Tag: Black Sea Grain Initiative

According to Oleksandr Kubrakov, Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, three more cargo vessels use the route to the ports of Chornomorsk and Pivdenij in the Black Sea, poised to facilitate the loading of export products.

On Wednesday, Romanian officials evacuated the crew of a Togo-flagged general cargo ship, following an explosion that occurred on board the vessel near the Romanian port of Sulina.

On 16th September, two cargo ships arrived at a Ukrainian port after travelling through the Black Sea using a new route, a temporary Black Sea corridor established by Kyiv.

Turkey’s General Directorate of Maritime Affairs announced that a Turkish cargo ship completed a miraculous rescue of a seafarer who had been adrift in the Black Sea for up to 20 hours. 

On 26th August, a second container ship sailed through a temporary Black Sea corridor established by Ukraine’s government, after Russia halted a wartime agreement aimed at ensuring safe grain exports from the invaded country’s ports.

After the termination of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Maritime Administrator has raised the security level setting for vessels operating within the Russian exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

The Hong Kong-flagged, 9,400 TEU container ship Joseph Schulte, left Odessa port on Wednesday after being stranded at Odessa port for 18 months due to the ongoing war.

Russia has warned that ships travelling to Ukraine's Black Sea ports, will be considered potential military targets as Kyiv said it would set up a temporary shipping route to continue grain exports following Moscow’s withdrawal from a deal that permitted food shipments from Ukraine’s ports.

According to International news, Russia struck Ukraine's port of Odesa with missiles and drones on 18th July, a day after pulling out of a United Nations-backed deal to let Kyiv export grain.

After the Russian Government didn't extend the Black Sea Grain Initiative, the deal expired yesterday. As a result, ship insurers are considering suspending coverage for any ships prepared to sail to Ukraine.