russia comes up with new grain corridor slowing down method
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Slowing down of vessel inspections in Turkish waters by the terrorist state russia under various pretexts remains the biggest obstacle in the work of the Ukraine grain corridor.
"In addition to cutting the number of inspection teams, the russian side has resorted to the tactic of delaying the time of the inspections themselves by demanding to check the parameters of the vessels that are not regulated by the JCC documents and have nothing to do with the subject of the inspection," Ukraine's Infrastructure Ministry says in a statement.
It is noted that such actions reduce the number of inbound vessels heading to Ukrainian ports.
"This results in a permanent queue of 90+ vessels, millions of losses of cargo owners, and failure to export at least 5-6 mln t during the season," the statement reads.
The Ministry reported that as of December 27, 96 vessels are waiting in Turkish waters, 71 of which are inbound, and 25 are outbound. Every day 6 out of 10 planned inspections are carried out.
Since the start of the Black Sea Grain Initiative on 1 August, 15.9 mln t of agri-food commodities have been exported from Ukraine by 605 vessels.
