Smaller vessels are coming to the rescue of Russia's grain exporters, as bumper harvests have major Black Sea ports running at capacity. The smaller ships are navigating the shallow Azov sea, before carrying out ship-to-ship transfers on the Black Sea, with 8.8 million tonnes transferred in this way last year. But there is a catch.
Smaller vessels are coming to the rescue of Russia's grain exporters, as bumper harvests have major Black Sea ports running at capacity. The smaller ships are navigating the shallow Azov sea, before carrying out ship-to-ship transfers on the Black Sea, with 8.8 million tonnes transferred in this way last year. In 2017, Russia produced 134 million metric tons (mt) of grain, including 85.5 million mt of wheat, 20.5 million mt of barley and 12 million mt of corn.