Freight rates in Ukrainian ports remain stable, the market takes a short pause
17.10.2025 - 10:46
The market shows a short-term decline in activity, but shipowners are not ready to give up their positions.
Despite a slight pause in business activity, freight rates for grain exports from Ukraine remain stable in all tonnage segments. This is reported by ASAP Agri.
Mid-October brought a “small respite” after the recent excitement in the coffer segment. Some market participants temporarily withdrew from operations due to participation in industry events, but the tonnage deficit still persists. New laycan offers for the second half of October are gradually appearing on the market.
The Handysize and Panamax segments remain stable. Rates are held at previously achieved levels, and shipowners firmly hold the price bar, counting on the restoration of demand in the near future.
According to Atria Brokers, the Panamax freight for the transportation of corn from Ukrainian deep-water ports to South China is 46–47 USD/t. In the Handysize segment, transportation of 30 thousand tons of corn to the East Coast of Italy costs 24–25 USD/ton. For ships operating from Danube ports to Italy, rates remain at 35–37 USD/ton.
The day before, USM wrote that the Ukrainian maritime corridor had handled 150 million tons of cargo.
