like russian invasion Goes on about 1100 train cars carrying grain stuck in Western Ukraine near main Crossing the border by rail with Poland, unable to transport its cargo abroad.
they are just Some of The 24,190 vehicles carry various goods for Export, including vegetable oil, iron ore, minerals, chemicals and coal, which were waiting to cross the western border of Ukraine of Tuesday, according to state data -run The railway company that has not been reported before.
As war rages along the country’s southern coast main Ports are blocked off from Russia invasionUkraine struggling To export grain and other merchandise, according to government Officials and industry insiders. But as Kyiv look for Alternative export routes by land, logistics have hampered this effort challenges And routine, say industry officials and commodity traders.
Valery Tkachev, deputy director of State commercial departmentrun The railway company Ukrzaliznytsia said 10,320 wagons – or about half of The total They are waiting at the intersection near the village of Isov main Cross the border by rail to Poland. Sitting 130 kilometers (80 miles) away north of Lviv, crossroads as a gate for Arrival at the Polish seaport of Gdansk.
One key issue: huge size of Goods that need to find an alternate route, causing shortages of Everything from railroad cars to employees, according to industry insiders and government. Ukraine, one of The world’s largest grain exporter in the country, they exported 98% before the war. of bean via Black Sea. Usually, only part of The country’s exports went by rail, where there are transportation costs higher of shipping.
These difficulties are exacerbated by logistical issues, such as differences in used railway track gauges in Ukraine and neighboring countries like Poland – a legacy from when Ukraine was a part of Soviet Union. while the west of The country survived the worst battles, there were missile strikes near Lviv, including on Oil installations, security around the border is very tight.
This means disruptions in Ukrainian exports countries that depend on imports of Ukrainian grain – including China, Turkey, Egypt and Indonesia – will need To find alternative supplies or face Aid agencies have warned of food shortages.
Russia February 24 invasion of Ukraine raised its concerns global Food security, send prices of global High grain, fertilizer and fuel. Global food prices were rising Since mid-2020 due to the disruption of cultivation and harvest in many countries during the first year of The COVID-19 pandemic, and later because of the supply chain problems.
Even with the progress of Russia down about operations Kyiv And the North region of Chernihiv to focus on battles in East prolonged siege of ports in The south deals a major blow to Ukraine. Grain exports are the cornerstone of Ukraine economy Totaling about $12.2 billion in 2021 and accounting for nearly five of All the country’s exports, according to official data.
Ukrainian government Did not respond to request for comment. Ukraine said that grain exports last The month fell to the tenth of the number of March 2021 amid port closures and outage impact people in many countries. “hundreds of millions of people about the world You won’t get food unless Russia imposes a blockade of Lifting Ukrainian ports in near future Ministry of Agriculture in April 1 statement.
Russia launched what it callsspecial military process” in Ukraine, with the aim of disarming and “disarming” Ukraine. says the West and Ukraine invasion It was illegal and unjustified.
The Kremlin did not respond to the request for comment. Russia has denied deliberately targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure, despite documented attacks on Hospitals, apartment buildings, railways.
Ukrainian farmers – who produced record grain crop last year – They say they can cut their wheat yields in halfand maybe more. Russian forces repeatedly damage grain storage facilities in Eastern Ukraine, United States official He said. Kyiv Moscow blames each other of laying mines in Black Sea creating the dangers for merchant ships.
The war turned the country’s agricultural sector upside down destroyed Roads, railroads, and railway stations in Ukraine facilitating ground transportation, “US official to Reuters last week. “While Putin’s war continues, more And the more Ukraine’s arable land ravaged by Russian tanks, shells, and landmines – a risk much longer -term food crisis.”
Ukraine and Russia are the largest wheat exporters, together for about a third of world Exports – almost all of any passes across the Black Sea. Its waters are shared by Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia and Turkey, as well as Ukraine and Russia, which have been at war since President Vladimir Putin invaded its southern neighbor. on February 24.
backed up
Clearing the backlog can take a long time.
Because Ukrainian Railways network It uses a Russian scale that measures about 1.5 meters (5 feet), or about 10 centimeters (4 inches) more of the tracks used in bone of Europe, the railway crew must raise the wagons with Jack and manually change the chassis to fit the Polish tracks, Tkachev said. Alternatively, they could unload the grain from the Ukrainian carts and pour it into the Polish carts – a process that can take up to half hour per vehicle.
There, Tkachev of the state railway told Reuters currently up Up to 500 wagons cross the border near Ezov per day – practically a three-week accumulation. he is added That there are a dozen more crossings pointsmany of that are not supported up.
State Railways is increasing capacity to 1,100 vehicles of He said that grain daily crosses into Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia within three months — nearly ten times its level in March.
She’s hiring more people and buy equipment to help switch Railroad structure, personnel conversion from passenger trains to freight transport, and also Work to ease other obstacles, such as customs procedures, according to Tkachev.
We are working on speed up Operation…Reduce the number and duration of wagon inspection, and amount of He said “.
hit to export
One of the companies affected by the backlog is Astarta Holding NV, a Ukraine-based food producer. The company had agreed to deliver 25,000 metric tons of corn for european customers in April but not yet received required everyone-clear From the railway authorities, according to Julia Pereshchenko, Investor Relations in Astarta and business development director.
Astarta said it also It has about 150,000 tons of Grain, mostly corn, sitting idle in its silos. at this time of The yearhigh-rise warehouses should She said to be almost empty.
Official figures released by government on Sunday, citing exports of 1.4 million tons of corn and wheat in March. That was about a quarter of February number and down of about 3 million tons in March 2021.
But Taras Vysotsky, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, told Reuters that the volume of exports last month included grain loaded on ships stuck in the blockaded Ukrainian seaports.
Vysotskiy said the Ukrainian national the television on Monday that just 300,000 tons of agricultural products left Country, via Railways.
Analysts said Ukraine exported 43 million tons of grain of start of the chapter in July up to me invasion in Late February, only about one million tons can be exported in The next Three months, due to logistical difficulties. Before the war, it was government Cereal exports are expected to reach 65 million tons this season.
Vysotsky, in Speaking to television on Monday, he expressed his hope that Ukraine would be able to export 1.5 million tons per month by railways, adding that this would not exceed a third. of The volumes that ports normally handle but still generate some much-needed income for agricultural sector.
‘He falls in Ocean’
Commodity traders, such as Cargill Inc. , about this matter for Ways to obtain nutrients out of country but there is no easy fixsaid an industry source.
Kyiv He is in talks with Romania on Shipping their agricultural goods via Roman port on the Black Sea of The Ministry of Agriculture Constanta on March 30. This will include rail transport of grain to shipping ports on The Danube and then loaded on barges for Industry officials said, sail towards Constanta.
Once the grain reaches the Roman port, it must be transported via large ships for Shipping all over the world – making the whole process complicated and costly. According to APK-Inform, a Ukrainian agricultural consulting company, cost of Ukrainian grain delivery to the Romanian port of Constanta’s price was 120-150 euros ($133 to 166) per ton.
Before the war, merchants paid about $20 to $40 each ton To transport grain to the ports of Ukraine on the Black Sea.
the days of of Quick Reopen of This road was a lot busier on the weekend. Russian missiles on Sunday hit port of Mykolaiv and also It hit oil installations near the main axis of Odessa on Local officials said in the Black Sea. The Russian Defense Ministry said its missiles have destroyed An oil refinery and three fuel storage facilities near Odessa. She said Ukraine used them to supply its troops near Mykolaiv.
Ukraine government says it’s a also They are concerned about the country’s food supply, though says Have enough stock for Three years.
Last month, Ukraine suspended exports of Rye, oats, millet, buckwheat, salt, sugar, meat and livestock since invasionexport licenses have been introduced for Wheat. The government he said that allow free exports of However, corn oil and sunflower oil.
a manager at one of The main foreign commodity dealers operating in The state said even if the country succeeds in Increasing its agricultural export capacity to 700 thousand tons per month to one million tons per month by rail and via Danube river fast, that would just Be “drop in Ocean.”
“We might get to 10-15% of The capacity is actually needed. I think the risks for The economy huge. “
like russian invasion Goes on about 1100 train cars carrying grain stuck in Western Ukraine near main Crossing the border by rail with Poland, unable to transport its cargo abroad.
they are just Some of The 24,190 vehicles carry various goods for Export, including vegetable oil, iron ore, minerals, chemicals and coal, which were waiting to cross the western border of Ukraine of Tuesday, according to state data -run The railway company that has not been reported before.
As war rages along the country’s southern coast main Ports are blocked off from Russia invasionUkraine struggling To export grain and other merchandise, according to government Officials and industry insiders. But as Kyiv look for Alternative export routes by land, logistics have hampered this effort challenges And routine, say industry officials and commodity traders.
Valery Tkachev, deputy director of State commercial departmentrun The railway company Ukrzaliznytsia said 10,320 wagons – or about half of The total They are waiting at the intersection near the village of Isov main Cross the border by rail to Poland. Sitting 130 kilometers (80 miles) away north of Lviv, crossroads as a gate for Arrival at the Polish seaport of Gdansk.
One key issue: huge size of Goods that need to find an alternate route, causing shortages of Everything from railroad cars to employees, according to industry insiders and government. Ukraine, one of The world’s largest grain exporter in the country, they exported 98% before the war. of bean via Black Sea. Usually, only part of The country’s exports went by rail, where there are transportation costs higher of shipping.
These difficulties are exacerbated by logistical issues, such as differences in used railway track gauges in Ukraine and neighboring countries like Poland – a legacy from when Ukraine was a part of Soviet Union. while the west of The country survived the worst battles, there were missile strikes near Lviv, including on Oil installations, security around the border is very tight.
This means disruptions in Ukrainian exports countries that depend on imports of Ukrainian grain – including China, Turkey, Egypt and Indonesia – will need To find alternative supplies or face Aid agencies have warned of food shortages.
Russia February 24 invasion of Ukraine raised its concerns global Food security, send prices of global High grain, fertilizer and fuel. Global food prices were rising Since mid-2020 due to the disruption of cultivation and harvest in many countries during the first year of The COVID-19 pandemic, and later because of the supply chain problems.
Even with the progress of Russia down about operations Kyiv And the North region of Chernihiv to focus on battles in East prolonged siege of ports in The south deals a major blow to Ukraine. Grain exports are the cornerstone of Ukraine economy Totaling about $12.2 billion in 2021 and accounting for nearly five of All the country’s exports, according to official data.
Ukrainian government Did not respond to request for comment. Ukraine said that grain exports last The month fell to the tenth of the number of March 2021 amid port closures and outage impact people in many countries. “hundreds of millions of people about the world You won’t get food unless Russia imposes a blockade of Lifting Ukrainian ports in near future Ministry of Agriculture in April 1 statement.
Russia launched what it callsspecial military process” in Ukraine, with the aim of disarming and “disarming” Ukraine. says the West and Ukraine invasion It was illegal and unjustified.
The Kremlin did not respond to the request for comment. Russia has denied deliberately targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure, despite documented attacks on Hospitals, apartment buildings, railways.
Ukrainian farmers – who produced record grain crop last year – They say they can cut their wheat yields in halfand maybe more. Russian forces repeatedly damage grain storage facilities in Eastern Ukraine, United States official He said. Kyiv Moscow blames each other of laying mines in Black Sea creating the dangers for merchant ships.
The war turned the country’s agricultural sector upside down destroyed Roads, railroads, and railway stations in Ukraine facilitating ground transportation, “US official to Reuters last week. “While Putin’s war continues, more And the more Ukraine’s arable land ravaged by Russian tanks, shells, and landmines – a risk much longer -term food crisis.”
Ukraine and Russia are the largest wheat exporters, together for about a third of world Exports – almost all of any passes across the Black Sea. Its waters are shared by Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia and Turkey, as well as Ukraine and Russia, which have been at war since President Vladimir Putin invaded its southern neighbor. on February 24.
backed up
Clearing the backlog can take a long time.
Because Ukrainian Railways network It uses a Russian scale that measures about 1.5 meters (5 feet), or about 10 centimeters (4 inches) more of the tracks used in bone of Europe, the railway crew must raise the wagons with Jack and manually change the chassis to fit the Polish tracks, Tkachev said. Alternatively, they could unload the grain from the Ukrainian carts and pour it into the Polish carts – a process that can take up to half hour per vehicle.
There, Tkachev of the state railway told Reuters currently up Up to 500 wagons cross the border near Ezov per day – practically a three-week accumulation. he is added That there are a dozen more crossings pointsmany of that are not supported up.
State Railways is increasing capacity to 1,100 vehicles of He said that grain daily crosses into Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia within three months — nearly ten times its level in March.
She’s hiring more people and buy equipment to help switch Railroad structure, personnel conversion from passenger trains to freight transport, and also Work to ease other obstacles, such as customs procedures, according to Tkachev.
We are working on speed up Operation…Reduce the number and duration of wagon inspection, and amount of He said “.
hit to export
One of the companies affected by the backlog is Astarta Holding NV, a Ukraine-based food producer. The company had agreed to deliver 25,000 metric tons of corn for european customers in April but not yet received required everyone-clear From the railway authorities, according to Julia Pereshchenko, Investor Relations in Astarta and business development director.
Astarta said it also It has about 150,000 tons of Grain, mostly corn, sitting idle in its silos. at this time of The yearhigh-rise warehouses should She said to be almost empty.
Official figures released by government on Sunday, citing exports of 1.4 million tons of corn and wheat in March. That was about a quarter of February number and down of about 3 million tons in March 2021.
But Taras Vysotsky, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, told Reuters that the volume of exports last month included grain loaded on ships stuck in the blockaded Ukrainian seaports.
Vysotskiy said the Ukrainian national the television on Monday that just 300,000 tons of agricultural products left Country, via Railways.
Analysts said Ukraine exported 43 million tons of grain of start of the chapter in July up to me invasion in Late February, only about one million tons can be exported in The next Three months, due to logistical difficulties. Before the war, it was government Cereal exports are expected to reach 65 million tons this season.
Vysotsky, in Speaking to television on Monday, he expressed his hope that Ukraine would be able to export 1.5 million tons per month by railways, adding that this would not exceed a third. of The volumes that ports normally handle but still generate some much-needed income for agricultural sector.
‘He falls in Ocean’
Commodity traders, such as Cargill Inc. , about this matter for Ways to obtain nutrients out of country but there is no easy fixsaid an industry source.
Kyiv He is in talks with Romania on Shipping their agricultural goods via Roman port on the Black Sea of The Ministry of Agriculture Constanta on March 30. This will include rail transport of grain to shipping ports on The Danube and then loaded on barges for Industry officials said, sail towards Constanta.
Once the grain reaches the Roman port, it must be transported via large ships for Shipping all over the world – making the whole process complicated and costly. According to APK-Inform, a Ukrainian agricultural consulting company, cost of Ukrainian grain delivery to the Romanian port of Constanta’s price was 120-150 euros ($133 to 166) per ton.
Before the war, merchants paid about $20 to $40 each ton To transport grain to the ports of Ukraine on the Black Sea.
the days of of Quick Reopen of This road was a lot busier on the weekend. Russian missiles on Sunday hit port of Mykolaiv and also It hit oil installations near the main axis of Odessa on Local officials said in the Black Sea. The Russian Defense Ministry said its missiles have destroyed An oil refinery and three fuel storage facilities near Odessa. She said Ukraine used them to supply its troops near Mykolaiv.
Ukraine government says it’s a also They are concerned about the country’s food supply, though says Have enough stock for Three years.
Last month, Ukraine suspended exports of Rye, oats, millet, buckwheat, salt, sugar, meat and livestock since invasionexport licenses have been introduced for Wheat. The government he said that allow free exports of However, corn oil and sunflower oil.
a manager at one of The main foreign commodity dealers operating in The state said even if the country succeeds in Increasing its agricultural export capacity to 700 thousand tons per month to one million tons per month by rail and via Danube river fast, that would just Be “drop in Ocean.”
“We might get to 10-15% of The capacity is actually needed. I think the risks for The economy huge. “