# Freight from Danube ports jumps sharply on vessel shortage and Sulina Canal queues

> Grain freight rates from Ukrainian Danube ports rose sharply due to limited available tonnage and longer waiting times at the Sulina Canal. Short-haul handysize rates rose about $10/t in a week, while longer routes rose $20-25/t. Barge rates rose about €5/t, and corn freight from the Danube to Egypt approached $100/t in early September.

- Date: 2026-11-11 · published 2026-11-12T01:38:00.988Z
- Category: logistics · region Black Sea · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/94702-freight-from-danube-ports-jumps-sharply-on-vessel-shortage-and-sulina-canal
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Higher freight from the Danube raises landed costs for Ukrainian grain and narrows the export netback, supporting FOB prices for Black Sea origin feed grains.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-04-23 | [Analysts note decline in freight rates for grain transportation from Danube ports, Odessa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30937-analysts-note-decline-in-freight-rates-for-grain-transportation-from-danube.md) | -0.1% | +4.1% |
| CORN | 2022-03-17 | [Grain Journal \| Downbound Barged Grain Spot Freight Rates Rise Sharply](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42187-grain-journal-downbound-barged-grain-spot-freight-rates-rise-sharply.md) | +2.8% | +7.8% |
| CORN | 2024-04-08 | [Barge Captain Shares Views on Water Levels & Freight - Mid-West Farm Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16551-barge-captain-shares-views-on-water-levels-and-freight-mid-west-farm-report.md) | -1.2% | -1.0% |
| CORN | 2024-02-24 | [Weight of Freight: Panamax locks demand, auction prices jump \| Argus Media](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31558-weight-of-freight-panamax-locks-demand-auction-prices-jump-argus-media.md) | +0.5% | +7.8% |
| CORN | 2025-02-01 | [Shortage of grain cargoes from Ukraine affects the Panamax market \| Ukrainian and World Shipping News - Ukrainian Shipping Magazine - Ukrainian and World Shipping News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16966-shortage-of-grain-cargoes-from-ukraine-affects-the-panamax-market-ukrainian-and.md) | +0.6% | -3.9% |
| WHEAT | 2024-04-23 | [Analysts note decline in freight rates for grain transportation from Danube ports, Odessa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30937-analysts-note-decline-in-freight-rates-for-grain-transportation-from-danube.md) | -1.3% | +22.1% |
| WHEAT | 2024-11-18 | [Freight rates for grain transportation from Ukraine are decreasing \| Ukrainian and World Shipping News - Ukrainian Shipping Magazine - Ukrainian and World Shipping News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16989-freight-rates-for-grain-transportation-from-ukraine-are-decreasing-ukrainian.md) | -0.6% | +0.3% |
| WHEAT | 2026-10-18 | [Global Grain Freight Costs Surge as Shipping Disruptions Threaten U.S. Export Competitiveness](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16761-global-grain-freight-costs-surge-as-shipping-disruptions-threaten-u-s-export.md) | +1.0% | — |

## Sources

- ukrport.org.ua: https://ukrport.org.ua/%d1%84%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%85%d1%82-%d1%96%d0%b7-%d0%bf%d0%be%d1%80%d1%82%d1%96%d0%b2-%d0%b4%d1%83%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%8e-%d1%80%d1%96%d0%b7%d0%ba%d0%be-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%be%d1%80%d0%be%d0%b6%d1%87%d0%b0/

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