Russia limits grain shipments via Black Sea terminals
REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
Three large grain terminals
on Russia’s Black Sea coast have restricted truck deliveries after intensified
Ukrainian drone attacks on ships and port infrastructure, Reuters reported
on July 28, citing industry sources.
“The three terminals the sources said had restricted deliveries by road — NZT and KSK in the port of Novorossiysk, and ZTKT in the port of Taman — have capacity to ship more than 20 million tons of grain annually. Total annual Russian seaborne grain exports are around 50 million tons,” the report said.
Key buyers such as Egypt and Turkey receive Russian grain through these ports.
Reuters said the restrictions on truck entry were imposed after Russia closed sea routes to the Sea of Azov. One industry source told Reuters that regular Ukrainian drone strikes on port infrastructure had sharply increased risks, and fewer carriers were willing to operate on those routes.
Sources also said Russia is seeking alternative export
routes. Baltic ports are currently seen as the safest option, while use of the
Caspian Sea route remains complicated by tensions in the Middle East and a
recent Ukrainian strike on an Iranian vessel.
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