οΈπ·πΊπΊπ¦ Reuters: Russian companies have converted fertilizer and coal terminals in Baltic and Arctic ports, including Ost-Luga and Murmansk, to handle grain exports after Ukrainian drone strikes disrupted Black Sea shipments that once carried nearly 90% of Russia's seaborne grain exports.
Russia's grain exports fell by about 31% in July-August and are expected to drop by half in September compared to last year, with the Ultramar terminal in Ost-Luga already taking rail shipments to Egypt and Saudi Arabia and Murmansk preparing to start grain exports in October.