Six ships (SEAJOY, LADY ZEHMA, SAFFET AGA, SIMAS, MICHALLIS and KARTERIA) departed from the seaports of Odessa, Chornomorsk and Pivdenny with 183,000 tons of Ukrainian agricultural products.
As reported on the official page of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine on Facebook, among them is the vessel KARTERIA, chartered by the UN World Food Program to help the population of Yemen.
“In less than a month of the initiative’s operation, we have exported almost one and a half million tons of agricultural products, and this is a fairly significant result. However, we must reach 100-150 ships per month and with a total throughput of 5 million tons per month from the three ports of Greater Odessa,” the message is quoted as saying. Minister of Infrastructure Alexander Kubrakov.
He also noted that Ukraine is strengthening the humanitarian part of the initiative – on board the bulk carrier KARTERIA there are 37.5 thousand tons of wheat for Yemen, which is in a state of humanitarian catastrophe. There, according to the UN, 16 million people suffer from hunger.
“We understand our global mission and responsibility to countries that need Ukrainian food. The caravan that left today is Ukraine’s next step towards the civilized world,” the minister commented.
According to the Ministry of Infrastructure, during the implementation of the Initiative for the Safe Transportation of Agricultural Products, 61 ships have already departed from Ukrainian ports. There are about 1.5 million tons of agricultural products on board.
