A cargo ship arrived this Saturday at the Ukrainian port of Chernomorsk (south) on the Black Sea, to load grain there for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the Ukrainian authorities announced.
“Today, for the first time since the Russian invasion, the bulk carrier Fulmar S, flying the Barbados flag, arrived at the port of Chernomorsk for loading,” Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said on Facebook, thanking authorities. of the United Nations and Turkey for their help for this “grain corridor” in the Black Sea “which has become operational at the entrance and exit of Ukrainian ports”.
The blockade of huge quantities of grain in Ukrainian ports since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24 has led to skyrocketing food prices in poorer countries and a global food crisis.
alleviate the food crisis
Russia and Ukraine signed two separate agreements, validated by Turkey and the United Nations, allowing the export of Ukrainian grain and Russian agricultural products despite Western sanctions. In order to alleviate the food crisis.
Several ships have already left Ukraine this week, but the Fulmar S, which is 138 meters long and can carry 14,415 tons, according to Marinetraffic.com, is the first to dock in Chernomorsk for this purpose.
“We are doing everything possible to ensure that our ports can accommodate and serve more ships. We hope to reach the stage of three to five ships per day within two weeks,” Ukraine’s infrastructure minister said. .
“Monthly volume of three million tons”
“Our goal is to achieve a monthly transshipment volume of three million tons of agricultural products in the ports of the logistics center of Odessa” (south), he added, hoping that other Ukrainian ports can be unblocked soon, such as those of Pivdennyi or Mikolaiv.
At the same time, “we continue to increase transshipments at the Danube ports, which have been saving Ukrainian exporters since February,” the minister explained.
Since the invasion of Ukraine decided by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the fierce fighting between the armies of both countries and the bombings have devastated many regions, causing tens of thousands of deaths and millions of displaced people.
Source: BFM TV