KYIV, July 20 – After the start of the war and the blockade of the Black Sea ports of Ukraine, the international vertically integrated pipe and wheel company Interpipe began to export products to Europe by road and rail with subsequent transshipment through the ports, and the cost of logistics increased by 2.5-3.5 times.

Andriy Korotkov, General Director of Interpipe, said in an interview with Forbes Ukraine, because of the war, Ukrainian exporters directed their transport flows through the nearest ports of Romania, which turned out to be unable to process the entire volume of new cargo. For example, the Romanians had no experience in handling pipes and railway wheels. Gradually, however, a new transportation system began to take shape.