The first vessel carrying Ukrainian grain docked in the Turkish port of Mersin on Wednesday, according to shipping tracking sites, and found a new buyer, AFP reported.
The Sierra Leonean-flagged Razoni left Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa on August 1 with 26,000 tons of corn and was due to dock at the port of Tripoli in Lebanon on Sunday.
However, the five-month delay in delivery “forced the buyer and shipper to agree to cancel the order,” the Ukrainian embassy said in a statement Tuesday evening.
The Razoni docked in the Turkish port of Mersin in the Mediterranean on Wednesday evening, according to vessel tracking websites.
The corn transported by Razoni has found a new buyer in Turkey, the Middle East Eye news site reports.
“The cargo has been sold and will be unloaded in Mersin,” said Ahmed Al-Fares of Ashram Shipping Agency, according to the website.
The agreement, signed by Russia and Ukraine and approved by the UN and Turkey in Istanbul in July, allowed the resumption of Ukrainian grain exports in an attempt to stop the global food crisis.
Frederick Kenney, a senior UN official monitoring the deal, said on Wednesday that wheat exports would begin next week after corn-laden ships that have been blocked in Ukrainian ports since the Russian invasion are allowed to leave.
“We are seeing a steady increase in the number of ships arriving and departing. This is a good start,” he added.
- The first shipment of grain from Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion, which was refused by the buyer
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