CS-FRT-GRN-UKRAINIAN-BLACK-SEA-TURKEY-5KT
Series Specification · Version 1.0 · Document issued 21 September 2026
Grain voyage freight, Ukraine to Turkey
Standard Basis
The prevailing dry-bulk voyage-freight market level for 5,000 mt grain from Ukraine to Turkey, expressed in US dollars per metric tonne. Publication cadence is weekly.
A published value is an estimate of the prevailing market level for this Standard Basis. It is not a bid, offer, executable quotation or guaranteed price.
Specification Table
- Series code
- CS-FRT-GRN-UKRAINIAN-BLACK-SEA-TURKEY-5KT
- Assessment type
- CommodityScope Indicative Assessment
- Product
- Grain voyage freight
- Freight basis
- Dry bulk grain voyage freight for the stated origin, destination and lot size. It is not a physical grain assessment.
- Market
- Ukraine — Ukraine to Turkey
- Pricing basis
- Voyage freight
- Origin
- Ukraine
- Destination
- Turkey
- Lot size
- 5,000 mt
- Assessment unit
- USD per metric tonne (USD/mt)
- Frequency
- Weekly
- Published values
- Assessment Midpoint
- Methodology family
- Dry Freight Methodology
- Methodology version
- 1.0
- Parent methodology
- CS-METH-FREIGHT
- Document issued
- 21 September 2026
Market definition
Voyage basis
Voyage freight from Ukraine to Turkey for the stated lot size, published in USD/mt. It is not a fixture, a charter-party quotation, or a physical commodity assessment.
Origin
Ukraine
Destination
Turkey
Lot size
The published lot size is 5,000 mt. A different lot size is a different series.
Loading window
Loading window is not specified for this Series.
Publication schedule
Weekly cadence. Updates follow the weekly publication cycle when a qualifying market observation is available. Each value retains its assessment date.
Assessment cutoff is not specified for this Series.
Exclusions and related markets
- A different lot size on the same trade lane is a different series.
- Physical commodity assessments and named dry-bulk freight indices are different publications.
The Assessment Midpoint and Assessment Range of CS-FRT-GRN-UKRAINIAN-BLACK-SEA-TURKEY-5KT are formed from this Series’ own voyage-freight observations. A related series does not enter the Assessment Midpoint.
Comparability is evaluated against the stated basis; adjustments apply only where the family methodology defines them.
Parent methodology
This specification defines the market basis of CS-FRT-GRN-UKRAINIAN-BLACK-SEA-TURKEY-5KT and is governed by Dry Freight Methodology version 1.0.
Revision History
| Version | Date | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | Document issued 21 September 2026 | Initial issue of the series specification. grain voyage freight; Ukraine to Turkey; 5,000 mt; USD/mt; weekly cadence; Dry Freight Methodology 1.0. |
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