Ukrzaliznytsia, the state railroad, has built its own grain terminal in Odesa, a first step toward launching its own grain export company next year.

Ukrzaliznytsia, the state railroad, has built its own grain terminal in Odesa, a first step toward launching its own grain export company next year. Equipped with 12 silos, rail and road access, and tippers for grain trucks and rail hoppers, the terminal has the capacity of storing 15,000 tons of grain at once, Andriy Ryazantsev, the railroad’s director of business development, writes on Facebook. Ukrainian Railways, a monopoly, moved about 70% of Ukraine’s grain exports to Black Sea ports in the marketing year that ended in June.