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Ukrainian grain shipments drop as ship backups grow

FILE - The Eaubonne bulk carrier ship docks in the port of Mombasa, Kenya Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. The amount of grain leaving Ukraine has dropped even as a U.N.-brokered deal works to keep food flowing to developing nations, with inspections of ships falling to half what they were four months ago and a backlog of vessels growing as Russia's invasion nears the one-year mark. (AP Photo/Gideon Maundu, File) FILE - Cargo ships anchored in the Marmara Sea await to cross the Bosphorus Straits in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. The amount of grain leaving Ukraine has dropped even as a U.N.-brokered deal works to keep food flowing to developing nations, with inspections of ships falling to half what they were four months ago and a backlog of vessels growing as Russia's invasion nears the one-year mark. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File) FILE - A boat with Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish and U.N. officials heads to inspect cargo ships coming from Ukraine loaded with grain, in the Marmara Sea in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. The amount of grain leaving Ukraine has dropped even as a U.N.-brokered deal works to keep food flowing to developing nations, with inspections of ships falling to half what they were four months ago and a backlog of vessels growing as Russia's invasion nears the one-year mark. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)