In 2 days, 11 ships exported 422 thousand tons of agricultural products to Africa, Asia and Europe from Ukrainian ports

UkrAgroConsult

In 2 days, 11 vessels exported 422,000 tons of agricultural products to Africa, Asia and Europe from the ports of Great Odesa as part of the “Grain Initiative”.

Among them is the ALANDA STAR bulker with 30,800 tons of wheat for Egypt, as well as the EUROCHAMPION tanker with 45,000 tons of oil for India.

The key obstacle in the operation of the “grain corridor” remains the inhibition by the Russian Federation under various pretexts of inspecting vessels in the Bosphorus. This led to a stable queue of 90+ ships, million-dollar losses for cargo owners, under-export of at least 5-6 million tons during the year.

As of December 27, 96 ships are waiting for inspection in the Bosphorus, of which 71 ships are entering ports, and 25 are already loaded with agricultural products. 6 out of 10 scheduled inspections take place every day. In addition to reducing the number of inspection groups, the Russian side resorted to the tactics of delaying the inspections themselves due to the requirements to check the parameters of vessels that are not regulated by the SCC documents and have nothing to do with the subject of the inspection. As a result of such actions, the number of fleets moving to be loaded with Ukrainian agricultural products is reduced.

Thus, the port of Odesa recently sent the bulk carrier BRAVE M with 28,000 tons of grain to Africa’s Libya. Before that, he waited a month for an inspection in the corridor to go to the port for loading.

Since August 1, 605 ships have left the ports of Great Odesa, which exported 15.9 million tons of Ukrainian food to the countries of Asia, Europe and Africa.

Tags: Ukraine, export, grain