Temporary corridor: 42 vessels called at Odesa ports

On October 21, 2023, two more vessels left the ports of Greater Odesa via the temporary sea corridor, and 4 vessels entered. This was announced by Andriy Klymenko, Head of the Monitoring Group of the Black Sea Institute for Strategic Studies, Editor-in-Chief of BlackSeaNews, on Facebook.

“All vessels successfully passed the most dangerous section along the coast of Ukraine in Odesa region and entered the territorial sea of Romania or entered the ports of Greater Odesa. Thus, since September 16, 2023, at least 42 vessels with a total deadweight of 1.7 million tons have arrived at the ports of Greater Odesa via the Ukrainian grain corridor,” he added.

During the same period, according to the expert, at least 23 vessels left the ports of Greater Odesa. The total deadweight (cargo volume) amounted to 0.85 million tons.

Tags: Ukraine, Black Sea grain corridor