First ship with Ukrainian food leaves Ukraine's largest port Pivdennyi
In the course of the "grain initiative" implementation, the first ship with Ukrainian food since February 24 left the Pivdennyi port on the morning of August 8; the bulk carrier SACURA is bound for Italy.
The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine announced this on Facebook.
The ship joined the caravan with the bulk carrier ARIZONA, which departed from the port of Chornomorsk to the Netherlands. Sixty thousand tons of agricultural products are on board both ships.
"Today, the largest Ukrainian port, Pivdennyi, is fully involved in implementing the Initiative. Thus, all the Great Odesa ports are engaged in exporting agricultural products.
Currently, our goal is to increase transshipment in ports. Within two weeks, we plan to reach a transshipment volume of 3-5 vessels per day," said Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov.
"We are working with the guarantors of the agreements so that the
'grain corridor' works smoothly, and all safety requirements for shipping are met," the minister added.
"Excluding the ships sent today, as part of the implementation of the agreements, eight ships with Ukrainian agricultural products have already left the ports," the ministry added.
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On Sunday, August 7, a second caravan with Ukrainian food left the ports of Odesa and Chornomorsk; three vessels left from Chornomorsk, and one more made the departure from Odesa.
For the first time since russia's start of the full-scale invasion on February 24, a vessel for loading arrived in Ukraine on Saturday evening, the bulk carrier FULMAR S.
On August 2, the Ministry of Defense of Turkey confirmed the arrival of the RAZONI grain carrier with Ukrainian grain, the first vessel to depart within the "grain agreement" between Ukraine, Turkey, the UN, and russia. On August 3, the inspection of the first ship with Ukrainian grain was completed in Turkey. The boat passed the Bosphorus and headed for the Sea of Marmara.
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