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The hydrographic station Odesa-Navtex determined the coordinates of the routes for grain carriers, which will go from Ukrainian ports in the direction of Turkey.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Russian businessman Alexander Konanykhin has announced a $1 million reward for the “head” of Vladimir Putin. 

The Association of Insurers from London (which includes many of the largest insurers) has included Ukrainian waters in the Black and Azov Seas in the list of potentially dangerous areas for shipping. USM talked to a London-based insurer to find out how this will affect freight rates and whether it will affect cargo turnover at Ukrainian ports. 

The Russian Navy blocks a significant part of the Black and Azov Seas for a week, thereby effectively blocking approaches to Ukrainian seaports.

The standard working situation has turned into a real detective in the Kherson seaport. The agency of the merchant fleet and the work of a private operator in the port became under the risk.