Polish logistics companies complained about losses due to the suspension of Ukrainian grain transit

Polish ports and terminals are suffering millions in losses due to the almost complete cessation of Ukrainian grain transshipment.

Laura Gołowac, president of the CSL logistics group, told the Polish publication Rynek infrastruktury.

According to her, warehouses in Gdansk, Gdynia, and Szczecin are idle, while neighboring Romania, Germany, and Turkey are actively servicing Ukrainian cargo, while preventing Ukrainian products from entering their own domestic markets.

Gołowac recalled that transit is a legal and fully controlled process: wagons with grain go to ports, are reloaded onto ships, and immediately depart for their destination. However, due to political protests and administrative delays at the border, trucks and wagons are idle for several days.

“We lose money on railway tariffs, port dues, and forwarding services, while others earn money,” says the head of CSL.

The blocking of grain transit is also hitting the domestic labor market, as empty terminals threaten staff reductions, and transport companies even risk bankruptcy, warns Polish business. Logisticians call on the Ministry of Infrastructure and customs services to review procedures and restore throughput so that Poland does not lose income and does not lose ground to competitors.

As reported, the situation at the Ukrainian-Polish border crossing points is currently stable – there are no queues and transport blockages, but such risks remain, warned the Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland Vasyl Bodnar.

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