Tag: grain corridor
Representatives of Russia continue to slow down the inspection of ships near the shores of Turkey.
Twenty ships were loaded during the week.
Extension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative was one of the key topics of discussion during Guterres' visit to Kyiv.
Five ships are heading to Ukrainian ports.
They also discussed the strengthening of food security and the importance of extending the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
The relevant amendment adopted by the parliament applies to vessels sailing under the flags of Ukraine and foreign countries.
Ukraine continues to suffer because of the restrictions on its maritime exports while ships have free access to Russian seaports. It is time to change the situation.
Ukraine’s deputy infrastructure minister has said that the Russian blocking of commercial shipping grossly violates international conventions, even in wartime.
In addition, a World Food Program-chartered ship carrying wheat to Afghanistan has left the port of Odesa.
Every ship that leaves Ukrainian ports with agricultural products has a positive effect on global food security, a UN representative said.
The reduction in the number of ships entering Ukrainian ports to load agricultural products is because of Russia's actions in the inspection zone in the Bosporus.
The rate of departure of ships from these ports remains critically low at 2.5 ships per day.
The organization emphasized that there are difficulties, but it added that they are being resolved.
Because Russia is blocking the work of the JCC, 118 vessels are awaiting inspection in the territorial waters of Turkey.
This volume is a third less than the volume of exports in the week before last.
The bulk carrier will deliver 30,000 tons of wheat to the port of Djibouti.
The decision was made because of delays in the JCC’s ship inspections in the Bosporus.
In particular, 11 ships carrying 313,000 tons of grain left the ports of Greater Odesa on 12 January.
Creation of the grain hubs will ensure the predictability of sales and stabilization of food prices in African countries.