During week 45, freight rates for shipping wheat and coal by coasters from Novorossiysk and Ukrainian Black Sea ports went up, while rates from Bulgarian ports declined.
Freight rates for Handysize bulkers also grew.
According to Glogos Project brokers, freight rates for shipping wheat by coasters to the Sea of Marmara from NW Black Sea ports (Ukrainian Yuzhny, Kherson, Odessa, Nikolaev, Ilyichevsk) were up to $20 per ton.
Freight rates for shipping wheat by coasters from W Black sea ports (Varna, Burgas, Constanta) were down to $18 per ton, freight rates from NE Black Sea (Novorossiysk) increased making $22 per ton.
Freight rates for shipping metal scrap by coasters from NW Black Sea port to Marmara increased by $2 and made $24 per ton.
Freight rates for shipping coal to Marmara from W Black Sea ports lost $1 and made $14 per ton, and freight rates from Novorossiysk increased by $2 up to $19 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.