# Press releases

> The Black Sea Trade and Development Bank approved a EUR 31 million loan to Orexim Group to expand its Mykolaiv grain terminal storage from 60,000 to 150,000 tonnes. The terminal is projected to handle about 2 million tonnes of grain annually.

- Date: 2018-01-30 · published 2018-01-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Black Sea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66837-press-releases
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Expanded Ukrainian port storage improves export capacity over time, a modest long-term bearish factor for Black Sea grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- WHEAT: neutral

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## Sources

- bstdb.org: https://www.bstdb.org/news-and-media/press-releases/press-releases_4405

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