freight rates

As of mid-April, the situation for shipowners in the Black Sea remains unchanged.

Freight rates from the ports of Great Odesa remain stable, while those on the Danube are increasing.

Freight rates for container ships from Danube ports have decreased.

Freight rates for sea transportation remain at a stable level, which creates favorable conditions for charterers.

Container demand has fallen, while the gap between charter and freight rates has reached a record high. Linerlytica data shows that container utilization has fallen below 90% in three of the four major trade lanes. Splash writes about this. Despite this, the charter market remains in high demand, and the gap between container freight and…

Over the past week, freight rates from Danube ports increased by an average of $2/t.

Freight rates for grain transportation from the Black Sea region have already fallen below operating costs.

The main reason for low freight rates was the reduction in exports by water transport due to the lack of new cargo.

Overloading of free vessels and lack of new cargo continue to put pressure on the maritime transportation market.

Freight rates were affected by the lack of requests for cargo transportation from Ukraine.