More than 700 ships have passed through the sea corridor since August

More than 22 million tons of cargo of various nomenclature have been exported since the beginning of the Ukrainian maritime corridor.

In general, more than 700 vessels have used the route since August, Minister of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development Oleksandr Kubrakov said.

Kubrakov visited the ports of Great Odesa and noted that transshipment is currently carried out from three ports – Chornomorsk, Odesa and Pivdennyi.

“At night (February 11), they were again attacked by Russian drones. “Unfortunately, we have damage to the transshipment infrastructure and destroyed grain,” the minister said.

Kubrakov reminded that since July 18 (the last day of operation of the grain corridor), almost 200 port infrastructure facilities were damaged as a result of Russian attacks on Ukrainian seaports, and more than 26 civilians were injured.

“The harbors are recovering quite quickly. I saw it with my own eyes today. At most, transshipment volumes are increasing every day. This, as well as the prospects for functioning, were discussed at meetings in three key ports of Ukraine,” the minister noted.

According to him, more than 22 million tons in six months is “not a limit”.

“The modernization of both the ports themselves and the accompanying infrastructure – the network of highways and railways – with the appropriate security component will allow to increase volumes by at least a quarter,” the minister summarized.

We will remind you that on the night of February 10, the Russians released three waves of “Shaheds” in Odesa, the wreckage of one of the downed UAVs damaged the technical structure of the port infrastructure.