Five ships with corn and soybeans left the ports of Ukraine. The cargo is planned to be delivered to Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Egypt and China. This was announced on Wednesday, February 1, at the Joint Coordination Center (JCC).
“On February 1, five ships left Ukrainian ports, they are transporting a total of 216,719 tons of grain and other food as part of the Black Sea Grain Initiative,” the SKC noted.
The Manna ship with 51.4 tons of corn is heading to Portugal, the Donna Judi ship is carrying 33 thousand tons of wheat to Spain. Also dry cargo ship Barra will deliver 41 thousand tons of wheat to Turkey, The Ruler will deliver 65.1 thousand tons of corn to China. Another 16.5 thousand tons of wheat and 9.7 thousand tons of soybeans will be delivered to Egypt by the ship Lolo Gate.
In addition, four ships are heading to the ports of Ukraine, having previously passed through the maritime humanitarian corridor.
“As of February 1, the total tonnage of grain and other agricultural products exported from three Ukrainian ports is 19,288,350 tons. In total, 1,390 ships have been allowed to move at the moment: 696 for arrival in Ukrainian ports and 694 for leaving them,” – added to the SKC.
Earlier, on January 26, Russian Ambassador to Ankara Alexei Yerkhov said that a ship with fertilizers sent by Russia to Malawi, mediated by the UN, had not reached that country after more than five months.
He recalled that Russia ordered to transfer 262,000 tons of fertilizer blocked by European countries to the world’s poorest countries free of charge. However, the ship with 20,000 tons of cargo left the Netherlands for Malawi in November and has not yet reached its destination.
On January 21, Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said that 18 million tons of agricultural products were delivered to different countries as part of a grain deal.
At the same time, as the Russian Foreign Ministry reported on the same day, most of the products under the Black Sea initiative do not go to poor countries, as expected, but to countries with a high level of income. Thus, according to the agency, poor countries received only 551,527 tons, which is 3% of the total supply.
Earlier, on January 9, the SKC reported that not a single ship was able to leave the ports of Ukraine as part of a grain deal due to bad weather. Three more bulk carriers were moving towards Ukraine along the humanitarian corridor.
On December 26, the press secretary of the President of Russia, Dmitry Peskov, said that there were significant achievements in the grain deal. According to him, the problem with the export of fertilizers from Russia has not been completely resolved, but there is significant progress in this matter.
The food deal was concluded in Istanbul on 22 July. Then Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Guterres signed a memorandum on facilitating the supply of Russian agricultural products and fertilizers to world markets.
