The first cargo of Ukrainian corn to be exported via the Black Sea since Russia’s invasion set sail from a Romanian port Friday, dodging a Russian naval blockade that has all but halted Ukraine’s grain exports.
With grain building up at silos inside the country, traders, farmers and the Ukrainian government have been exploring alternative export routes.
Constanta, a Black Sea port fewer than 100 miles from Ukraine that is connected to Ukraine via the Danube River, has proved to be one such route. Polish ports on the Baltic Sea are another being considered. The sudden redirection of Ukrainian grain exports has caused logistical headaches. Ukraine’s railway infrastructure has struggled to cope, particularly as its Soviet-era tracks are a different gauge to those found in neighboring nations.
Friday’s corn shipment was the first to be successfully exported from Ukraine via the Black Sea since the war began, Mr. Panait said. A steady flow of Ukrainian grains was making its way on barges down the Danube to Constanta, he said. “We’ve made a lot of effort to establish this flow of cargo because we all feel here that Ukrainian people need this help,” he said.
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