Three more ships carrying grain will will leave Ukrainian ports on Friday
Dana Hordiichuk — Thursday, 4 August 2022, 21:44
Three more vessels will depart from Ukrainian Black Sea ports on Friday, 5 August to transport food cargo, including grain.
Source: Hulusi Akar, Turkish Minister of Defence, quoted by CNN Türk
Quote: "As a result of the Coordination Centre’s hard work, three ships are planned to start sailing from Ukrainian ports as part of the grain shipments tomorrow [5 August - ed.]. Moreover, an empty vessel is expected to depart from Istanbul to Ukraine following an inspection ," Hulusi Akar said.
Hulusi Akar also noted that the empty vessel was expected to head to Ukraine following her inspection in Istanbul.
Ten vessels in the ports of Odesa and Chornomorsk are already loaded with grain and are ready for shipment.
Addition: Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov announced that the ships will depart on Friday between 05:00 and 08:00. Two vessels will depart from the port of Chornomorsk, and one will leave the port of Odesa. These ships will form a convoy, which will sail to the destination ports along with the lead ship.
A total of over 50,000 tonnes of Ukrainian corn are on board the three bulk carriers NAVI STAR, ROJEN and POLARNET.
Background:
Representatives of Ukraine, Turkey, the United Nations and Russia at the Joint Coordination Centre completed an inspection of the first ship carrying grain which left Ukraine on August 1.
After the ship passes the inspection, she is to deliver a cargo of 26,000 tonnes of corn to the port of Tripoli in Lebanon.
On the morning of 1 August, the Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure stated that the ship RAZONI had sailed from Odesa under the flag of Sierra Leone with 26,000 tonnes of Ukrainian corn.
This is the first grain ship to leave the port of Odesa since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion in Ukraine, thanks to agreements reached between Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul in late July with the participation of Turkey and the UN.
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