According to the company’s timetable, Ukrferry, the ferry company of Ukraine, has postponed the resumption of its ferry service with Georgia, which was halted after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Last month, the company said it planned to resume services departing from the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk from July 9. On July 12, the voyage was scheduled to arrive in Georgia.

The current timetable shows that the service now is planned for July 24. No explanation was given for the delay.

The resumption of the ferry services would allow Kyiv to gain direct access to its markets in the Caucasus and Central Asia as it was halted after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

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Apart from passengers, the ferries transport a wide variety of goods, including trucks, cars, railcars and deck cargo on pallets.

The route map published by the company showed that the ferry will widely bypass the Russian-occupied Ukrainian Crimea peninsula.

Ukraine opened a corridor towards the western Black Sea last year after Ukrainian forces managed to drive Russian military ships away from there by attacking them with sea drones.

The corridor has allowed Ukraine to increase its grain and metals exports.

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