70 Ships Stranded: Ukraine’s Grain Exports Face $8,000 Daily Delay Costs

Over 70 vessels are currently stranded near the Sulina Canal, a critical waterway for Ukraine’s grain exports, as Russian attacks on Black Sea ports force shippers to rely on the Danube’s limited infrastructure. The congestion has created a bottleneck, with only 5 to 7 ships able to reach Ukrainian river ports each day, according to industry sources. The Sulina Canal, a 71.7-kilometre distributary connecting the Danube River to the Black Sea, has become the primary alternative for grain shipments after Moscow’s strikes disabled Ukraine’s main maritime export routes. However, the…

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