Ukraine lost its elevator capacity of 8 million tons of simultaneous storage

As of July 1, 2023, the volume of elevator capacities in Ukraine decreased from the pre-war 57 million tons to 44 million tons of simultaneous storage. That is, as a result of the occupation, shelling and flooding, the capacity of 8 million tons of simultaneous grain storage was lost, Elevatorist.com reported after studying the site's Map of Elevators data and information on the destruction of granaries from open sources.

The largest losses of elevator capacities were recorded in the southern regions:

• Mykolaivska - 1832.5 thousand tons,
• Zaporizhzhia - 1828.7 thousand tons,
• Khersonska - 1686.5 thousand tons.

At the same time, it is worth noting that terminals are being actively built on the Danube to ensure Ukrainian agricultural exports. Along the Ukrainian coast of the Danube, 12 terminals are being built at the same time, which will significantly increase the capacity of the ports.

The Deputy Minister of Community Development, Territories and Infrastructure Yuriy Vaskov told the USM publication that the construction of new terminals is now taking place according to the simplified law adopted last year. And local authorities are ready to allocate land plots for construction.

"Currently, many participants in agrarian business are investing in the logistics infrastructure of the Danube, as the available capacities for grain storage and export are insufficient. For example, Nibulon is building a new terminal in Izmail, Kernel acquired the river terminal "Danube Prom Agro" in the port of Reni. UDP, Asket-Shipping, Danube Logistics Group, etc. are also involved in infrastructure development," Vaskov said.

It will be recalled that Kernel plans to build a new transshipment terminal "Reni Terminal Development" in the Reni seaport by the end of 2023, which will allow the company to increase export volumes to 600,000 tons per year.