More than 700 ships sailed through the Ukrainian grain corridor

More than 22 million tons of cargo of various types have been exported since the launch of the temporary corridor in the Black Sea, the Ukrainian Corridor. More than 700 vessels have used it since August. Oleksandr Kubrakov, Vice Prime Minister for the Restoration of Ukraine and Minister of Community, Territorial and Infrastructure Development, wrote about this on his Facebook page.

He noted that the transshipment is carried out from three ports of Greater Odesa – Chornomorsk, Odesa and Pivdennyi. On the night of February 10, they were again attacked by Russian drones. The transshipment infrastructure was damaged and grain was destroyed.

“In total, since July 18 (the last day of the grain corridor), almost 200 port infrastructure facilities have been damaged as a result of Russian attacks on Ukrainian seaports, and more than 26 civilians have been injured. At the same time, port workers are recovering quite quickly. Today I saw it with my own eyes. Moreover, transshipment volumes are increasing every day. We discussed this and the prospects for their functioning at meetings in three key ports of Ukraine,” said Kubrakov.

He also assured that more than 22 million tons of exports in six months is not the limit.

“Modernization of both the ports themselves and the accompanying infrastructure – the road and rail network – with the proper security component will allow us to increase the volume by at least a quarter,” the head of the department emphasized.

Tags: Ukraine, Black Sea grain corridor