Wheat Destined for Ethiopia's Hungry Stuck in Port Logjams
- At least 10 ships are waiting to unload 450,000 tons of wheat
- Grain ships taking about 40 days to unload: Save the Children
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Food supplies flowing to Ethiopia during the country’s growing hunger crisis are meeting a major challenge: they can’t get to people fast enough.
Ethiopia is doubling its wheat purchases after the harshest drought in half a century, causing bottlenecks of ships at the country’s main port in neighboring Djibouti. At least 10 vessels are waiting to unload about 450,000 metric tons of wheat, according to information on the port’s website and ship-tracking data on Bloomberg. One carrying 50,000 tons of wheat and sorghum is berthed.