New maritime route: a ship with Ukrainian corn arrived in Spain
A ship carrying 18,000 tons of Ukrainian corn arrived early on June 13, 2022, at a port in northwestern Spain, using what a regional animal feed producers group described as a ‘new maritime route’ that aims to avoid Russia’s blockade of Ukraine’s ports on the Black Sea.
The cargo ship Alppila, carrying the corn, arrived at Spain’s port of A Coruña before dawn on Monday and is due to be unloaded by Tuesday, the port’s press office told CNN.
It’s the first shipment of Ukrainian grain to reach northwestern Spain by sea, using “a new maritime route opened in the Baltic Sea to avoid the Russian navy’s blockade of Ukraine’s ports on the Black Sea since the start of the war” last February, the animal feed producers group, called Agafac, said in a statement.
