# Vessels of Project RSD49, Neva-Leader type, were actively used by North-Western Shipping Company for grain transportation in 2016

> North-Western Shipping Company moved 1.12 million tonnes of grain by lighterage in 2016, up 35% on 2015, mainly wheat. The company plans to expand river-sea lighterage of grain in 2017.

- Date: 2017-01-16 · published 2017-01-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Russia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72855-vessels-of-project-rsd49-neva-leader-type-were-actively-used-by-north-western
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Growing lighterage capacity improves the movement of Russian grain to export ports, a modest bearish factor for export freight and wheat prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral
- OCEANFRT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-04-13 | [Decreased demand for grain transportation lowers shipping rates \| World-grain.com \| April 13, 2017 14:17 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71400-decreased-demand-for-grain-transportation-lowers-shipping-rates-world-grain-com.md) | -1.5% | +1.7% |
| WHEAT | 2026-01-12 | [Rail grain transportation in Ukraine decreased by 27% in 2025](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21071-rail-grain-transportation-in-ukraine-decreased-by-27-in-2025.md) | +0.2% | +2.0% |
| WHEAT | 2025-01-15 | [Novorossiysk Grain Plant sets all-time record by transshipping 8.4 mln tonnes of grain in 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14240-novorossiysk-grain-plant-sets-all-time-record-by-transshipping-8-4-mln-tonnes.md) | +0.2% | +3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2025-01-17 | [Ukraine’s trade in 2024: restoration of logistical routes \| OSW Centre for Eastern Studies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14237-ukraine-s-trade-in-2024-restoration-of-logistical-routes-osw-centre-for-eastern.md) | +0.3% | +3.4% |
| WHEAT | 2019-09-09 | [Grain leaves Churchill for first time in four years \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57101-grain-leaves-churchill-for-first-time-in-four-years-the-western-producer.md) | -0.8% | +4.6% |

## Sources

- ru.ybunker.com: https://www.ru.ybunker.com/news/print/232618/

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