The Port of Riga has purchased new containers – six SDC 40 units – from Graviti, a Latvian company specializing in loading and unloading equipment. The containers have now been delivered and are ready for operation; the port also plans to purchase six more units.
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Stevedores of the Riga Freeport processed 1.3 million tonnes of various types of cargo in August (down 92,000 t compared with July).
In early September, the small-tonnage shipping market continues to see a gradual decline in tonnage list, especially in the Marmara, Black and Aegean Sea s , where just over 90 vessels of 2-12,000 dwt are open for September dates, down 10-15% from a couple of weeks ago.
The Liepaja SEZ increased the cargo turnover by 10% month-on-month or by 45,000 t to 504,000 t in August.
After a three month decline, the Port of Klaipeda managed to increase the cargo turnover by 505,000 t to 3.5 million t in August. The Klaipeda State Seaport stepped up transshipment of goods by 332,000 t to 2.7 million t in August compared with July.
The sentiment looks quite mixed on the small-tonnage shipping market this week. On the one hand, charterers have managed to stop the rate growth and even try to lower freights given a slight decline in activity ex Danube ports and decreased queues and delays at Sulina/Bystre (down to 78 dry cargo ships).
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) is expanding its portfolio in the environmentally friendly HHLA Pure segment, which offers customers the opportunity to use climate-neutral transport chains from ports to the hinterland of Europe.
Ukraine has started exporting grain through Croatian ports. This was stated by the First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko during a meeting with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia Andrej Plenkovic.
The Panama Canal Authority (Autoridad del Canal de Panama, ACP) is extending for at least ten months the restrictions on vessel passage and maximum draft that were introduced on July 30 this year. The measure was taken due to the record-breaking and prolonged drought in the country and the resulting shallowing of the water.