A first ship carrying grain exported from Ukraine docked at its final destination, Turkey, on Monday, Kyiv announced, while the arrival of another ship due to dock in Lebanon on Sunday was delayed.
The Turkish cargo ship Polarnet, which left the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk with 12,000 tons of corn on Friday, arrived at its destination as scheduled after being inspected by the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) established in Istanbul under the terms of the agreement. agreement signed in July , announced in a press release the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine.
“This first successful experience (…) allows us to be optimistic about future prospects,” said Ukrainian Minister Oleksandre Kubrakov, quoted in the press release, who thanked the Polarnet team for being one of the first to test this mechanism. . .
Russia and Ukraine signed two separate agreements on July 22, validated by Turkey and the United Nations, allowing Ukrainian grain exports blocked by the war since February 24 and Russian agricultural products despite Western sanctions.
Eight ships set sail
The Razoni, a Sierra Leonean-flagged cargo ship that left the Ukrainian port of Odessa on Monday, August 1 with 26,000 tons of corn and should have docked this Sunday in Tripoli (Lebanon), has not yet reached its destination. According to the Embassy of Ukraine in Lebanon, “the final buyer in Lebanon refused to accept the cargo due to delayed delivery times (five months).”
“Therefore, the sender is looking for another recipient. It may be in Lebanon or in another country,” the Ukrainian embassy added on Twitter. A total of eight ships have set sail since the deal was signed, Ukrainian officials said Monday morning, with the hope that three to five ships could leave daily within two weeks.
Source: BFM TV
