Sunflower oil market. Ukraine // Week 29
The Ukrainian sunflower oil market is inactive. Offers are virtually absent as there is no possibility to ship via the grain corridor.
Iron ore market // Week 29
Iron ore prices have sagged in China amid sluggish trade, tightened production curbs in Tanshan as well as due to expected increase in the domestic iron ore production in the second quarter of 2023.
Steel scrap market // Week 29
Negotiations for the procurement of imported steel scrap have picked up somewhat in Turkey closer to weekends after exporters increasingly started providing discounts.
Freight indices // Week 29
This week, the Black Sea market featured a sharp escalation from Russia. In fact, the Russian government has decided to openly threaten the owners of merchant fleet in case they enter Ukrainian ports.
Bunker fuel prices // Week 29
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Rolling stock price indices in Ukraine // Week 29
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Increasing capacity of Malaszewicze and Biała Podlaska stations (Poland)
PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe SA has built three additional tracks at the Malaszewicze station (on the Warsaw-Terespol line, near the border with Belarus), which will increase the capacity of the station, including for foreign traffic.
Coal market // Week 29
Despite some trade recovery on the West European market for imported thermal coal, spot quotes have inched down in ARA ports.