Bunker fuel prices // Week 7
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
CMA CGM resumes container transportation to Odesa port
One of the world’s largest container carriers, CMA CGM, has resumed voyages to the Brooklyn-Kyiv Port terminal in the Odesa seaport. The first call of the container ship took place on February 7 (the vessel “Lila Canada” flying the flag of Liberia), and the next one is expected on February 21.
Moldova receives another batch of rails from Kazakhstan for railroad overhaul
On February 10, the railway company Calea Feratã din Moldova received another batch of P-65 rails in the amount of 3,100 tons from the Aktobe Rail and Section Works LLP (Kazakhstan) as part of an agreement signed in early 2024. They will be used for the railway overhaul in Moldova.
Second Ukrainian company exports biomethane via pipeline to the EU
On February 11, PJSC Oril Leader, a part of MHP agro-industrial holding with a biomethane plant, exported 27,400 cubic meters of biomethane. Thus, the MHP unit became the second Ukrainian company to export this product.
Indices of rolling stock rental rates in Ukraine // Week 7
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
Rolling stock price indices in Ukraine // Week 7
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Liepaja SEZ cargo turnover in January 2025
The cargo turnover did not change significantly at the Liepaja SEZ in January 2025. Port operators processed a total of 520,000 t of cargo, which is 27,000 t below December 2024.
Main importing countries of Ukrainian wheat in 1H of MY 2024/25
In the first half of the season 2024/2025, Ukraine exported 2.3 million tons more wheat than in the same period of MY 2023/2024, namely 9.9 million tons. Such results were achieved due to the launch of the grain corridor in August 2023.
Ukraine starts exporting biomethane through pipeline to the EU
VITAGRO Group of Companies has started exporting biomethane to the European Union by pipeline – a test batch of 720 MWh (68,000 cubic meters) was delivered to Germany via the Ukrainian-Slovak border on February 7, 2025. The delivery was carried out in cooperation with ERU, a trading and energy solutions company in the region.
Freight rolling stock rental rates in Ukraine in February 2025
Operators who work in the mining and metallurgical sectors had to reduce rental rates in February 2025 amid extremely scant offer of cargoes. However, market participants expect the overall situation in this sector to improve in late March – early April.