# Panamaxes are becoming more expensive due to activity in the ports of Great Odesa | Ukrainian and World Shipping News - Ukrainian Shipping Magazine - Ukrainian and World Shipping News

> Panamax freight rates for Ukrainian grain rose by $1-2/t in the week to September 19, with corn from Ukrainian deep-sea ports to South China estimated at $47-48/t. Handysize rates were mostly flat, though demand has slowed amid a wide gap between owner and charterer expectations. Corn from Danube ports to Italy rose $1/t to $33-34/t.

- Date: 2025-09-19 · published 2025-09-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Black Sea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23078-panamaxes-are-becoming-more-expensive-due-to-activity-in-the-ports-of-great
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Higher Black Sea grain freight raises delivered costs for Ukrainian corn and feed grain into Asia and Europe, modestly supporting regional export prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-01-21 | [IMC reduced corn exports due to attacks on ports \| Ukrainian and World Shipping News - Ukrainian Shipping Magazine - Ukrainian and World Shipping News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14149-imc-reduced-corn-exports-due-to-attacks-on-ports-ukrainian-and-world-shipping.md) | +0.8% | +0.6% |
| CORN | 2024-03-25 | [Freight rates for the transportation of grain from Ukrainian ports have increased \| Ukrainian and World Shipping News - Ukrainian Shipping Magazine - Ukrainian and World Shipping News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31096-freight-rates-for-the-transportation-of-grain-from-ukrainian-ports-have.md) | -4.9% | -6.9% |
| CORN | 2025-03-03 | [Freight rates for grain exports from Ukraine have increased \| Ukrainian and World Shipping News - Ukrainian Shipping Magazine - Ukrainian and World Shipping News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25783-freight-rates-for-grain-exports-from-ukraine-have-increased-ukrainian-and-world.md) | -0.2% | +2.5% |
| CORN | 2026-07-27 | [The suspension of ship calls almost paralyzed agricultural logistics to Ukrainian ports \| Ukrainian and World Shipping News - Ukrainian Shipping Magazine - Ukrainian and World Shipping News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18466-the-suspension-of-ship-calls-almost-paralyzed-agricultural-logistics-to.md) | -2.5% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2022-10-24 | [Freight rates in the Azov-Black Sea region are increasing \| Ukrainian and World Shipping News - Ukrainian Shipping Magazine - Ukrainian and World Shipping News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39033-freight-rates-in-the-azov-black-sea-region-are-increasing-ukrainian-and-world.md) | -1.1% | -1.4% |

## Sources

- en.usm.media: https://en.usm.media/panamaxes-are-becoming-more-expensive-due-to-activity-in-the-ports-of-great-odesa/

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