Ukrainian farmers have started developing their own shipping projects. Over the past year, Andriy Verevskyi's Kernel holding has acquired a flotilla of three vessels, one of which is an oil tanker, and Serhiy Tigipko's TAS Agro promises to create its own fleet. This is in addition to Nibulon's armada of river grain carriers, which has been developing this business since the mid-2010s.

What is shipping for agricultural producers – a promising area of development, a desire to follow the path of Aristotle Onassis (a famous Greek shipowner), or the first steps towards bankruptcy?

Breakthrough prospects and their end

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