Four more ships with food left Ukrainian ports – one from Odessa and three from Chornomorsk. As reported on Saturday, August 6, Turkish Ministry of Defense, dry cargo ship MV GLORY with 66 thousand tons of corn is sent to Istanbul, MV STAR HELENA with 45 thousand tons of flour – to China, MV RIVA WIND with 44 thousand tons of corn – to Iskenderun in southern Turkey, and MV MUSTAFA NECATI with 6 thousand tons of sunflower oil – to the Italian port of Monopoli.

Information about this was confirmed by the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov.

Previously issued permission to leave Ukrainian ports ships The UN Joint Coordination Center for the export of Ukrainian agricultural products by sea, which includes representatives from Ukraine, Turkey, Russia and the UN.

Kyiv: Ukraine’s “Grain Corridor” Started

On July 22, in Istanbul, through the mediation of the UN and Turkey, an agreement was signed between Russia and Ukraine, the objective of which was to end the blockade of Ukrainian ports and open a corridor for grain exports. Exports will come from three ports: Odessa, Chernomorsk and Yuzhny.

“We can say that thanks to the efforts of the President of Ukraine, the Armed Forces, the Ministry of Infrastructure, as well as our partners in the UN and Turkey, a “grain corridor” has been created for entry and exit at Ukrainian ports. was launched,” noted Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov on 6 August.

The ministry clarified that next week the export of Ukrainian agricultural products from Yuzhny will begin. A working corridor with three ports “will allow the export of 3 million tons of Ukrainian agricultural products in a month,” the ministry said.

First grain ships arrive from Istanbul

The day before, the first foreign freighter arrived in Ukraine since the beginning of the war, which will be loaded with Ukrainian grain. Dry cargo ship Fulmar S under the flag of Barbados docked in the port of Chornomorsk.

The first under the agreement signed on Aug. 1 departed from Odessa, a Razoni dry cargo ship loaded with corn under the Sierra Leone flag, which is heading to Lebanon. On August 2, the ship arrived in Istanbul, where it passed inspection.

On August 5, three more bulk carriers departed Ukraine. At noon on 6 August, the first of them arrived in Istanbul. The Panama-flagged Navi Star is heading to Ireland carrying 33,000 tonnes of corn. Two more ships are expected to arrive in Istanbul: Rojen under the Maltese flag and Polarnet under the Turkish flag. Polarnet left Chernomorsk on August 5th and is transporting 12,000 tonnes of maize to the Turkish port of Karasu, Rojen is loaded with 13,000 tonnes of maize and is on its way to Britain’s Teesport.