Kernel plans to complete the restoration of the Transbalkterminal in the port of Chornomorsk, which was damaged in a Russian attack in 2023, in October.
The grain terminal will be restored to its pre-war capacity.
“In October 2025, the reconstruction of the Group’s grain transshipment terminal in Chornomorsk, damaged by a Russian missile strike in 2023, is expected to be completed. After commissioning, the terminal’s transshipment capacity will be fully restored to the pre-war level of 10 million tons per year,” the agricultural holding’s report for the 2025 fiscal year states.
On August 19, 2023, a missile strike on the port of Chornomorsk caused serious damage to the terminal, destroying warehouses, receiving infrastructure, loading equipment and supplies. Latifundist.com reminds. As a result of the attack, storage capacity decreased by 136 thousand tons. Annual transshipment capacity decreased by two million tons.
In fiscal year 2025, $11 million has already been invested in the reconstruction. The total investment in the project is expected to be $19 million.
During the year, the group also successfully restored two elevators damaged by missile attacks in 2023–2024, restoring them to their original storage capacity, the publication adds.
