A drone attack in the Black Sea has raised war-risk insurance premiums and freight costs, and some owners are refusing calls at Bulgarian ports after earlier vessel losses. Indicative Black Sea feed barley FOB values were around the high-$190s per tonne before the incident.
Higher war-risk premia raise delivered barley costs to Mediterranean buyers and widen the Black Sea basis versus futures. Nominal FOB quotes are little changed, so the impact shows up mainly in freight and delivered prices.
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