Ukraine Considers Push for Bigger Ships to Bolster Crop Exports
- Government, industry groups held talks about vessel sizes
- Ukraine crop-export pace has been slowed by inspection delays
A bulk carrier carrying rapeseed from Ukraine transits the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey, on Nov. 2.
Photographer: Chris McGrath/Getty Images
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Ukraine is considering a push for larger ships to use its crop-export corridor, in an effort to bolster volumes as inspection lags slow trade.
Ships transiting the country’s ports have often been delayed near Istanbul, where cargoes must be checked by teams from Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations -- the parties involved in the Black Sea Grain Initiative.