The cargo turnover did not change much at the Liepaja SEZ in March 2025. The port’s stevedoring companies processed approximately 537,000 t of cargo in March, just 2% or 9,000 t falling behind February.
The port of Klaipeda handled a total of 4.3 million t of various cargoes in March 2025, which exceeded the results of February 2025 by 568,000 t and became the highest since February 2022. The increase is due to higher cargo turnover in Klaipeda State Seaport
In the summer of 2024, Interpipe fixed a vessel on a time-charter basis for the first time in its history. This approach proved to be not only economically feasible but also significantly increased the manageability of logistics, – Oleksiy Yanovsky, Director of Procurement and Logistics at Interpipe, told GMK Center.
This year’s first coking coal vessel from the United States chartered by Metinvest Group arrived in Ukraine. The Bison bulk carrier delivered 80,000 tons of metallurgical coal from United Coal Company (UCC), Metinvest Group’s US asset.
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Perhaps, this week can be called the most disappointing one on the small-tonnage freight market this year, while the owners’ sentiment can be described as “dashed hopes”.
A few days ago, operation of the Chornomorsk-Varna ferry crossing, which is part of the Chornomorsk-Varna-Batumi line, was partially restored (traffic on the route was suspended with the start of Russian full-scale invasion).
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
The fact that Turkey issued the quota for imports of 1 million tons of corn with a reduced 5% import tax and lifted import taxes for wheat has undoubtedly become the main news – and for once a positive one – for the small-tonnage shipping market this week.
Almost 4.36 million t of agricultural products were exported from Ukraine in February 2025, exceeding the January result by 7% or approximately 300,000 t. Thus, local traders exported 3.82 million t of grain (up 11% year-on-year or 400,000 t), 340,000 t of vegetable oil (down 11% year-on-year or 43,000 t)