Bunker fuel prices // Week 14
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
In early April, the first LNG tanker (Vivit Americas – 299 m long, 46 m wide and with a capacity of 174,060 cu m of LNG) arrived at the Finnish port of Inkoo, located in the Gulf of Finland, with a cargo delivered by Vitol from the US plant Venture Global Calcasieu Pass (Louisiana).
The stevedoring companies operating in the Port of Klaipeda stepped up handling of various types of cargoes by 10% month-on-month to 3.4 million t in March 2023, exceeding the February handling volume by 309,000 t.
About 302 wagons (four trains) were transferred daily through the Chop – Čierna nad Tisou land border crossing in the period from April 1 till April 6. A total of 3,421 wagons were reportedly waiting at the Chop station on April 6.
About 184 wagons (two trains on a 1,520 mm track gauge and three trains on a 1,435 mm track gauge) were transferred daily through the Vadul-Siret – Dornesti (Romania) border crossing as of April 4. Also, as many as 641 wagons were waiting to cross the station on that date.
A total of 2,563 wagons including 2,317 wagons with export cargo and 246 wagons with imported goods ran through the Chop – Zahony land border crossing in March 2023.
On March 25, an additional border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova, namely the Berezyne – Basarabeasca (Serpneve-1 – Basarabeasca), was launched as an alternative to Sokyriany – Oknytsia and Mohyliv-Podilskyi – Velchynets.