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The blockade at the border with Poland has crippled Ukraine’s land trade. But a new Black Sea route is providing an economic lifeline. By Constant Méheut Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine For weeks ...

The Black Sea is key for shipping grain, oil and oil products. Its waters are shared by Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia and Turkey, as well as Ukraine and Russia, which have been at war since President ...

Being mostly an inland body of water, how do ships manage to get in and out of the Black Sea? What does the process look like and how difficult is it?

Romania plans to rapidly expand one of the key transit routes for grain from neighboring Ukraine as Russia’s escalating attacks in the Black Sea are exacerbating risks for the global food trade.

Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, ships in the Black Sea have faced a rising threat from mines. Turkey, Bulgaria, and Romania -- the only three NATO ...

The busy Black Sea trade route has been affected by the war after Russia withdrew from a maritime cease-fire in 2023. ZUMAPRESS.com. The new deal would open up the Black Sea for Ukraine’s grain ...

However, Ukraine said that the Black Sea corridor it set up is performing better than expected with 10 million tons of commodities, mostly grains, being exported by 302 vessels to 24 countries ...

Ukraine is shipping million of tons of food via Black Sea route; Scheme salvaged grain exports after Moscow quit UN-backed deal; Red Sea crisis threatens revival in Ukraine's trade with Asia ...

There is no question financial support to Ukraine must continue to assist in their war and rebuilding efforts, but freeing up Black Sea trade routes to freight more broadly will both bolster the ...

This selection of "Trading Posts and Fortifications on Genoese Trade Routes.From the Mediterranean to the Black Sea" includes some of the most significant examples, chosen from a dense network of ...

Trading posts and fortifications on Genoese trade routes are exceptional structures which reflect trading and international relationships of medieval era. The Genoese established a flourishing trading ...