Eighth convoy with food products leaves Ukrainian sea-ports

ANASTASIIA ZHARIKOVA – WEDNESDAY, 17 AUGUST 2022, 14:01

Four more vessels loaded with Ukrainian agricultural products have left the docks of Odesa and Chornomorsk. It is the eighth convoy loaded with food products to depart from Ukraine since the safe corridor was opened in the Black Sea on 1 August.

Source: Ministry of Defence of Turkey on Twitter

"Unloading grain from the Ukrainian ports is being conducted in accordance with the schedule," states the post.

These vessels are loaded with sunflower oil, sunflower meal and maize.

Background:

The seventh convoy consisted of five bulk carriers loaded with Ukrainian corn and wheat; it left from two ports of Odesa Oblast on 16 August.

Six vessels were granted a permit to export grain from the Ukrainian ports.

Over 23,000 tonnes of wheat in the Pivdennyi ("Southern") seaport were loaded onto the Brave Commander bulk carrier, which is to be sent to Ethiopia.

20.8 million tonnes of grain of the new harvest have been collected in Ukraine. In particular, Mykolaiv and Zakarpattia Oblasts have finished gathering in the early crops.

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