The shortage of rail cars experienced shippers of grain from the Saratov and Samara regions. Part of the regional traders, who are guided by buyers from continental Europe and Western Mediterranean countries that traditionally exported grain through the ports of Northwest Russia and the Baltic countries, where it is transported by rail.

Due to the lack of wagons faced by senders of goods this fall, the grain destined for European customers, traders are trying to export via ports of Azov. The operators of Railways explains the lack of downtime of wagons being loaded at the elevators increased to 10-12 days. The rate of loading, in addition to a lack of port facilities, greatly influenced by the refusal of the elevators to continue to work in weekends and public holidays, and poor weather conditions in the Baltic sea at the end of September.

"All this, along with such factors as the lack of tonnage, the increase in wheat prices on the world market, and the accumulation of cargo in southern ports affects the continuation of the growth rates of freight, has reached $ 41 per ton on the route "Rostov-Samsun", which is almost twice more than last year" - says Konstantin Grinevich, Director General of the brokerage company "glogos proekt".

A planned increase in freight rates has changed the behavior of traders. If they had first signed a contract for the shipment of grain and only then looking for something for this ship, now acting strictly on the contrary: first, a vessel is mandatory Charter the ship, confirmed the rate, and only then the vessel is sought, the contract, says Konstantin Grinevich. Charterers fulfilling contracts signed at the beginning of summer, now working at a loss, said the expert.

We will remind that according to forecasts of the company "SovEcon" grain exports in 2017 could reach a record 44 million tons, including wheat exports - 32.4 million tons, barley - 4.3 million tons, corn – 5.7 million tons.

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"Glogos proekt" is a leading brokerage company that provides services of chartering ships. We help charterers and traders to Charter ships in the ports of Rostov-on-don, Azov, Yeisk, Temryuk, Taganrog, Novorossiysk, St. Petersburg, Astrakhan grain terminal and grain elevators on the Middle Volga. The company operates since 2009.