(Reuters) – Ukraine’s infrastructure ministry mentioned in an announcement Tuesday that 16 ships had handed through the Danube’s newly-reopened Bystre rivermouth within the final 4 days and that the opening up of the Bystre was an essential step in direction of rushing up grain exports.
Ukraine was additionally negotiating with Romanian colleagues and European Commission representatives about rising crossings through the Sulina canal, Yuriy Vaskov, deputy infrastructure minister, mentioned within the assertion.
Under such circumstances, and with entry to the Bystre route, Vaskov added, Ukraine anticipated congestion to be cleared inside every week “and we can improve the month-to-month export of grain by 500,000 tonnes.”
(Reporting by Elaine Monaghan; enhancing by Jonathan Oatis)
