ISTANBUL – The first shipment to leave Ukraine as part of a deal for grain materials at the risk of a global food crisis arrived in Turkey on Monday.
The Turkish-flagged Polarnet docked at the port of Derince in the Gulf of Izmit after leaving Chornomorsk on August 5 loaded with 12,000 tons of corn.
“This sends a message of hope to all families in the Middle East, Africa and Asia: Ukraine will not abandon them,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted. security. “
A total of 10 vessels have now been allowed to sail under the Ukraine-Russia grain agreement, which was negotiated through Turkey and the United Nations: 8 bound for Ukraine and two bound for Ukraine.
The first ship to leave Ukraine, the Sierra Leone-flagged Razoni, which departed on Aug. 1, has yet arrived at its destination in Lebanon and dropped anchor off Turkey’s southern coast on Sunday night, according to the Marine Traffic website.
Meanwhile, two other ships, carrying corn and soybeans, departed Monday from Ukrainian Black Sea ports, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said.
The Sacura left Yuzhny with 11,000 tons of soybeans bound for Italy and Arizona left Chornomorsk with 48,458 tons of corn bound for Iskenderun, in southern Turkey.
Four ships that departed Ukraine on Sunday are expected to drop anchor near Istanbul on Monday night, the Defense Ministry said. They will be inspected on Tuesday.
Under the agreement, ships leaving Ukraine are checked by officials from the 3 countries and the UN to bring only grain, fertilizer or food and no other products.