# Danube Corn Freight to Egypt Jumps to $120/t, Tightening Black Sea Supply

> Freight for corn shipments from Ukrainian Danube ports to Egypt has risen about $10/t in a week to roughly $120/t, according to broker assessments. Vessel shortages, congestion on the Sulina Canal, draft restrictions on the Danube and a four-day canal closure due to weather are tying up tonnage.

- Date: 2026-11-03 · published 2026-11-03T15:09:41.998Z
- Category: logistics · region Black Sea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/77864-danube-corn-freight-to-egypt-jumps-to-120-t-tightening-black-sea-supply
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Higher freight raises landed costs for Egyptian buyers and supports Ukrainian FOB corn values, while pushing some demand toward alternative origins and routes. The impact on global corn benchmarks is limited because those remain relatively soft.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-09-09 | [Drewry: Danube congestion tightens Black Sea vessel availability](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17678-drewry-danube-congestion-tightens-black-sea-vessel-availability.md) | +3.9% | +1.2% |
| CORN | 2026-10-27 | [Grain freight rates from Ukrainian Danube ports to Egypt rise by $10/t in one week](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17247-grain-freight-rates-from-ukrainian-danube-ports-to-egypt-rise-by-10-t-in-one.md) | +0.0% | — |
| CORN | 2026-03-10 | [Black Sea freight rates rise amid soaring bunker fuel prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20360-black-sea-freight-rates-rise-amid-soaring-bunker-fuel-prices.md) | +3.2% | +2.8% |
| CORN | 2022-12-23 | [What made the Black Sea a "leader" of freight rates decline? – BPG Shipping](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38132-what-made-the-black-sea-a-leader-of-freight-rates-decline-bpg-shipping.md) | +2.1% | +2.2% |
| CORN | 2025-02-06 | [Soybean, corn barge bids firm, following freight up](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16474-soybean-corn-barge-bids-firm-following-freight-up.md) | +1.4% | -7.2% |

## Sources

- commodity-board.com: https://commodity-board.com/danube-freight-spike-squeezes-ukrainian-corn-flows-to-egypt

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