# The situation with grain transportation by rail remains tense in Ukraine

> Grain rail transport in Ukraine remains severely strained, with delivery costs to ports up 2 to 2.5 times. About 50 trains are abandoned and 250 delayed on the Ukrzaliznytsia network, with the worst congestion around the Nikolaev ports.

- Date: 2021-11-12 · published 2021-11-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Black Sea · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44090-the-situation-with-grain-transportation-by-rail-remains-tense-in-ukraine
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Slow rail movement limits grain reaching Black Sea ports, tightening near-term export supply and lifting port-level prices for wheat and corn.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2025-04-14 | [Grain off the rails: Transportation update \| paNOW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16949-grain-off-the-rails-transportation-update-panow.md) | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2022-07-21 | [Grain Transportation Report, July 21, 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16695-grain-transportation-report-july-21-2022.md) | -11.0% | -1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2024-01-04 | [Grain Transportation Report, January 4, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16569-grain-transportation-report-january-4-2024.md) | -1.7% | -1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2024-12-19 | [US grain exports are boosting demand for barge and rail transportation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27130-us-grain-exports-are-boosting-demand-for-barge-and-rail-transportation.md) | +1.7% | -0.3% |
| WHEAT | 2024-12-26 | [Grain Transportation Report, December 26, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16490-grain-transportation-report-december-26-2024.md) | +0.4% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2024-06-27 | [Grain Transportation Report, June 27, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17021-grain-transportation-report-june-27-2024.md) | -2.3% | -0.1% |
| CORN | 2022-07-21 | [Grain Transportation Report, July 21, 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16695-grain-transportation-report-july-21-2022.md) | -5.2% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2024-07-03 | [Grain Transportation Report, July 4, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16529-grain-transportation-report-july-4-2024.md) | +0.7% | -0.8% |

## Sources

- graintrade.com.ua: https://graintrade.com.ua/en/novosti/v-ukraini-zberigaetsya-napruzhena-situatciya-iz-perevezennyami-zernovih-zaliznitceyu.html

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