ports

Yesterday, August 4, Russian troops attacked the port infrastructure of the Mykolaiv region with Shahed drones.

The suspension of ship calls to the ports of Great Odesa could cause direct losses to the Ukrainian agricultural sector of $1.5 billion to $3 billion this year.

Average daily grain shipments from Ukraine over the past week have decreased to 48 thousand tons – three times compared to the first half of the month.

The Cabinet of Ministers has temporarily adjusted the minimum allowable export prices for certain types of agricultural products to prevent the suspension of grain and oilseed exports.

The Ukrainian government is preparing a set of measures to diversify export logistics amid increased Russian attacks on port infrastructure and merchant ships.

Today, August 3, Russian troops struck transport infrastructure facilities in the Odesa region, as well as civilian vessels in the ports of Great Odesa and the Danube region.

Danube ports are increasing grain exports, but their capacities are not enough to compensate for the reduction in transshipment through the ports of Great Odesa.

Targeted Russian attacks on merchant ships in the Black Sea have called into question further sea shipments and forced traders to suspend purchases of agricultural products.

Since the start of the full-scale war, Russian troops have struck 232 ships in the Black Sea and destroyed over a thousand Ukrainian port infrastructure facilities.

If the operation of deep-sea ports remains unstable, Egypt may increase grain purchases from the Americas.