PKP Cargo reports that due to the lack of coordination between cargo owners and carriers, there is a queue of trains moving to the recipient Port Północny in the port of Gdansk.
An already dull trade has expectedly slowed down in the Azov-Black Sea basin and the Mediterranean Sea amid long holidays in Turkey and MENA countries (Eid-al-Adha).
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
On June 26, the Russian Federation completely stopped registering new fleet to enter Ukrainian ports. In the territorial waters of Turkey, 29 vessels are blocked, which are supposed to export 1.4 million tons of food mainly to five countries in Asia and Africa, including China, Egypt, Bangladesh and Turkey.
This year, the Freeport of Ventspils will reconstruct berth No. 35a (where dangerous goods are handled, among other things) at the Northern Breakwater; two new ship supports are planned to be erected.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide a €50 million loan for the construction of a new grain and bulk cargo terminal in the Bulgarian port of Varna.
Deutsche Bahn plans to dismantle the railway bridge over the Emscher River in July, which sank after heavy rainfall and flooding.
The stevedoring companies operating at the Freeport of Ventspils reported a 19,000 t decrease in cargo turnover to 872,000 t in May compared with April.
Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company has returned the СПК-1/35 floating crane from Odesa to Kilia; the crane was leased to a private company five years ago (the contract expired last year).