SEABORNE Ukrainian grain flows through the Black Sea dropped 22 per cent to reach 514,848 metric tonnes during the December 12 to 18 period, reports Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide.
The average cargo size shrunk 26 per cent on the week to 25,742 metric tonnes.
'We'll probably see an improvement by February or March,' said a shipbroker.
The UN-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative, signed July 22 by Russia, Ukraine, and Turkey, enabled the resumption of exports of grains and other foodstuffs from the three key Ukrainian ports of Chornomorsk, Odesa, and Yuzhny/Pivdennyi on the Black Sea.
The average shipment size over the week reached 25,742 metric tonnes, dipping below the August to December weekly average size of 26,336 metric tonnes for the first time since early November.
The largest cargo observed was a 71,400 metric tonnes shipment of wheat headed to Indonesia on the 82,063-DWT Star Emerald.
Corn shipments dominated the week, accounting for 44 per cent of total cargoes.
The share of high-income destinations dropped to 30 per cent of total shipments during the week, with 40 per cent heading to upper-middle-income destinations and 30 per cent of the shipments destined for lower-middle-income destinations.
Europe and Central Asia reported 52 per cent of the cargo volumes during the week ended December 18, with 27 per cent heading to East Asia and the Pacific and 11 per cent destined for the Middle East and North Africa.
The remaining volumes were shipped to South Asia.
SeaNews Turkey
The average cargo size shrunk 26 per cent on the week to 25,742 metric tonnes.
'We'll probably see an improvement by February or March,' said a shipbroker.
The UN-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative, signed July 22 by Russia, Ukraine, and Turkey, enabled the resumption of exports of grains and other foodstuffs from the three key Ukrainian ports of Chornomorsk, Odesa, and Yuzhny/Pivdennyi on the Black Sea.
The average shipment size over the week reached 25,742 metric tonnes, dipping below the August to December weekly average size of 26,336 metric tonnes for the first time since early November.
The largest cargo observed was a 71,400 metric tonnes shipment of wheat headed to Indonesia on the 82,063-DWT Star Emerald.
Corn shipments dominated the week, accounting for 44 per cent of total cargoes.
The share of high-income destinations dropped to 30 per cent of total shipments during the week, with 40 per cent heading to upper-middle-income destinations and 30 per cent of the shipments destined for lower-middle-income destinations.
Europe and Central Asia reported 52 per cent of the cargo volumes during the week ended December 18, with 27 per cent heading to East Asia and the Pacific and 11 per cent destined for the Middle East and North Africa.
The remaining volumes were shipped to South Asia.
SeaNews Turkey
