Another three ships carrying 40,000 tonnes of grain set sail from Ukrainian ports

EKONOMICHNA PRAVDA – MONDAY, 29 AUGUST 2022, 19:59

Three ships carrying a total of 40,000 tonnes of grain and maize left the Ukrainian ports of Odesa and Chornomorsk on Monday, 29 August.

Source: Press service for the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority

Details: The ships are bound for ports in Egypt, Romania and Turkey.

Another three bulk carriers are expected to arrive in the ports of Greater Odesa later on Monday; they will be loaded with wheat, sunflower and maize.

The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority notes that 13 ships arrived at the ports of Greater Odesa over the course of the weekend to be loaded with 290,000 tonnes of wheat, maize and oil bound for the ports of Libya, Spain, Italy, Israel, Germany, Egypt and Turkey.

Another nine ships carrying 271,000 tonnes of wheat, oil, barley, rapeseed and maize set sail for the ports of Spain, the Netherlands, Egypt, Turkey, France and China.

As part of the implementation of the Initiative on the Safe Transportation of Grain and Foodstuffs, a total of 56 ships have set sail from Ukrainian ports over the 29 days that the "grain corridor" has been active. Those ships delivered more than 1.3 million tonnes of agricultural products to 18 countries around the world.

Background: According to the previous update, a total of 44 ships carrying over 1 million tonnes of Ukrainian agricultural exports to 15 different countries had been able to leave Ukrainian ports as part of the Initiative on the Safe Transportation of Grain and Foodstuffs from Ukrainian ports.

The UN expects that the number of ships using the Black Sea "grain corridor" to export Ukrainian grain will continue to grow. Moreover, it considers the projection of 2–5 tonnes of agricultural exports via the corridor to be realistic.

The Initiative on the Safe Transportation of Grain and Foodstuffs from Ukrainian ports, also called the Black Sea Grain Initiative, is an agreement between Russia and Ukraine with Turkey and the United Nations signed in Istanbul on 22 July 2022.

According to the agreement, ships exporting Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea are protected by a 10 nautical mile [approximately 18.5 kilometre] buffer zone.

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