Two ships with Ukraine food products leave Chornomorsk Port: Turkey
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The Turkish Defense Ministry announces the departure of two dry cargo ships carrying Ukrainian agricultural goods from the port of Chornomorsk.
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Another ship will also leave for Ukraine to load grains later today.
Two dry cargo ships carrying Ukrainian agricultural goods left today the port of Chornomorsk, the Turkish Defense Ministry said.
"The Barbadian-flagged vessel FULMAR S is transporting 12,000 tonnes of corn from Chornomorsk to Iskenderun [Turkey]. The Marshallese-flagged ship with the cargo of 3,000 tonnes of sunflower seeds also left Chornomorsk for Tekirdag [Turkey]," the Ministry said in a statement.
The Ministry added that later today another ship will also leave for Ukraine to load grains.
Ukraine and Russia signed the United Nations-brokered Black Sea Initiative on grain and fertilizer exports on July 22.
Grain and fertilizer would be exported from the Ukrainian Black Sea ports of Odessa, Chornomorsk, and Yuzhny under the agreement, and cargo carriers would be guided into international waters by Ukrainian vessels to avoid mined areas. Then the vessels would proceed toward the Bosphorus Strait along an established corridor.
The parties also established the JCC in Istanbul on July 27, which includes representatives from Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, and the United Nations. The JCC monitors the implementation of the Black Sea Initiative and inspects cargo ships to ensure that no unauthorized goods or personnel are aboard.
