Blockade

Of the 100 vessels blocked in Ukrainian ports since February 24, 2022, 50 vessels remain.

Two ships, which had been blocked there since the beginning of the full-scale war, left the Southern port.

As of July 31, at least 16 vessels are anchored near Zmiinyi Island (mostly in Romanian territorial waters).

As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the blockade of the Black Sea ports, more than 50 million people were at risk of starvation. USM tells how the Grains Agreement was able to postpone the world food crisis.

All the maritime countries of the world now see what could threaten their ports and water areas if Russia gets away with blocking navigation in the Black Sea.

Since the beginning of the full-scale war, there have been 29 foreign ships with cargo waiting to go to sea in Mykolaiv ports.

Turkey agrees to become a mediator in the evacuation from Ukraine, in addition to 6 Turkish, 38 other ships blocked by Russia since the beginning of the full-scale war.

Turkey has made progress in negotiations with the Russian Federation regarding the release of Turkish cargo ships blocked in Ukrainian ports since the beginning of the full-scale war.

The port of Constanţa in Romania will be able to handle more than 20 million tons of grain if the “grain corridor” is closed.

Four EU countries have already introduced a temporary ban on the import of grain from Ukraine. In fact, it is also about the transit of agricultural products. Negotiations are ongoing, the situation is worsening due to the peak of sowing, the blockade of vessel inspections in the Bosphorus and the uncertainty of the future of the agricultural market.