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After the attack on the port of Odesa, russia said that missiles allegedly hit a warship and a warehouse of anti-ship missiles.

Opinions of the parties to the “Grain Corridor” Agreement differed regarding the morning attack on the Odesa port. And the military administration has already reported on the wounded as a result of a missile attack on the port.

A fire broke out in the Odesa seaport, the media reported that a russian missile had hit it.

The seventh package of sanctions, approved by the European Union on July 21, provides for new restrictions on russia. In particular, they expanded the ban on access to European ports so that russian federation could not find another loophole.

Ukraine does not sign any agreements with russia on the export of grain.

Insurance companies require additional guarantees for organizing a “grain corridor” from Ukrainian ports. Ukraine does not yet share the optimism of insurers, because at the forefront is the protection and defense of the Black Sea from russian aggression.

How much grain will the main producing countries, including Ukraine, collect and send to foreign markets? Analysts at Barva Invest talk about what is happening with grain export forecasts, and what factors affect grain exports in Ukraine and around the world.

On Saturday, July 9, it became known that the Bystre Estuary was open again. Piloting along the estuary became available again thanks to the liberation of Zmiinyi Island and ensuring the safety of the coastal section of the water area in this part of the Black Sea. USM tells what effect the opening of the Bystre Estuary will have on Ukrainian exports and what are market participants afraid of.

Ukrainian businessmen propose to develop a system that will allow them to cross the border to solve business problems.

Russian “liberators” appeared to the whole world as an army of murderers and looters. Representatives of the “authorities” of the captured territories of Ukraine, who imagined themselves as the owners of foreign fleets and ports, gained the same reputation.

The war in Ukraine has created an unprecedented stress test for the global freight supply chain. Particularly acute was the issue of importing containers, which in February were already en route to Ukraine.

On Thursday, June 16, 2022, the 46th President of the United States, Joseph Biden, signed into law S. 3580, the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022.

The Verkhovna Rada ratified the Agreement on the abolition of import duties and tariff quotas in bilateral trade between Ukraine and the UK.

Ukraine is looking for new logistical options for the import of diesel fuel – farmers offer to transport it in flexitanks.

Ukrainian sea ports have been blocked by Russian navy forces since February 24th, 2022. The rapid closure of seaports caused major logistics disruption not only in Ukraine but in the whole Black Sea region and Eastern Europe.

Before the start of the full-scale war, 75% of Ukraine’s foreign trade was carried out at sea ports. From February 24, 2022, they are all blocked. However, it was not a verdict. On the contrary, we see that companies have begun to look for alternative ways to establish logistics chains.
Can rail and road transport replace sea transport? What is the government doing to help exporters export products, and how did the war change Ukrainian trade? This was discussed on May 18 during the online discussion of the Southern Ukrainian office of the European Business Association “Logistics and international trade in Ukraine in conditions of war”.

There has formed a congestion of about 90 ships near the sea channel Sulina. The Romanian side does not cope with the problem and ignores the proposals of the Ukrainian port workers.

Since the world’s largest container carriers refused to work with the aggressor country, russia needs to look for new ways for container traffic. The European embargo on a number of russian raw materials and the closure of many ports for russian vessels also forces russia to look for new partners for trade. China became the hope for russian federation in this matter. But the plans of russian federation were hindered by another outbreak of COVID-19 in the People’s Republic of China, which blocked Chinese ports for an indefinite period.