Shipowners halt vessel calls for farm exports at Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, minister says
KYIV: Shipowners have temporarily suspended vessel arrivals at Ukraine’s Black Sea ports for agricultural exports after a recent surge in Russian attacks on ports and merchant shipping, the country’s agriculture minister said.
Ukraine has lost about a third of its capacity to export grain via the Black Sea ports due to Russian missile and drone attacks, traders and analysts have said.
“As of today, the entry of ships has been suspended. This is a decision taken by the shipowners. Ukraine, as a state, has not imposed any restrictions,” Interfax-Ukraine cited Taras Vysotskyi as saying on Wednesday.
Vysotskyi added that alternative routes and infrastructure were currently underutilized, Interfax-Ukraine said.
