Freight rates from Ukraine remain consistently high, — ASAP Agri
6.04.2026 - 11:15
The market remains expensive, and the shortage of suitable tonnage for voyages from Ukrainian ports continues to affect commercial negotiations.
No significant changes have been recorded in the Ukrainian freight market over the past week. This is reported by ASAP Agri analysts.
In the Handysize segment, applications for grain transportation from the ports of Great Odesa continue to enter the market, but only a limited part of them are confirmed. Therefore, shipowners do not yet have sufficient grounds for further rate increases.
The freight for corn transportation in the Handysize segment from the ports of Great Odesa to the Eastern Mediterranean in early April is about $30/t. For comparison, last year this figure was at about $16/t. Thus, rates in this segment increased by about $14/t.
In the Coaster segment, the market also remains relatively stable in terms of weekly dynamics. At the same time, charterers continue to face a shortage of vessels ready to operate from Ukrainian seaports. This is especially true for destinations where there are strict requirements for vessels to comply with the Paris MoU standards.
The freight for the transportation of corn by “boilers” from the Danube to the Eastern Mediterranean in early April 2026 reached about $48/t. A year ago, it was about $29/t. The annual growth in this segment is approximately $19/t.
Also, as USM wrote, in March Ukraine increased its exports of sunflower oil to the Middle East, and deliveries to Jordan became record highs.
