Romanian port operators shipped 8.6 million tonnes last year, and 6.3 million tonnes in the first five months of 2023, the Constanta Port authority told Reuters.
The port handled 12.17 million tonnes of grains overall in the first five months, a 21% jump on the year.
"There are premises that Constanta Port will see a new traffic record," the authority said.
As a result, the port could be overwhelmed, even if Black Sea grain initiative is extended, according to Cezar Gheorghe of Romanian grain market consultancy AGRIColumn.
The port has a storage capacity of 2 million tonnes, but flows need to be stringently separated for origin certification.
Persons:
Cezar Gheorghe, Gheorghe, Luiza Ilie, Marek Strzelecki, Pavel Polityuk, David Evans
Organizations:
United, Constanta Port, Reuters, AGRIColumn, European Union, EU, Thomson
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BUCHAREST, Constanta, Romania, Ukraine, United Nations, Turkey, Romanian, Constanta Port, Moldova, Odessa, Istanbul, Russian, Suez, Western Ukraine, Bucharest, Europe, Warsaw