Ukraine introduces an electronic queue to speed up movement along the grain corridor, while the Russian Federation continues to block its operation

2022-10-27 12:47:39
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Ukraine introduces an electronic queue to speed up movement along the grain corridor, while the Russian Federation continues to block its operation

The press service of the "Ukrainian Seaports Administration" (AMPU) reported that the company expanded the algorithm for weekly planning of vessel processing and introduced an electronic queue for the approach of vessels moving along the grain corridor to the ports of Greater Odessa. A similar technology was previously introduced for the Danube ports and has already shown its effectiveness, as it provides business with transparent and comfortable conditions.

 

However, unlike the Sulyn Canal, where the electronic queue does not change, changes are allowed in the Black Sea ports due to technical nuances, for example, the vessel's unreadiness for inspection and others. But in each case, objective reasons for making changes will be indicated in the electronic queue opposite the vessel.

 

Starting from October 26, the data of the electronic queue will be made public on the official website of the SE "AMPU".

 

Since October 14, representatives of the Russian Federation at the Istanbul Joint Coordination Center (JCC) have sharply slowed down the inspection of ships moving along the grain corridor to the ports of Ukraine or from them to their final destinations. As a result, 165 ships have piled up near the Bosphorus in a queue that is growing every day. Some ships are in the queue for 2 weeks, and some - for 19 days, which significantly increases the cost of logistics, since the ship's freight costs from 20 to 40 thousand dollars per day.

 

According to the Ministry of Infrastructure, due to an artificial delay by the Russians in the inspection of ships in the Bosphorus, the ports of Ukraine have been operating at only 25-30% of their capacity in recent days.

 

As of October 25, 390 ships with 8.9 million tons of agricultural products left the seaports of Odesa, Chornomorsk and Pivdenny through the grain corridors. Ukraine proposes to double the number of inspectors inspecting ships at the Istanbul SCC. Currently, inspections are carried out by 4 groups of inspectors representing Ukraine, the UN, Turkey and the Russian Federation, 7 people from each side. Technically, they cannot inspect more than 15-16 vessels per day, so to increase the throughput capacity, more inspectors need to be added.

 

However, Russia does not agree to increasing the number of inspectors and speeding up the movement of ships, as it is also waging an economic war against Ukraine.

 

The Ukrainian authorities propose, in the event of the continuation of the Grain Agreement, not to include in it the condition of inspecting loaded ships, or to conduct random inspections, for example, every 20 or 50 ships, which will simplify the inspection procedure and speed up the movement of ships through grain corridors.

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