Almost 7.5 million tons of goods have already been transported through the sea corridor, — Zelenskyy

Almost 7.5 million tons of cargo have already been transported through the new sea corridor in the Black Sea.

This was announced by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his speech at the G7 leaders’ summit.

“Ukraine won the battle in the Black Sea, and now Russian terror no longer reigns in this water area. Normal shipping is restored. And with each new cargo from our ports, global food security also benefits. Almost 7.5 million tons of goods have already been transported through the new export corridor, which we launched after driving out the Russian fleet,” the president noted.

As a reminder, on August 10, Ukraine announced new temporary routes for merchant vessels going to/from the Black Sea seaports of Ukraine.

These routes have primarily been used to enable the exit of civilian vessels in the Ukrainian ports of Chornomorsk, Odesa and Pivdennyi ever since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia on February 24, 2022.