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The actual suspension of ship calls to the ports of Great Odesa is already leading to losses for port terminals, the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority, and agricultural producers.

Even if the Danube ports handle only corn, it will take about 11 months to export the projected volume.

Ukrzaliznytsia has extended and expanded restrictions on the transportation of grain cargo to certain port stations in the Odesa region.

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) has resumed oil loading operations through the sea terminal in the port of Novorossiysk.

Since the beginning of the 2026/27 marketing year, Ukraine has shipped 2.357 million tons of grain and leguminous crops abroad.

The cessation of ship calls to Ukrainian Black Sea ports could lead to the accumulation of 27.4–32.4 million tons of agricultural products.

If quarantine organisms are detected in the grain, it will not be allowed for import, and the Ukrainian exporter will be denied a phytosanitary certificate.

The termination of some container services to Ukrainian ports is unlikely to lead to a shortage of container equipment or a sharp increase in sea freight.

Road and rail routes cannot yet compensate for the loss of the sea channel.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the state is updating the plan to protect grain exports.