The Ukrainian maritime corridor has changed grain export routes; the volume of Constanta is falling

Published Dec 12, 2024

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The Romanian port of Constanta has seen a significant decrease in the transshipment of Ukrainian grain transit cargoes, with a 52% drop in the first ten months of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023. This decline began a few months after the opening of the Ukrainian Maritime Corridor and was exacerbated by the seasonal shallowing of the Danube. In October, the port handled 1.6 million tons of grain cargo, with Ukraine contributing 31%. Since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion, 28.3 million tons of grain have been delivered from Ukraine in transit through Constanta, with nearly half of this volume being shipped in 2023.

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The Romanian port of Constanta according to the results of the first ten months of 2024. decreased the transshipment of transit cargoes of Ukrainian grain by 52% compared to the same period last year - to 5.66 million tons compared to 11.7 million tons last year, reports Mind. As noted, Konstanz began to lose cargo flow of Ukrainian grain a few months after the opening of the Ukrainian Maritime Corridor, when shipping traffic to the ports of Greater Odessa stabilized. The fall became noticeable in the 1st quarter of 2024, when the volumes "slumped" by a third - to 2.16 million tons. According to the results of the first half of the year, the trend increased - the indicator decreased by 43.5%, to 4.24 million tons. The transit flow decreased especially noticeably in the 3rd quarter - to 930,000. tons In August and September, the situation was worsened by the seasonal shallowing of the Danube, making it difficult to deliver goods by river route to Constanta. The biggest loss of ...

Source: Agravery