Danube ports became a backbone of Ukraine's farm exports. Here is Kiliya's role in small-tonnage grain transshipment.
When deep-sea Black Sea ports ran with interruptions, it was the Danube corridor that kept a large share of Ukraine's agricultural exports moving. Kiliya, Izmail and Reni turned from niche sites into systemically important grain gateways.
What makes Kiliya different
Kiliya (Ust-Dunaisk) is geared to a small-tonnage river-sea fleet: such vessels enter the lower Danube and then cross the Black Sea to ports in Turkey, Greece and the Middle East. It is a flexible format for lots that are uneconomic to move to deep-sea terminals.
- a short logistics leg for producers in southern Odesa region and Bessarabia;
- flexibility for smaller lots and mixed crops;
- direct reach to Mediterranean and Black Sea buyers.
The Danube is not a «backup» route but a standalone export channel with its own logical niche.
For a farmer the key question is the total cost of the leg to the port. The closer the terminal, the less trucking weighs on the final price. This is exactly where Danube ports win for producers located in the south of the region.
GTK operates as a grain terminal in the port of Kiliya and helps exporters cost out the route — from grain intake to vessel loading. More in our blog on the Danube ports.
Source: UkrAgroConsult
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