Grain loading is taking place at the two ports,

Grain loading is taking place at the two ports, reports Maxim Martynyuk, first deputy minister of Agrarian Policy and Food. “Ports operate in regular mode, export shipments take place according to the plan,” he said Tuesday. The two ports account for about 5% of Ukraine’s annual exports of 45 million. Given the shallow depths of the Azov and the low clearance of the new Kerch Strait bridge, the grain ships are largely in the 5-6,000-ton class. Most exports go short distances, to Turkey or Europe.