Ukraine says it will export blocked grain through Romania and Poland

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Ukraine has set up routes through Romania and Poland to export grain, although bottlenecks have been an issue, the country’s deputy foreign minister told Reuters on Sunday.

A Russian naval blockade has halted exports from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, leading to concerns about global food insecurity. Ukraine is among the world’s leading exporters of sunflower oil, corn and wheat, and the European Union has accused Moscow of “weaponizing” food supplies to try to gain an advantage in the war.

Western officials have also alleged that Russia is using food as a kind of blackmail, while Russia has blamed the lagging exports on Western sanctions and mines placed by Ukraine.

Speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of an Asian security summit in Singapore, Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Dmytro Senik said his country is “doing our best” to ensure millions of tons of blocked grain reaches its destination. He said he did not have information on how much of it was being sent through the two new routes.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/12/russia-ukraine-war-putin-news-live-updates/#link-ZTAIR7E5MFESZKF65WRUKDY3CU

[Lovie777]

1. K & R . . .

Putin is a pyscho.

[lapfog_1]

2. The route through Romania

uses a single auto barge over the Danube.

I wonder if it would be possible to put in a pontoon bridge instead.

The trucks have to drive quite a ways from the Danube crossing point down to an open port on the Black Sea... or continue driving into Europe (west to Hungary or south to Bulgaria and Greece and a Mediterranean port).

[Just A Box Of Rain]

8. The route to Romania's second largest port on the Black Sea

(which also run through Moldova) includes rail lines that utilize the Soviet standard width (broad gauge), which is the same as in Ukraine.

From there, grain can be transferred to (European) standard gauge rail lines that link with th EU, or put on barges, or loading on ships in the Black Sea.

Work has begun on upgrading these rail lines. I hope proper attention is being paid to optimizing rail traffic, as it will be critical to reducing world hunger.

[PortTack]

3. Good! Shut Poopin and the orcs down

[Raine]

4. GOOD, where there's a will there's a way. 👍 nt

[Quixote1818]

5. This is actually a really big deal. Not getting the grain out of there could have been a

catastrophe in so many ways. Inflation, people going hungry etc. etc. This is something I have been worried about.

[mitch96]

6. The other problem is if the transport is by rail... Ukraine uses the russian gauge of track

Which is 1520 mm.The rest of the NATO countries, especially Poland and Romania use the European gauge track, 1435 mm. This means once at the border the grain has to be unloaded and then loaded on to trains with the Euro standard track. Big pain... and time consuming which means $$$
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[Just A Box Of Rain]

9. There are broad gauge lines that run from Ukraine, through Moldova,

and into Romania (to their second Black Sea port).

Further rail transport would require reloading grain, but the existing line get the grain out of the conflict zone.

[BettyonRed]

7. I still think it will be very limited

Logistics even outside the region are a mess right.