Tag: grain
7 million tons of agricultural products have been exported since the departure of the first ship carrying Ukrainian food
The time that ships are having to wait for inspections at a monitoring center in Istanbul has increased to 10-15 days since mid-September, up from 5-6 days in the first six weeks of the Grain Initiative.
Since the opening of the "grain corridor," 305 ships have exported 6.8 million tons of Ukrainian products to Asia, Europe, and Africa.
Turkey’s minister of national defense and Ukraine’s minister of infrastructure have met to analyze grain shipments.
The Austrian carrier transported 130,000 tons of Ukrainian grain last month.
Ukraine is not negotiating with Russia directly. Instead, the negotiations are taking place in subgroups, which also include Turkey and the United Nations.
In total, 561 vessels have been enabled.
The ships are carrying 115,500 tons of grain intended for countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe.
The goal is to reopen closed tracks, increase their throughput capacity, and reach speeds of 20-40 km/h at sorting stations.
The ship will depart for Somalia after being loaded with wheat.
According to Ukraine’s first deputy prime minister/economy minister, the approval of the relevant agreement and the opening of an FAO office in Ukraine will help raise cooperation to a much higher level.
In total, 235 ships carrying 5.4 million tons of agricultural products have left Ukrainian ports in the two months since the opening of the Black Sea Grain Corridor.
Nine bulk carriers carrying a total of 345,000 tons of agricultural products to countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe left the ports of Greater Odesa on 27 September.
Ukraine is actively working with the UN to ensure that the initiative works not only as an economic tool, but also as a tool for stabilizing the humanitarian situation in the world
The ships are carrying 88,000 tons of agricultural products.
A spokesperson for the Odesa regional military administration said that 7-8 bulk carriers leave Ukrainian seaports every day and that their number has not decreased following the drone attacks.
The company achieved the increase in grain transportation because of an increase in the volume of transportation of agricultural products to three Ukrainian seaports.
The terminal in Dornesti will be used to improve exports to the port of Constanta by rail.
The bulk carrier will arrive at a port in Pakistan, where the wheat will be unloaded and delivered to Afghanistan.
Four more ships carrying grain have left Ukrainian seaports.