Crain carriers anchored at the port of Odessa have to leave the harbor because of problems with the customs administration, the newspaper of SE Odessa Commercial Sea Port reports.
According to the report, in three recent months grain traders and the ports have been in limbo. At first, the Cabinet of Ministers allowed the grain export, but the country’s Customs Service created an obstacle, sending grain samples for analysis to labs in Kiev. Then unofficially an exports quota was announced at 12 million tons. However, the Customs Service, despite all the assurances, kept on creating intolerable conditions for exporters.
As a result some ships laden with grain had been trapped in the ports. As of Oct. 22, the dry cargo ship KAYA PIONEER, loaded at the grain terminal Olimpex Coupe at the end of August, has ridden at anchor at the port of Odessa for nearly two months. On October 18, another vessel, the MACIEJ RATAJ with 26.1 tons of maize on board also stuck in the roads. The reason is the same - problems with customs clearance. Manufacturers, grain traders, contractors of foreign customers and ports have incurred huge losses, the OCSP’s newspaper said.
State-run Odessa Commercial Sea Port is one of the largest ports in the Black Sea-Azov basin. Last year’s throughput of OCSP fell 19% year-over-year, to 28.007 million tons.
As a result some ships laden with grain had been trapped in the ports. As of Oct. 22, the dry cargo ship KAYA PIONEER, loaded at the grain terminal Olimpex Coupe at the end of August, has ridden at anchor at the port of Odessa for nearly two months. On October 18, another vessel, the MACIEJ RATAJ with 26.1 tons of maize on board also stuck in the roads. The reason is the same - problems with customs clearance. Manufacturers, grain traders, contractors of foreign customers and ports have incurred huge losses, the OCSP’s newspaper said.
State-run Odessa Commercial Sea Port is one of the largest ports in the Black Sea-Azov basin. Last year’s throughput of OCSP fell 19% year-over-year, to 28.007 million tons.