Ukraine’s Danube port turnover nears 30m tonnes this year, but demand starts to weaken
The small river ports became a critical alternative route for Ukraine’s grain exports in the early days of the military activity, but demand has since tempered amid a perfect storm of market pressures
The government still sees the Danube ports as a strategic area after the reopening of the big Odesa seaports and is in discussions with neighbouring countries to further improve capacity