The Ukrainian Infrastructure Ministry’s press company claimed this in a submit on Fb, Ukrinform reports.

“In excess of the previous two times, 11 vessels exported 422,000 tonnes of agricultural products to Africa, Asia and Europe from the ports of Bigger Odesa. Between them are the ALANDA STAR bulker with 30,800 tonnes of wheat for Egypt and the EUROCHAMPION tanker with 45,000 tonnes of [sunflower] oil for India,” the report reads.

The ministry claimed Russia’s delaying the inspection of ships in the Bosphorus under different pretexts continues to be the critical obstacle in the operation of the “grain corridor.” This led to a steady queue of above 90 ships, million-dollar losses for cargo owners and less than-export of at the very least 5-6 million tonnes all through the calendar year.

As of December 27, 96 ships were being waiting around for inspection in the Bosphorus, which includes 71 ships waiting to enter ports and 25 previously loaded with agricultural solutions. Six out of ten scheduled inspections acquire location each and every working day.

“In addition to minimizing the number of inspection teams, the Russian facet resorted to the tactic of delaying the inspections themselves due to demands to check the parameters of vessels that are not regulated by the paperwork of the Joint Coordination Middle and have absolutely nothing to do with the topic of the inspection. Thanks to these kinds of steps, the number of vessels moving for the loading of Ukrainian agricultural merchandise is decreased,” the ministry said.

The bulk provider Brave M with 28,000 tonnes of grain to Libya has not too long ago remaining the port of Odesa. Ahead of that, the vessel waited a month for an inspection in the corridor to enter the port for loading.

Due to the fact August 1, 605 ships have departed from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports and delivered 15.9 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain and foodstuffs to countries in Asia, Europe and Africa.