# Rising fertilizer freight rates to pressure suppliers | MoroccoTomorrow

> Fertilizer freight rates on some routes have started to rise after falling for seven weeks. Argus tracked a $1.25/t weekly increase across four phosphate routes, including Morocco and the US to Brazil. The rise follows an uptick in marine bunker fuel prices in Singapore from late April.

- Date: 2020-05-22 · published 2020-05-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53067-rising-fertilizer-freight-rates-to-pressure-suppliers-moroccotomorrow
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Higher freight costs erode supplier netbacks and push up delivered phosphate prices, which squeezes margins for importers. Higher bunker fuel also points to firmer shipping costs more broadly.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2021-02-19 | [Fertilizer freight rates jump to new highs \| Latest Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48522-fertilizer-freight-rates-jump-to-new-highs-latest-market-news.md) | -1.5% | -1.7% |
| DAP | 2024-05-01 | [All Eight Major Fertilizer Prices Higher](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31059-all-eight-major-fertilizer-prices-higher.md) | +2.1% | +9.1% |
| DAP | 2021-02-19 | [More Than Farm Demand: Why Phosphate and Potash Fertilizer Prices are Surging - ProAg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12869-more-than-farm-demand-why-phosphate-and-potash-fertilizer-prices-are-surging.md) | -1.5% | -1.7% |
| DAP | 2026-07-22 | [Fertilizer Supply Chains Face a Costly Turning Point](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18690-fertilizer-supply-chains-face-a-costly-turning-point.md) | +0.6% | +2.1% |
| DAP | 2026-07-29 | [Strait of Hormuz pressure on fertilizers: sulfur rises 322% in one year, phosphates lose demand and urea advances again](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18694-strait-of-hormuz-pressure-on-fertilizers-sulfur-rises-322-in-one-year.md) | +1.6% | +1.6% |

## Sources

- moroccotomorrow.org: https://moroccotomorrow.org/rising-fertilizer-freight-rates-to-pressure-suppliers/

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