CEE countries call for EU restrictions on grain imports from Russia and Belarus

Russia’s vice-premier Marat Khusnulin anticipates that Mariupol alone could handle as much as 1 million tons per annum of various cargoes in 2024.

Possible losses to the Latvian economy in the case of the manganese ore ban are estimated at several million in port fees and more than EUR 10M for the railway.

“There is a shortage of seaport handling capacities in Russia. The problem has become especially pressing after we lost access to the Finnish and Baltic ports”

A total of 5.2 million tons of cargo were transported through port stations in February 2024, and 2.6 million tons through western border crossings.

Russia has attacked grain terminals in the ports of Odessa and Chornomorsk after withdrawing from the International Grain Initiative.

In July, Ghana’s Takoradi Port saw its biggest ever bulk vessel call since the port’s construction nearly a century ago.