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The Ukrainian bank restructured the loan to “Nibulon” for $10 million
ING Bank Ukraine, which is part of the international ING Group from the Netherlands, restructured the loan of the Nibulon agricultural holding. The bank and the agricultural holding signed a loan restructuring agreement in the amount of $10 million, Nibulon reported. ING Bank granted a grace period until mid-2026 and extended the loan repayment schedule…
Wheat rates at the Chicago exchange decreased
The pressure on the market was caused by the fast pace of the winter wheat sowing campaign in the USA and significant exports from the Black Sea region. Wheat prices on the Chicago Stock Exchange fell on Tuesday. The December grain contract fell by USD 1/t — to USD 211.5/t, ASAP Agri analysts report ….
Freight rates in Odesa region ports remain stable
The intensification of trade activity did not lead to an increase in freight rates due to the sufficient availability of tonnage. This was reported by Spike Brokers analysts. Rates for transportation from the Danube ports to the east coast of Italy remain stable. Also, the large number of available ships in deep-sea ports restrains the…
Safety at sea: Italy will help Ukraine
As part of the Twinning project, consultations of the Shipping Administration with the Italian Coast Guard have begun. This was announced by the head of the Shipping Administration, Yevhenii Ignatenko. We are talking about the technical assistance project of the European Union Twinning “Institutional support of the State Service of Sea and Inland Water Transport…
In August, 1 billion euros worth of Russian oil was transferred from ship to ship in EU waters
In August of this year, transshipment of Russian oil from ship to ship (STS) worth 1 billion euros was carried out in EU waters. Approximately 73% of these shipments were carried out by tankers insured under G7+, said Anatoliy Amelin, co-founder and director of economic programs of the Ukrainian Institute for the Future. According to…
Ukraine exported a fifth of the grain planned for this year
In total, in the 2024/25 marketing year, Ukraine plans to export 43.2 million tons of grain. As of September 16, in the current marketing year, 21% of the entire harvest was sent for export. This was reported by the Minister of Agrarian Policy Vitalii Koval, Ukrinform writes. So, today Ukrainian farmers exported 8.76 million tons…
The auction for the sale of the Belgorod-Dniester port was extended until September 24
This decision was made by the State Property Fund after there were not enough participants at the privatization auction on September 16. This was reported by Delo with reference to the State Property Fund. The department said that the reason for the postponement was the lack of interest from potential buyers. Companies participating in the…
Metinvest mobilized 9,000 employees, Ryzhenkov
In Ukraine, 9,000 employees of the mining and metallurgical company Metinvest were mobilized, CEO Yuriy Ryzhenkov said. The main challenge for industrial enterprises of Ukraine is the shortage of personnel, CEO of Metinvest Yuriy Ryzhenkov told Forbes in an interview. Factories are faced with a situation where they cannot increase production due to a lack…
The court continued the investigation into the officials of the branch of the State Water Agency
The higher anti-corruption court continued the investigation into officials of the branch of the State Water Resources Agency of Ukraine. High Anti-Corruption Court has extended the deadline for investigating the case until December 13, “Slovo i Dilo” reports with reference to the court’s decision. The investigation concerns the suspicion of the head of the Basin…
Russians are jamming GPS in the Black Sea to interfere with Ukrainian intelligence
The Russians installed a GPS jamming complex near the Gelendzhik port in Novorossiysk to hide the location of their ships. This was revealed during the analysis of information from AIS, which is used in civil shipping, “Militarnyi” reports. Specialists noticed that the location of the Russian ships according to the signal differed from their actual…
The Times: Ukrainian divers risk their lives to defuse mines in the Black Sea
Ukrainian military sappers are engaged in demining in the Black Sea every day to ensure the safe passage of ships through the maritime corridor. Representatives of the Center for the Management of Naval Forces of Ukraine told how the protection of cargo ships and infrastructure along the sea corridor is carried out, writes The Times….
The auction for the sale of the Bilhorod-Dnister port did not take place
Bilhorod-Dnister Seaport failed to sell again at the next auction, which was supposed to be held on September 16. The protocol of the auction states that the reason was the lack of people willing to participate in the bidding. The starting price for the port was reduced by half – from UAH 177,972,000 to UAH…
Turkey now has the largest military fleet in the Black Sea
Previously, Russia had this status, but the Defense Forces of Ukraine successfully disabled the ships of the aggressor country. Turkey currently has the largest military fleet in the Black Sea. Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasyl Bodnar said this in an interview with “RBK-Ukraine”, “Ukrinform”пише. “Thanks to the actions of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, Turkey…
Russia earned up to $6 billion from stolen Ukrainian grain
Russia earned at least $6 billion from Ukrainian grain stolen in the temporarily occupied territories. Russia and its proxies have made at least six billion dollars in stolen grain, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to Deputy Minister of Agriculture Markiyan Dmytrasevich, at least 4 million tons of grain from the occupied territories of Ukraine…
In Odesa, a sea mine was destroyed with a machine gun (video)
Military sailors destroyed another sea mine that washed ashore in the Odesa region. The ammunition was neutralized by machine gun fire, with all safety precautions and isolation of the detonation site, the Navy of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported. The soldiers were reminded that in case of detection of suspicious or explosive objects, in no…
The volume of unloading of grain trucks in the ports of Great Odesa increased
Currently, an average of 936 grain wagons are unloaded in the deep-water ports of Odesa region every day. During the week, the average daily unloading of wagons with grain increased by 181 units, reaching 936 wagons. This was stated by the representative of JSC “Ukrzaliznytsia” Valery Tkachev, Rail.insider writes. However, the queue of grain wagons…
Shipowners from Turkey more often “come” to the ports of Great Odesa
The largest number of vessels that entered the ports of Odesa region in August belonged to shipowners from Turkey and Greece. Andriy Klymenko, head of the Monitoring Group of the Institute of Black Sea Strategic Studies, announced this. In August 2024, 231 vessels were involved in the export of grain and other cargoes from the…
Ukraine plans to receive UAH 3.2 billion from property privatization in 2025
The State Property Fund of Ukraine plans to raise funds through auctions for the sale of large and small privatization objects. In 2025, Ukraine plans to receive proceeds from the privatization of state property in the amount of UAH 3.2 billion. This is stated in the draft bill on the state budget-2025. To ensure successful…
