Another 18 vessels are being loaded and waiting for departure.
This step is being taken for security reasons.
Pidhirnyi Street will be closed to traffic until 28 August because of emergency repair works.
This is about 10% more than the number of vessels currently in operation.
This grain shipment was one of the first to leave Ukraine under the grain export agreement brokered by the UN and Turkey.
The reopening of the railway to traffic will improve links with the southern part of the Odesa region and Ukraine’s Danube ports.
