# Freight fright for farm inputs - Supply Chain Council of European Union | Scceu.org

> Shipping constraints persist, with a shortage of small coaster vessels pushing freight costs for nearby grain shipments to roughly four times the five-year average. Fertiliser deliveries to Ireland, which depend entirely on sea transport, face high freight costs on top of elevated prices.

- Date: 2021-12-05 · published 2021-12-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Ireland · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43481-freight-fright-for-farm-inputs-supply-chain-council-of-european-union-scceu-org
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Elevated freight costs for grain and fertiliser raise landed costs for feed buyers and are expected to keep pressure on wheat and barley prices into 2022.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-08-20 | [Wheat Rally Extends on Higher Freight Costs - Supply Chain Council of European Union \| Scceu.org](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51502-wheat-rally-extends-on-higher-freight-costs-supply-chain-council-of-european.md) | +3.1% | +11.1% |
| WHEAT | 2020-01-28 | [Ongoing strikes keep slow French grain export - Supply Chain Council of European Union \| Scceu.org](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55087-ongoing-strikes-keep-slow-french-grain-export-supply-chain-council-of-european.md) | -0.5% | +2.7% |
| WHEAT | 2021-12-29 | [Azov and Black Sea Basin Throughput in November 2021: Foodstuffs Up - Supply Chain Council of European Union \| Scceu.org](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14523-azov-and-black-sea-basin-throughput-in-november-2021-foodstuffs-up-supply-chain.md) | -0.4% | +9.8% |
| WHEAT | 2022-04-10 | [Grains shipments from Black Sea ports slowly gain traction: sources - Supply Chain Council of European Union \| Scceu.org](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14493-grains-shipments-from-black-sea-ports-slowly-gain-traction-sources-supply-chain.md) | -2.4% | +3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2020-01-12 | [French grain sector fears export squeeze as strikes hit logistics - Supply Chain Council of European Union \| Scceu.org](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55084-french-grain-sector-fears-export-squeeze-as-strikes-hit-logistics-supply-chain.md) | +0.7% | -4.2% |
| UREA | 2022-07-06 | [Fertiliser supply chain \| Maersk](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40414-fertiliser-supply-chain-maersk.md) | +2.2% | +13.7% |
| UREA | 2021-09-24 | [U.S. Farmers Face Supply Shortages, Higher Costs After Hurricane Ida - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45382-u-s-farmers-face-supply-shortages-higher-costs-after-hurricane-ida-agweb.md) | +6.2% | +39.6% |
| UREA | 2024-07-18 | [Canadian Railway Strike Poses Threat to Global Supply Chain \| Food Logistics](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29277-canadian-railway-strike-poses-threat-to-global-supply-chain-food-logistics.md) | +0.8% | +3.9% |

## Sources

- scceu.org: https://scceu.org/freight-fright-for-farm-inputs/

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