 Barge with 860 tons of wheat sank in the Ukrainian port. A Romanian barge carrying 860 tons of wheat on board sank in the Ukrainian port of Rene in the Odessa region. This was reported by the Romanian Channel Pro TV. During the loading of grain onto the barge, water began to flood the engine room. The crew of five managed to escape but failed to keep the ship afloat. The reasons for the incident are still unknown. The barge belongs to a Romanian company headquartered in the city of Constanta in the southeast of the country. According to the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture dated January the 8th as part of the grain deal 16.9 million tons of agricultural products including grain were exported from Ukrainian ports. The deal agreed with Russia and Ukraine allowed ships carrying much needed Ukrainian food products to leave the country's Black Sea ports. The reappearance of Ukrainian grain on the international market has certainly brought relief around the world. The war brought Ukraine's peak export product which runs from December to April grinding to a halt. Grain prices already driven high by the coronavirus pandemic and droughts elsewhere shot up but have recently come down again.