Russia is transporting grain via the North Pole and the Caspian Sea due to shelling in the Black Sea. This will not yet replace southern ports. Russia has started testing grain shipments through the port of Murmansk instead of Black Sea terminals. The reason for this is Ukrainian drone attacks on ships in the southern sea, the Financial Times noted. On Wednesday, November 28, the loading of 29.5 thousand tons of wheat onto a bulk carrier began in Murmansk, according to the local port's Telegram channel. Grain for buyers from North Africa will be transported in test mode. To do this, terminal workers converted facilities usually used for processing fertilizers for grain. Russian suppliers need to look for alternative ways to transport grain against the backdrop of systematic Ukrainian drone attacks in southern Russia. They have practically paralyzed exports through the Black Sea and more than doubled transportation rates in the south. Before the Murmansk test shipment, exporters had already begun exporting grain through Baltic Sea ports. Companies also began sending ships from the Sea of Azov up the Don to reach the Caspian Sea and buyers in Iran. Others are using special containers to transport grain by rail to terminals that do not have standard loading equipment. Alternative routes cannot yet replace southern ports. By the end of the year, Baltic terminals will be able to compensate for no more than half of the export volumes lost in the Black and Azov seas, calculated Arkady Zlochevsky, president of the Russian Grain Union. The flow of ships to the north has also overwhelmed the railways, causing trains to back up at terminals. In addition, new routes have increased producers' logistics costs, causing the profits of some companies to plummet. Now, farmers from southern regions, who traditionally received high incomes in the market, have begun to earn less than farmers from the Volga region and central Russia.

Russia is transporting grain via the North Pole and the Caspian Sea due to shelling in the Black Sea. This will not yet replace southern ports. Russia has started testing grain shipments through the port of Murmansk instead of Black Sea terminals. The reason for this is Ukrainian drone attacks on ships in the southern sea, the Financial Times noted. On Wednesday, November 28, the loading of 29.5 thousand tons of wheat onto a bulk carrier began in Murmansk, according to the local port's Telegram channel. Grain for buyers from North Africa will be transported in test mode. To do this, terminal workers converted facilities usually used for processing fertilizers for grain. Russian suppliers need to look for alternative ways to transport grain against the backdrop of systematic Ukrainian drone attacks in southern Russia. They have practically paralyzed exports through the Black Sea and more than doubled transportation rates in the south. Before the Murmansk test shipment, exporters had already begun exporting grain through Baltic Sea ports. Companies also began sending ships from the Sea of Azov up the Don to reach the Caspian Sea and buyers in Iran. Others are using special containers to transport grain by rail to terminals that do not have standard loading equipment. Alternative routes cannot yet replace southern ports. By the end of the year, Baltic terminals will be able to compensate for no more than half of the export volumes lost in the Black and Azov seas, calculated Arkady Zlochevsky, president of the Russian Grain Union. The flow of ships to the north has also overwhelmed the railways, causing trains to back up at terminals. In addition, new routes have increased producers' logistics costs, causing the profits of some companies to plummet. Now, farmers from southern regions, who traditionally received high incomes in the market, have begun to earn less than farmers from the Volga region and central Russia.