During week 50, freight rates for shipping cargo by coasters in the Black Sea demonstrated diverse trends. Freight rates for Handysize bulkers did not change since the last week of 2018.
According to Glogos Project shipbrokers, freight rates for shipping wheat by coasters to the Sea of Marmara from NW Black Sea ports (Ukrainian Yuzhny, Kherson, Odessa, Nikolaev, Ilyichevsk) declined making $18 per ton.
Freight rates for shipping wheat by coasters from W Black sea ports (Varna, Burgas, Constanta) decreased by $1 down to $17 per ton, freight rates from NE Black Sea (Novorossiysk) also lost $1 and made $21 per ton.
Freight rates for shipping metal scrap by coasters from NW Black Sea port to Marmara dropped down to $22 per ton.
Freight rates for shipping coal to Marmara from W Black Sea ports grew up to $16 per ton, and freight rates from Novorossiysk remained $20 per ton.
Please note that the rates cited in this article are average market rates. We ask our readers to pay attention that this information is not a commercial offer and cannot be an example for comparison in commercial disputes and arbitration proceedings.