Due to the actions of russian federation, the number of the fleet for loading as part of the “Grain Agreement” has decreased

The rate of ship calls to the ports of Odesa continues to decrease due to delays in inspections in the Bosphorus.

“The tendency to decrease ship calls for agricultural exports is due to russia’s actions in the inspection zone in the Bosphorus. For the third month in a row, the russians have purposefully sabotaged inspections under various unfounded and sometimes absurd pretexts. In this regard, as of February 12, 145 ships are waiting in line for inspection by the Joint Coordination Center, of which 122 are headed to Ukrainian ports for agricultural products,” the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine said.

In order to increase the volume of exports in the current conditions and reduce idle time, the tonnage of vessels participating in the Initiative will be increased. In particular, for grain – from 20,000 tons to 25,000 tons, and for oil – from 6,000 tons to 10,000 tons. Considering that the average number of inspections of the incoming fleet is only 2.5 vessels per day, an increase in volume should be expected in one and a half months.

So, last week, 25 ships exported 1.1 million tons of agricultural products to countries in Africa, Asia and Europe. In particular, 54 thousand tons of wheat were sent to Sri Lanka, 57 thousand tons to Bangladesh, and 90 thousand tons are expected by Kenya, Tunisia and Egypt.

Compared to the previous week, the volume of exports through the ports of Great Odesa increased by 152,000 tons. At the same time, last week the ports of Great Odesa received only 16 ships, the day before last – 25.

Currently, there are 18 vessels in the ports of Great Odesa. 584.5 thousand tons of Ukrainian food are loaded onto them. Only 1 vessel moves along the “grain corridor” after the inspection.