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Company (CP) and the Canadian National Railway (CN) will provide expert support to Ukrainian Railways (UZ) in matters of railway management, development of logistics capabilities, and infrastructure reconstruction, the Ministry of Infrastructure reported. As specified by the Minister of Infrastructure, Oleksandr Kubrakov, since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, over 6,000 km of railway track has been damaged or their control has been lost, fifty bridges have been destroyed, and dozens of railway stations and stations are no longer operating. The Ministry agreed to create a joint working group with the Canadian partners, whose task is to identify priority cooperation projects in order to help Ukrainian Railways restore the railway infrastructure.
● Ships
Analysts reported a two-fold increase in exports through the Black Sea ports. During the seventh week of operation of the "grain corridor," from September 12 to 18, around 1.1mn tons of agricultural products were exported through the sea ports of the Odesa region. This is two times higher than the same indicator of the previous week. It is noted that over the week, the number of loaded vessels increased by 18 units. During this period, the largest volumes of exports were 33% of wheat exports, 32% of corn, and 13% of rapeseed. Ukrainian products were sent to the following countries: Spain, Italy, Romania, Turkey, China, Israel, Egypt, Djibouti, and Libya. Since the "grain corridor" opened on August 1, the Ukrainian ports left 3.7mn tons of grain.
The war has contributed to Danube port development. During the war, cargo processing through the three Danube ports in the Odesa region increased by more than 2.6 times, said the head of the Odesa Administration, Maksym Marchenko. According to Marchenko, the war created opportunities for growth in three ports at the mouth of the Danube - Izmail, Reni, and Ust-Dauna. These were the only three ports out of 13 that could fully operate in Ukraine for a period of time. The official added that they accounted for a little less than 5% of exports before the war. Marchenko notes that traffic along the channel of the Bystre mouth was also opened for shipping from the Danube River to the Black Sea. Already 180 merchant ships with Ukrainian agricultural products have passed through the Bystre estuary channel. The volume of cargo transportation is expected to be 10mn tons per year.
9.1.5 Retail sector news
McDonald's to resume delivery from restaurants in Kyiv. The company said three of its restaurants in Kyiv will resume delivery on Sept. 20, and seven more will follow in about a week. In October, the restaurants will resume dining in. McDonald’s shut down all of its 109 restaurants in Ukraine when Russia’s full-scale invasion began on Feb. 24. In August, the company said it would gradually reopen restaurants in Kyiv and the west of Ukraine.
9.1.6 Agriculture sector news
Due to war and drought, world grain reserves will be reduced to a 10-year low. Despite the resumption of exports from Ukraine, there may still be a global grain shortage. This possibility results from smaller shipments from Ukraine and decreased harvests from other large producers due to weather conditions, writes Reuters. According to the International Grains Council, by
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