Over the past year, via the Ukrainian Sea Corridor, which guarantees global food security, there has been transported 70 million tonnes of cargo. A total of 2,577 vessels left Ukrainian ports. The amount of grain cargo was more than 46,000 tonnes, while other goods account for more than 23,000 tonnes.

The main ports of destination for Ukrainian goods were ports in Asia, Africa, Europe and America. Countries from Egypt to Indonesia, from Tunisia and Libya to India, from Algeria to China received Ukrainian grain. Thanks to the humanitarian initiative Grain from Ukraine, at least hundreds of thousands of families and millions of people in Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen and Sudan have received essential food.

"Ukraine remains a guarantor of global food security in spite of everything. Each ship that passes through the corridor is not only an economic success, but also a symbol of our struggle to comply with international law, which, in particular, guarantees free navigation," said Oleksii Kuleba, Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine, Minister for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine.

The Ministry is currently working on expanding the corridor's capabilities.

The temporary sea route was organised after russia began blocking ships travelling through the then 'grain corridor'. At the initiative of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the grain corridor was organised with the support of the UN and Turkey to ensure global food security. But at the time, russia was one of the parties to the agreement. After systematic violations by the aggressor country and blocking of ships, it was decided to organise an alternative route, called the Ukrainian Corridor.

As a reminder, there are two main instruments of shipowners' risk insurance for vessels using the Ukrainian corridor. The first is an insurance mechanism provided by the world's leading insurance companies and banks with the assistance of the UK Government. The agreement allows covering the risks of Marine Hull & War and Loss of Hire & War for ships at the level of 1-1.25% of insurance premiums. This is almost pre-war levels. The second is the guarantee of indemnity to charterers, operators and owners of ships and inland navigation vessels while such vessels are in the territorial waters of Ukraine.