Almost 6.4 million t of agricultural products were exported from Ukraine in January 2024 (down 11% or 0.8 million t compared with December 2023), including 5.4 million t of grain (down 10% month-on-month or 0.6 million t), 0.55 million t of vegetable oil (down 22% month-on-month or 0.15 million t)
Negative sentiment is still dominating the small-tonnage shipping market, especially in the Black and Mediterranean Seas. Slow cargo traffic from regional ports does not allow ship owners to even think about any rate upturn, particularly considering an increase in tonnage list.
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Last year, the Romanian seaport of Constanta handled 92.5 million tonnes of cargo (up 22.5% year-on-year), including 25 million t of Ukrainian goods.
As of the early morning of February 22, all Polish border crossing points are operating normally, despite the protesters’ occasional attempts to block the traffic. Local police respond to illegal activities, which helps control the situation.
With ports shut down at the beginning of the war and the limited infrastructure of neighboring Western countries, the agricultural trading company Eridon decided to create its own means of exporting grain through land border crossings.
The representative office of Amsted Rail, a US company that manufactures rolling stock components, is currently negotiating with Ukrainian enterprises to set up a used bearing remanufacturing line at its existing facilities.
It is allowed to load fats and oils of animal and vegetable origin, prepared edible fats and waxes of animal or vegetable origin into fitting platforms and transport in transit through Skawkow LHS station (GNV 15). This is stated in Ukrzaliznytsia’s telegram No. ЦДЗ/28 of February 20.
The Polish freight rail operator Rail STM has ordered four more Dragon 2 locomotives manufactured by Newag for a total of PLN 75 million. Delivery of the rolling stock is expected with a two-year quality guarantee.