The minimum tonnage of ships with Ukrainian grain and vegetable oil heading along the "grain corridor" will be increased. This decision was made at the meeting of the Coordination Council on Logistics in Agriculture under the chairmanship of the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solsky.
"In order to reduce idle time and increase the volume of exports, the members of the Coordination Council proposed to increase the minimum tonnage of ships. In particular, for grain from 20 to 25 thsd tonnes, for vegetable oil from 6 to 10 thsd tonnes, for meal it was left unchanged (15 thsd tonnes)", – the Ministry of Agrarian Policy informed.
Also, the members of the Coordinating Council after considering the market offers proposed to introduce new rules for those ships that are not yet waiting in the queue. Taking into account the average number of inspections – 2.5 vessels per day – it is expected that the new rules will have an effect on increasing shipments in about one and a half months.
Regarding the mechanism of forming a queue for passing inspections for heavy cargo vessels, it was agreed that the existing mechanism of quotas is optimal. It was decided to plan the work of terminals and operators for at least a month, which will reduce the idle time of vessels due to better planning of the time of their approach to the Bosphorus.
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