A second ship with Ukrainian grain arrived in Algeria
28.10.2022 - 10:15
As part of the “grain initiative”, a second ship with 30.5 thousand tons of Ukrainian food wheat arrived in Algeria.
The bulk carrier BC Callisto traveled from the Black Sea port to the port of Algiers in 25 days. Of these, for 14 days the vessel with Ukrainian grain was idle in the Bosphorus awaiting inspection by the Joint Coordination Center.
“Our port services are doing everything possible to speed up cargo processing. For example, we loaded the BC Callisto in three days, but then the ship waited in the Bosphorus for two weeks. There are more than a hundred such examples. The problem lies in the insufficient number of inspection groups,” said Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Yuriy Vaskov.
Vaskov reminded that the UN and Turkey support the need to increase the number of inspectors, as such a delay is a matter of both food safety and traffic safety in the Bosphorus. Currently, 175 vessels are awaiting inspection in the strait.
According to the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure, this artificial queue is caused by the fact that the russians are blocking inspections and the implementation of the “grain initiative”. In this regard, Ukrainian ports are forced to work at only 25-30% of their capacity.
