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Russian attacks on port and logistics infrastructure have increased the cost of Ukrainian agricultural exports by approximately $45 per ton.

On August 17, Russian troops attacked the port infrastructure of the Mykolaiv region with a “Shahed” drone.

The queue of ships at the Sulina roadstead is gradually decreasing, but part of the fleet is still waiting to enter the canal since last week.

Limited tonnage supply allows shipowners to maintain high rates for the transportation of Ukrainian grain.

Russian attack damages civilian vessel under Togo flag and causes fires in Odesa region’s port infrastructure.

Moscow does not consider it advisable to restore the format of the “grain agreement”, despite Turkey’s proposal to introduce a moratorium on military operations in the Black Sea.

In August, Romania took first place in terms of the volume of Ukrainian grain received by rail – an average of 44.7 wagons are transferred through border crossings per day.

Among the vessels exposed are dry cargo ships transporting agricultural products from the TOT, oil tankers and gas carriers of the sanctioned Arctic LNG-2 project.

The government has adopted new decisions to support farmers amid a decline in exports due to the lack of ship calls to the ports of Great Odesa.

Due to the increase in the number of vessels and bad weather, the waiting time at the entrance to the Sulinsky Canal has increased to approximately 2–3 days.

After the incident with the explosion of a Ukrainian drone in the port of Constanta in June, the military of Romania and Ukraine established a direct communication channel in almost real time.

After the shutdown of three key grain terminals in Novorossiysk, Russia has restricted cargo transportation to the port.

A fire broke out in the Russian port of Ust-Luga after a drone attack at night, and local authorities reported damage.

Ukraine has passed on to Russia, through a third party, a proposal to mutually cease attacks on civilian targets in the Black Sea.

In August-October, Ukraine may not deliver about 9 million tons of agricultural products to foreign markets due to the reduction in available export capacities.

Interpipe has redirected part of its exports to North America and the Middle East through one of the European ports after the blockade of the seaports of the Odesa region.

In the Danube ports, the demand prices for food wheat increased by $1–4 per ton this week due to low grain supply from farmers.

In the first 12 days of August, Ukraine exported only 280 thousand tons of grain and legumes, while last year this figure exceeded 1.15 million tons.