Russia has blocked registration of incoming fleet to all Ukrainian ports

UkrAgroConsult

The Joint Coordination Center (JCC) in Istanbul has announced that it is impossible to draw up an inspection plan for June 1 due to another unreasonable refusal of the Russian delegation to register the incoming fleet for participation in the Initiative, the Ministry of Recovery of Ukraine reports.

Thus, during two days, on May 30 and 31, Russia registered only 1 incoming vessel for inspection at the port of Chornomorsk without explanation, while other parties to the JCC confirmed 10 vessels for three ports to participate in the Black Sea Initiative. Russia’s destructive position and the absence of registered vessels for inspection makes it impossible to draw up an inspection plan for today, as all parties have been notified by the JCC Secretariat.

There are 50 ships waiting in line for inspection in Turkish territorial waters, with 2.4 million tons of food for the world to be loaded. This is almost twice as much as was exported in May. Some ships have been waiting for SCC inspection for more than 3 months. This is more than $1 billion in losses that affect the final cost of food for the world. Thus, Russia has once again found a way to limit the world’s food supply. Blocking the registration of a new incoming fleet, as well as blocking the largest port, Pivdennyi, is a gross violation of the terms of the Grain Initiative, to which the aggressor country is also a signatory.

The Ukrainian delegation sent a letter to the JCC Secretariat demanding to resume full-fledged work with 3 inspection teams and 9 inspections per day, as required by JCC procedures. Ukrainian inspectors are currently in the SCC and are ready to start working immediately if the registration of vessels is resumed.

We hope that the partners of the Initiative will find a solution and stop this blackmail of the whole world by Russia. After all, the importance of the Grain Initiative has already been proven by the global food market, and the world should not remain silent.

It is worth reminding that over 10 months of the Grain Initiative’s operation, more than 30.5 million tons of Ukrainian agrarians’ products have been exported. For seven months now, the Russian delegation to the UCC has been sabotaging and hampering the work, resulting in a loss of at least 20 million tons of cereals.

Tags: blocking ports, Black Sea grain deal