Rates for sea transportation from Ukraine continue to decrease, and deliveries by wagons to the western borders are reduced
According to the data of the department of commercial work of "Ukrzaliznytsia", during the period April 1-14, the volume of transfer of railway wagons with grain cargoes through the border crossings from Ukraine to Romania and Slovakia decreased significantly. If in March, an average of 67.6 wagons/day went to Romania, and 41.3 wagons/day to Slovakia, then in April this figure was 52.7 and 32 wagons/day, respectively.
At the same time, the volume of grain transfers across the border with Poland in April increased compared to March from 78.2 to 83.6 wagons/day, and with Hungary - from 35.6 to 42.3 wagons/day.
The total average daily transfer of wagons with grain loads and cake for April 1-14 decreased by 20 wagons/day compared to March and is 297 wagons/day.
Freight rates for the transportation of grain by barges from the Danube ports this week also continued to decrease, ASAP reports.
As of April 11, the rates for the transportation of 6,000 tons of corn by fire from the Danube ports have decreased:
- in the direction of Marmara - by $1/t to $23-24/t,
- to the eastern coast of Greece - by $1/t to $26-27/t,
- to the Eastern Mediterranean - by $1-2/t to $28-29/t.
At the same time, rates for transportation to the east coast of Italy ($33-35/t), Israel ($35-37/t) and Spain ($37-39/t) remained unchanged.
Rates for transportation by hand-sized vessels from the deep-sea ports of Odessa remained almost unchanged:
- to the Mediterranean coast of Egypt - at the level of $28-30/t,
- Italy – $31-33/t,
- Spain – $33-35/t,
- Tunisia – rose to $37-38/t.
Rates for the transportation of corn by panamax from the deep sea ports of Odesa to China decreased by $2/t to $58-60/t.
While the cost of transporting corn by barge to Constanta remained unchanged at 10-11 €/t, and sunflower to Ruse/Silistra – 16-17 €/t.
