food shipping crisis

by Jonathan Spicer (Reuters) A drop in global wheat prices in August was partly due to grain exports resuming from Ukraine and ensuring food and fertilizer

By Jonathan Saul and Max Hunder KYIV, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s decision to allow its seafarers to leave the country despite wartime

By Tarso Veloso and Augusta Saraiva (Bloomberg) US farmers facing supply-chain bottlenecks and a surging dollar are losing their competitive edge in the

by Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that the West was not honoring its promise to help Russian

By Katharine Houreld (Reuters) – A ship carrying wheat from Ukraine to the drought-stricken Horn of Africa docked on Tuesday, the United Nations said,

The St. Lawrence Seaway transported 514,000 tonnes of grain out of the Great Lakes between March 22 to the end of July this year. This represents a 37%

KYIV, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Merchant sailors will be allowed to leave Ukraine if they receive approval from their local military administrative body, the

By Noor Zainab Hussain Aug 23 (Reuters) – Broker Marsh and Lloyd’s of London insurer Ascot said on Tuesday they have provided coverage for a

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) According to The Economist the absolute levels of global hunger in 2022 could be the highest ever, as an exceptional set of

ANKARA/KYIV, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Two more ships carrying grain have left Ukraine’s Chornomorsk port, Turkey’s Defence Ministry said

(Bloomberg) — Ukrainian grain flows are pushing down global prices as the newly opened crop-export corridor shows initial success.  More than 500,000

KYIV, Aug 19 (Reuters) – A further ten cargo ships are being loaded with grain in Ukrainian Black Sea ports and being prepared for shipment under a

KYIV, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Ukraine expects five ships to arrive at its Chornomorsk Black Sea port on Wednesday for loading with more than 70,000

BEIRUT, Aug 16 (Reuters) – The first ship to depart Ukraine under a deal to resume grain exports from the country two weeks ago docked in the

BEIRUT, Aug 14 (Reuters) – The first ship to depart Ukraine under a deal to resume grain exports from the country two weeks ago was approaching

ISTANBUL, Aug 11 (Reuters) – The first grain ship to depart from Ukraine under a U.N.-brokered deal docked in Turkey on Thursday after 11 days

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, Aug 10 (Reuters) – The United Nations expects a “big uptick” in ships wanting to export Ukraine

By Nigel Hunt and Jonathan Saul LONDON, Aug 9 (Reuters) – Two more grain-carrying ships left Ukraine’s Chornomorsk port on Tuesday as part of a

By Jonathan Saul and Michelle Nichols LONDON/NEW YORK, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Ships exporting Ukraine grain through the Black Sea will be protected

KYIV/ISTANBUL, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Four more ships carrying almost 170,000 tonnes of corn and other foodstuffs