Two vessels have entered the Odesa port to be loaded with Ukrainian agricultural products. The Sara bulk carrier will be loaded with 8,000 tons of corn and the Efe vessel with about 7,500 tons of oil.
The Ukrainian Seaports Authority (USPA) announced this in a statement, the CFTS portal; reports.
"The ‘grain corridor’ has been in operation for two weeks. We can discuss the intermediate results of its operations. During this period, 16 ships left Ukrainian ports to deliver almost half a million [tons of] Ukrainian agricultural products to nine countries and six entered Ukrainian ports for loading," Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Yurii Vaskov said.
He added that at least 10 more ships were expected to enter Ukrainian ports to be loaded with Ukrainian agricultural products by the end of the month.
As reported earlier, under the auspices of the United Nations, Ukraine and Turkey signed an agreement on resumption of safe export of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea in Istanbul on 22 July.On 6 August, a foreign ship entered the port of Chornomorsk for loading for the first time since 24 February.
