnage shipping markets of the Black and Mediterranean Seas, primarily due to shipments of fertilizers from Egypt and grain traffic from the EU ports.
Container terminal operator APM Terminals (part of the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group) plans to expand its Maasvlakte 2 terminal in the port of Rotterdam (Netherlands).
Izmail Cellulose and Cardboard Plant plans to build its own berth on the Danube with the appropriate infrastructure to increase the volume of transshipment and storage of grain, bulk and general cargo.
COSCO, the owner of the Greek port of Piraeus and one of the world’s largest container operators, insists that Hellenic Train and infrastructure operator OSE resume the operation of the railway route connecting the port terminal Neo Ikonio with the cargo and logistics center Thriasio (northeastern suburb of Athens).
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne