# Fertiliser With Phosphate Fizzles as Supplies Run Dry | MoroccoTomorrow

> A cargo ship carrying phosphate rock bound for New Zealand was stranded in a South African port after a court dispute over the source site in Western Sahara. The cargo was auctioned without buyers and will not reach New Zealand. The article questions New Zealand's reliance on imported phosphate.

- Date: 2018-08-26 · published 2018-08-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region New Zealand · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63849-fertiliser-with-phosphate-fizzles-as-supplies-run-dry-moroccotomorrow
- Commodities: [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Supply disruption from Western Sahara legal disputes tightens access to phosphate rock, which supports fertilizer prices in the Asia-Pacific region. The impact is modest given the scale of the single cargo.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- PHOSROCK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2020-05-22 | [Rising fertilizer freight rates to pressure suppliers \| MoroccoTomorrow](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53067-rising-fertilizer-freight-rates-to-pressure-suppliers-moroccotomorrow.md) | +1.5% | +2.5% |
| 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 | 2023-09-20 | [Earthquakes in Morocco Cause Supply Affliction for Phosphoric Acid, Impacting Global Fertilizer Market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34431-earthquakes-in-morocco-cause-supply-affliction-for-phosphoric-acid-impacting.md) | +0.9% | +1.6% |
| DAP | 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) | +0.7% | +3.8% |
| DAP | 2022-04-22 | [Fertiliser prices hit new highs as multiple problems affect global supplies :: Content :: Tập đoàn Hoá chất Việt Nam (Vinachem)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41767-fertiliser-prices-hit-new-highs-as-multiple-problems-affect-global-supplies.md) | -0.7% | -9.5% |

## Sources

- moroccotomorrow.org: https://moroccotomorrow.org/fertiliser-with-phosphate-fizzles-as-supplies-run-dry/

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