Waterborne shipments
Romania gradually implementing idea to acquire Moldova’s port of Giurgiulesti
The state-owned company “Administration of the Seaports of Constanta” (Compania Nationala Administratia Porturilor Maritime Constanta), which is managed by the Ministry of Transport and manages all Romanian ports in the Black Sea, has announced a tender for the purchase of consulting services to assist in the acquisition of the operator and tenant of the…… Read more »
Freight indices // Week 16
The small-tonnage market is witnessing another sad week for coaster owners since even timid hopes for a pre-holiday recovery failed. Things are even worse: market activity has shrunk to a minimum all across Europe, with many players already being out for Easter holidays (if not physically, then psychologically for sure).
Bunker fuel prices // Week 16
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Port of Gdansk: Baltic Hub handled record number of containers
In March, the Baltic Hub container terminal (Port of Gdansk) handled over 222,700 TEUs, exceeding all previous results. Maximization of container handling was the result of a number of improvements
NIBULON is actively developing logistics on the Danube
During three years of the full-scale invasion, NIBULON transported about 1 million tons of cargo on the Danube. This was facilitated by the construction of transshipment facilities in Izmail, the Bessarabska branch.
Freight indices // Week 15
Activity has grown somewhat on the small-tonnage shipping market this week, but only thanks to an upturn in shipments of fertilizers, minerals and steel products from the eastern Mediterranean ports.
Bunker fuel prices // Week 15
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Freight indices // Week 14
At the start of the week, the already limited pace of trade shrank to almost minimum in the Mediterranean and Black Seas due to holidays in Turkey and MENA countries. Although the number of spot 2-12k dwt vessels open in the eastern Mediterranean, Marmara and Black Seas has decreased slightly during the week (from…… Read more »
Riga Freeport cargo turnover in March 2025
Operators of the Freeport of Riga all together handled some 1.6 million t of various goods in March 2025, exceeding the February result by 348,000 t thanks to increased transshipment in all cargo groups.