European Inland River Barge Freight Rates Overview

(1) Dow Jones Newswire released European inland barge freight rate data on Tuesday, with quotation time set at 14:00 Central European Time. The rates are based on vessels carrying 1,200 tons of all dry bulk cargos except iron ore, quoted in euros per ton. (2) In quotations from German ports to the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region, the rate from Hamburg is about €32, Magdeburg about €29, Hildesheim about €28.5, Braunschweig, Bilstingen/Falldorf, and Hannover each about €26, and Minden about €23. (3) From Rotterdam to German and inland destinations, the rate to Duisburg is about €12.5, to Cologne about €15, to Mainz and Papenburg about €18, to Bremen and Bramsche/Engter about €18.5, to Minden about €19.5, and to Frankfurt about €20. (4) From Rotterdam to Hannover and Braunschweig is about €21, to Hildesheim about €22, to Magdeburg and Bilstingen/Falldorf about €23, to Uelzen, Kehl/Strasbourg, Würzburg, and Stuttgart about €25. (5) From Rotterdam to Hamburg and Nuremberg is about €26, to Basel about €28, and to ARAG about €10.5. (6) Other European barge freight quotations show from the east coast of the UK to Portugal about €24, to Oldenburg about €19, and to the north coast of Spain about €21. (7) From German Baltic ports to ARAG is about €21, to Portugal about €31, to the west coast of Italy about €52, to Greece about €70, to the east coast of the UK about €22, to the west coast of the UK and north coast of Spain about €27, and to the south coast of Spain about €37. (8) The above quotations reflect the current cost levels for European inland and coastal barge transport. Future attention should be paid to how changes in freight rates may impact regional dry bulk trade flows.