Ukrainian grain loaded on a cargo ship arrives in Romania
After a 12-hour journey through war-affected waters, a ship carrying tons of wheat safely reached Romanian waters, so which Kiev was working to transport by land as well.
Ukraine took two bold steps on Tuesday to secure export routes for its vital grain industry, sending a ship loaded with wheat along a new Black Sea route. facing Russian naval aggression and challenging one of its main allies, Poland, for its opposition to Ukrainian imports.
In an initial success, the ship, The Resilient Africa, loaded with 3,000 tonnes of wheat, crossed the maritime border towards Romanian waters on Tuesday evening. It arrived more than 12 hours after leaving the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk, according to the website MarineTraffic, which tracks global shipping using satellite data.
The importance of establishing a new sea route grew further this week amid a new dispute between Ukraine and its grain-producing neighbors in the European Union over land exports. But even though resilient Africa appears to have managed to safely exit Ukrainian waters, experts say there is much uncertainty remains as to whether the country will be able to rebuild a vital industry weighed down by 19 months of war.
The ship, flying the flag of Palau, is the first grain ship to leaving a Ukrainian Black Sea port since July, when Moscow terminated a deal. which, for a year, had allowed Ukraine to export its grain directly through waters dominated by the Russian Black Sea fleet to Turkey and the Bosphorus.
According to the new route, drawn by the government in Kiev, the ships will follow the coast before entering the waters of Romania and then Bulgaria, both NATO members. Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov described it as a corridor “established by the Ukrainian navy.”
The risks are significant.
In July, Moscow warned that it would consider any commercial ship approaching a Ukrainian port as a potential carrier of military cargo. The following month, the Russian navy fired warning shots at a cargo ship, then boarded it at gunpoint to conduct an inspection. And since July, Russia has bombed the Ukrainian port of Odessa as well as the country's ports on the Danube, specifically targeting grain facilities.
Beyond The Black Sea itself extends as a theater of conflict between Ukraine and Russia, which launched its full-scale invasion of its neighbor in February 2022.< /p>
Amid attacks on both sides' military targets across vast stretches of water, the success of Ukraine's new export route could depend on the will commercial shipping companies to take risks with their ships, according to Sal Gilbertie, managing director of Teucrium, a US investment advisory firm. .
“The hallway is a good idea, ...
After a 12-hour journey through war-affected waters, a ship carrying tons of wheat safely reached Romanian waters, so which Kiev was working to transport by land as well.
Ukraine took two bold steps on Tuesday to secure export routes for its vital grain industry, sending a ship loaded with wheat along a new Black Sea route. facing Russian naval aggression and challenging one of its main allies, Poland, for its opposition to Ukrainian imports.
In an initial success, the ship, The Resilient Africa, loaded with 3,000 tonnes of wheat, crossed the maritime border towards Romanian waters on Tuesday evening. It arrived more than 12 hours after leaving the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk, according to the website MarineTraffic, which tracks global shipping using satellite data.
The importance of establishing a new sea route grew further this week amid a new dispute between Ukraine and its grain-producing neighbors in the European Union over land exports. But even though resilient Africa appears to have managed to safely exit Ukrainian waters, experts say there is much uncertainty remains as to whether the country will be able to rebuild a vital industry weighed down by 19 months of war.
The ship, flying the flag of Palau, is the first grain ship to leaving a Ukrainian Black Sea port since July, when Moscow terminated a deal. which, for a year, had allowed Ukraine to export its grain directly through waters dominated by the Russian Black Sea fleet to Turkey and the Bosphorus.
According to the new route, drawn by the government in Kiev, the ships will follow the coast before entering the waters of Romania and then Bulgaria, both NATO members. Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov described it as a corridor “established by the Ukrainian navy.”
The risks are significant.
In July, Moscow warned that it would consider any commercial ship approaching a Ukrainian port as a potential carrier of military cargo. The following month, the Russian navy fired warning shots at a cargo ship, then boarded it at gunpoint to conduct an inspection. And since July, Russia has bombed the Ukrainian port of Odessa as well as the country's ports on the Danube, specifically targeting grain facilities.
Beyond The Black Sea itself extends as a theater of conflict between Ukraine and Russia, which launched its full-scale invasion of its neighbor in February 2022.< /p>
Amid attacks on both sides' military targets across vast stretches of water, the success of Ukraine's new export route could depend on the will commercial shipping companies to take risks with their ships, according to Sal Gilbertie, managing director of Teucrium, a US investment advisory firm. .
“The hallway is a good idea, ...
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