Bunker fuel prices // Week 31
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Waterborne shipments
New logistics center to be built in port of Gdansk
The construction of a new logistics complex CTPark Gdansk Port with a total area of 119,000 square meters is underway near the port of Gdansk, which will be divided into two zones of 81,400 square meters and 37,500 square meters. The new facility will become part of the Pomeranian Investment Center, an industrial park…… Read more »
Freight indices // Week 31
Only the Danube sector, which absorbs a large number of vessels, remains active on the entire European small-tonnage shipping market.
Kernel receives two vessels with fertilizers in port of Gdansk
The Polish port of Gdansk has received two ships (from Jordan and Morocco) carrying potash and complex fertilizers for Kernel and Sanagro Ukraine (Agrofertrans).
CMA CGM opens new direct container route to port of Gdansk
The French company CMA CGM, one of the largest container owners, is launching a new direct route from South Korea to the Port of Gdansk.
Romanian port of Constanta to open anchorage for large-tonnage ships
At a meeting with representatives of the European Commission and Ukraine, Romanian Transport Minister Sorin Grindeanu announced his readiness to put into operation an anchorage at the port of Constanta.
Grain exports from Ukraine in MY 2023-24
A total of 2.58 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops were exported from Ukraine during the period started July 1 and ended August 7, 2023 (up 29% compared with the same period of the marketing year 2022-23). In particular, the list of the exported grain included 1.27 million t of corn (down 6%…… Read more »
Shipping conditions on Rhine temporarily improved
In some parts of the main shipping route of the Rhine River, the traditional drop in water levels at this time of year is hampering traffic (a situation that has been worsening in recent years due to climate change) and forcing companies operating from the region’s river terminals to look for alternative ways to…… Read more »
Panama Canal limits passage of ships due to drought
Due to the severe drought that has caused the water level decline in Lake Gatun, the Panama Canal Authority plans to reduce the daily transit of ships to save resources.
Lithuania proposes to introduce sanitary inspections of Ukrainian grain in its ports
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has proposed to transfer the procedures for checking Ukrainian grain (phytosanitary, sanitary, veterinary, etc.) from the Ukrainian-Polish border to the ports of the Baltic States. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki responded positively.