# Fertilizer Crisis Response Bulletin #10–Shipping Disruptions Drive Up Fertilizer Costs and Threaten Food Security - IFDC

> IFDC's Fertilizer Crisis Response Bulletin #10 reports that tanker freight rates rose more than 90 percent and bunker fuel prices nearly doubled since late February. War risk insurance premiums have also surged, with some insurers suspending Persian Gulf coverage.

- Date: 2026-05-05 · published 2026-05-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/19178-fertilizer-crisis-response-bulletin-10-shipping-disruptions-drive-up-fertilizer
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Higher freight and insurance costs raise landed fertilizer prices in importing regions and push up shipping costs for bulk feed ingredients, supporting higher delivered prices.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2022-06-29 | [War in Ukraine driving skyrocketing shipping costs - Port Technology International](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40851-war-in-ukraine-driving-skyrocketing-shipping-costs-port-technology-international.md) | +1.5% | +3.2% |
| UREA | 2025-06-01 | [The price of phosphate fertilisers continues to rise and everything indicates that there will be an upturn in urea prices – Dezba Inspection](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4338-the-price-of-phosphate-fertilisers-continues-to-rise-and-everything-indicates.md) | -18.3% | -14.1% |
| UREA | 2025-09-26 | [With low water levels on the Mississippi River persisting for the fourth consecutive year, the Memphis District Corps of Engineers held a press conference today to review current river conditions and operations … \| Memphis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16429-with-low-water-levels-on-the-mississippi-river-persisting-for-the-fourth.md) | -3.5% | -4.8% |
| UREA | 2026-01-28 | [Fertiliser prices start to rise amid supply disruption - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21367-fertiliser-prices-start-to-rise-amid-supply-disruption-farmers-weekly.md) | +10.6% | +12.6% |
| UREA | 2023-04-19 | [Barge operations to stop as Mississippi rises increasing costs to farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16636-barge-operations-to-stop-as-mississippi-rises-increasing-costs-to-farmers.md) | +2.3% | +6.8% |

## Sources

- ifdc.org: https://ifdc.org/2026/05/05/fertilizer-crisis-response-bulletin-10-shipping-disruptions-drive-up-fertilizer-costs-and-threaten-food-security/

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