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Ukraine: Four ships with grain sailed from Ukrainian ports

LAST UPDATE: 09:36

Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said the second caravan of ships carrying Ukrainian agricultural products left Ukrainian Black Sea ports on Sunday as part of an agreement to unblock Ukrainian seaborne exports.

He tweeted that four bulk carriers Mustafa Necati, Star Helena, Glory and Riva Wind were loaded with nearly 170,000 tons of grain.

The first four ships left Ukraine last week under the framework agreement signed by Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations.

Addressing Ukrainians last night, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his satisfaction at the resumption of exports of Ukrainian agricultural production. “Our Black Sea ports are working,” he said.

“But the main risk, security, remains. The risk of a Russian provocation and terrorist acts remains. We all have to realize that. But, if our partners fulfill their obligations and guarantee the security of exports, this will solve the global food crisis,” he added.

Razoni ship delays

The first grain ship to leave a Ukrainian port under the deal struck last month will not arrive in Lebanon on Sunday as planned, the Ukrainian embassy said.

The Razoni left Odessa in the Black Sea early last Monday carrying 26,527 tons of corn and was due to dock in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli on Sunday, according to Ukrainian officials and Lebanese port authorities.

But the Ukrainian embassy in Lebanon told Reuters the ship “had a delay” and “did not arrive today”, without giving details of a new arrival date or the reason for the delay.

Shipping data on MarineTraffic.com showed the Razoni off the Turkish coast on Sunday morning.

According to documents, a copy of which was seen by Reuters on Sunday, it had an expected arrival date of Tuesday and listed the cargo’s destination as “on order,” which usually means a ship’s cargo can be transferred from one owner to another.

Lebanon’s transport, agriculture and economy ministers all told Reuters last week that they did not know who was buying the grain on the Razoni ship.

The mission was made possible after Turkey and the United Nations brokered a grain and fertilizer export deal between Moscow and Kiev last month – a rare diplomatic breakthrough in a protracted war of attrition.

The United Nations had warned that cutting off grain shipments from Ukraine through the Russian-controlled Black Sea could trigger a worldwide famine.

The Joint Coordination Center (JCC), which will oversee the export of Ukrainian grain, said the ship would be used on a trial basis, while information from Razoni’s crew would be used to fine-tune procedures for subsequent shipments.

Source: Capital

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