For 2 days 9 vessels with 162 thousand tons of agricultural products for the countries of Africa, Asia and Europe departed from Big Odessa ports, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine informs.
“In particular, the bulk carrier BOZBURUN – M with 40 thousand tons of wheat for Ethiopia departed today. This is already the eighth vessel chartered by the UN World Food Programme as part of the assistance to countries in Africa and Asia,” the Telegram channel said.
In the ports of Greater Odessa under the processing of 26 ships. They are loaded with 1 million tons of Ukrainian agricultural products.
Since August 1, 475 ships left the ports of Big Odessa, which exported 11.2 million tons of Ukrainian food products to Asia, Europe and Africa.
Five more ships with a total cargo of 122.3 thousand tons of agricultural products left the ports of Velikaya Odessa for the countries of Africa, Asia and Europe on Monday.
As noted in a message on the telegram channel of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine, among these vessels are the NEW LIBERTY bulk carrier, which will deliver 25 thousand tons of wheat to Kenya, as well as the CHOLA TREASURE bulk carrier, which will deliver 61.8 thousand tons of rapeseed to Pakistan.
Since the beginning of the implementation of the Grain Initiative, 350 ships with 7.8 million tons of agricultural products have left the ports of Big Odessa for the countries of Asia, Europe and Africa.
As reported, the parties participating in the “Grain Initiative” – the UN, Turkey and Ukraine – expressed their readiness to continue its operation and assured that maximum efforts would be made for its successful implementation, Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov said following a meeting on Sunday at the Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul with Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar.
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.
Another 11 ships with more than 217,000 tons of agricultural products left Ukrainian ports on Saturday for the countries of Africa, Asia and Europe as part of the implementation of the “grain initiative”, the Ministry of Infrastructure reported.
“In particular, bulk carriers Stellina, Queen Lila, Inandi, Sam left the berths of the port of Odessa. Fortune Express, PS Dream, Lila II, Baron left the port of Chernomorsk, and Lady Divina, Ahmed Can, Iasos left the port of Pivdenny “, the ministry said.
The agency indicated that among them was the bulk carrier Queen Lila, carrying 29,000 tons of barley to Libya.
According to the ministry, since the launch of the first vessel with Ukrainian food, their total number has already reached 252, and the total export of agricultural products is 5.7 million tons.
As reported, 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, for a period of 120 days. Ukraine set as its goal to export 3 million tons of agricultural products per month as part of the initiative.
The next four ships with 88.17 thousand tons of agricultural products left the ports of Odessa and Pivdenny on Friday for the countries of Asia and Europe, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine reports.
“MAINLAND, NEW FAITH, USICHEM departed from the berths of the port of Odessa. From the port of Pivdenny – KARTERIA,” the agency noted on Facebook.
In general, since the launch of the first vessel with Ukrainian food, taking into account today’s vessels, 4.9 million tons of agricultural products have been exported. In total, 222 ships with agricultural products departed from Ukrainian ports, sent to the countries of Asia, Europe and Africa.
As reported, on July 22 in Istanbul, with the participation of the UN, Ukraine, Turkey and Russia, two documents were signed on the creation of a corridor for the export of grain from three Ukrainian ports – Chornomorsk, Odessa and Pivdenny.
Seven more ships carrying corn and wheat left the ports of Ukraine on Tuesday, the Anadolu agency reports, citing the Turkish Defense Ministry.
The export of agricultural products from three Ukrainian ports continues under the agreement on the corridor for grain, concluded on July 22.
Earlier, the UN reported that the Joint Coordinating Center (JCC) allowed seven vessels with corn and wheat to leave the ports of Ukraine on Tuesday as part of the Black Sea Grain Initiative. According to the UN, the ships Captain Dimitrios (65 thousand tons of corn), Super Saka (29 thousand tons of wheat and 21 thousand tons of corn), Fanaria (18 thousand tons of wheat) will go to Spain. The ships Propus (8.5 thousand tons of corn), Ata Ocean (6.3 thousand tons of sunflower oil) and Greifswald (492 tons of corn) are planning to head to Turkey. In addition, the Yada Team ship will deliver 64,951 tons of corn to Israel.
In Istanbul on July 22, with the participation of the UN, Ukraine, Turkey and Russia, two documents were signed on the creation of a corridor for the export of grain from three Ukrainian ports: Chernomorsk, Odessa and Yuzhny.
