Around 82 ships remain stuck around Ukrainian ports despite the opening of a United Nations-backed sea corridor to ship grains, according to shipping industry officials.
The agreement only involved dry bulk ships around three Ukrainian ports with dozens of other vessels including oil tankers not able to access the corridor and awaiting approval to leave while waterways remain controlled by Russia and other ports are blocked by Ukraine. The head of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) had discussions with UN shipping agency the International Maritime Organization to speed up matters on getting other ships moving but noted “it’s not easy and a complicated matter.”
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