Three more ships carrying grain and foodstuffs leave Ukrainian ports
August 5, 2022, 10:00 am

Three more ships carrying grain and foodstuffs leave Ukrainian ports

A grain carrier in a Ukrainian port back in 2021 - ©Elena/AdobeStock

Three more ships carrying grain and foodstuffs set out from Ukrainian ports on Friday (August 5) under a recent landmark deal, according to Türkiye's National Defense Ministry, the Anews reported.

The first ship, Panama-flagged Navist, departed the port of Odesa for Ireland with 33,000 tons of grain, said the ministry in a statement.

The ship will undergo inspection at the Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul before it continues to sail to its final destination.

The second ship, Malta-flagged Rojen, left the port of Chornomorsk with 13,000 tons of grain for the UK, the ministry said, adding it is also being monitored by the Joint Coordination Center.

The third ship, Türkiye-flagged ship Polarnet, which was waiting at the port of Chernomorsk, sailed to the Karasu port in northwestern Türkiye.

It is important for us to remain a guarantor of global food security. While someone, blocking the Black Sea, takes lives in other countries, we allow them to survive - President Volodymyr Zelensky - Photo. Ukrainian Presidency

The ship, which is carrying 12,000 tons of grain, reaches Karasu, will also be inspected by a joint team in Istanbul.

Türkiye, the UN, Russia, and Ukraine signed the landmark deal on July 22 to reopen three Ukrainian ports-Odesa, Chernomorsk, and Yuzhny-for grain export that has been stuck for months due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, which is now in its sixth month.

First grain ship leaving Ukraine anchors off Istanbul on the Black Sea for inspection

To oversee Ukrainian grain exports, the Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul was officially launched on July 27, comprising representatives from Türkiye, the UN, Russia, and Ukraine to enable the safe transportation by merchant ships of commercial foodstuffs and fertilizers from the three key Ukrainian Black Sea ports.

On Monday, the first ship to leave Ukraine under the agreement, Sierra Leone-flagged cargo vessel Razoni, departed from Odesa carrying over 26,500 tons of corn, got security clearance in Istanbul, and is on its way to the Lebanese port of Tripoli, its final destination.

Source: anews

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