On Friday, August 12, two more dry grain cargo ships left Ukraine’s Black Sea ports as part of a deal brokered by the UN and Turkey, including the first wheat ship since the start of the war. The announcement was made by the Turkish Ministry of Defense on Twitter.
According to the agency, the Belize flag freighter Sormovsky left the port of Chornomorsk, will deliver 3,500 tonnes of wheat to the town of Tekirdag in northwest Turkey. The Star Laura ship under the flag of the Marshall Islands transports 60,000 tons of corn from the port of Yuzhny to Iran.
Information about this was confirmed by the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov.
More than 14 ships have already left Ukraine
So, already 14 dry cargo ships with food have left Ukraine’s ports in the last two weeks as part of a grain export deal. Until now, most transport has been grain destined for animal feed production or processing into fuel.
Polarnet ship with a load of corn from Ukraine in the port of Derince in Turkey
One of them – Polarnet – arrived at destination port Derince in the Gulf of Izmit on August 8, carrying around 12,000 tonnes of corn on board. The Razoni vessel, which was the first to leave the Ukrainian port as part of the grain export initiative and was bound for the Lebanese city of Tripoli, stopped at Turkish Mersin after the Lebanese customer refused the goods. Now, according to Marine Traffic, this freighter is heading to Egypt. The remaining 12 dry cargo ships are still on their way to their destination ports.
“Grain Agreement” between Ukraine and Russia
On July 22, in Istanbul, through the mediation of the UN and Turkey, an agreement was signed between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, the objective of which is to end the blockade of Ukrainian ports for grain exports. Under this agreement, 20-25 million tonnes of grain, currently blocked in Ukraine, can finally be exported. In particular, the agreement provides for the creation of safe corridors in the Black Sea from the coast of Ukraine to the Bosphorus.
Ships in these corridors and their respective ports cannot be attacked. Grain exports are monitored at a coordination center in Istanbul. Representatives from Russia, Ukraine and Turkey work under the leadership of the UN. Export is provided from three Ukrainian ports – Odessa, Chornomorsk and Yuzhny.
Source: DW
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