Exporters take inland Danube route, pushing up freight times and prices The Royad Mammadov sinks in the Black Sea after an attack outside Romania's territorial waters killed two on Oct.
Exporters take inland Danube route, pushing up freight times and prices The Royad Mammadov sinks in the Black Sea after an attack outside Romania's territorial waters killed two on Oct. 5. (Romanian Interior Ministry handout via Reuters) IZMAIL, Ukraine/JAKARTA -- Incessant drone attacks on merchant ships in the Black Sea are hitting Ukrainian grain shipments to Asia, with Indonesian and Bangladeshi buyers reporting wheat supplies have virtually stopped since the summer, pushing prices substantially higher.