Ukrainian ports on Monday left seven ships with almost 56 thousand tons of food, having received permission from the joint coordination center (JCC).
“On October 10, seven ships left Ukrainian ports, they are transporting a total of 55,750 tons of grain and other agricultural products as part of the Black Sea Grain Initiative,” the SKC said in a statement.
Five dry cargo ships – Basel Athena (19 thousand tons of wheat), Taj (10.5 thousand tons of corn), Islander A (7.2 thousand tons of wheat), Blue Shark (3.4 thousand tons of soybeans) and Jaguar (2.5 thousand tons of food) sailed to Turkey.
In addition, the Mehmet Bey ship will deliver 7.6 thousand tons of soybeans to Egypt. The Ekmen Trans vessel left for Israel with 5.5 thousand tons of rapeseed meal.
The SKC specified that “the grain that arrived at the destination can be processed and then transported to other countries.”
“As of October 10, the total tonnage of grain and other agricultural products exported from three Ukrainian ports is 6,868,748 tons. In total, 629 ships have been allowed to move at the moment – 320 for arrival in Ukrainian ports and 309 for leaving them,” – emphasized in the message.
On July 22, in Istanbul, with the participation of the UN, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine, a document was signed on the creation of a corridor for the export of grain from three Ukrainian ports – Chornomorsk, Odessa and Pivdenny.
