Istanbul 8 August : The efforts to get Ukrainian grain to markets across the world through the Black Sea have gone into an increased speed as examinations of the second caravan of ships off Istanbul ended on Sunday. A group of members of the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) visited the three ships that have just arrived carrying an aggregate of 58,000 tonnes of grain, Xinhua news agency reported.
Rojen, a Malta-registered vessel, sailed through the Bosphorus Strait for Britain on Sunday after it received the permission to go.The crossings of the Turkish-flagged Polarnet to Turkey’s north-western port, and the Panama-flagged Navistar to Ireland are expected to be completed in the near future.
On Sunday, four additional ships were granted permission to depart the Ukrainian ports of Chornomorsk and Odesa according to the JCC the organization responsible for the entire shipping process.
The vessel is named Star Helena is headed to China, Mustafa Necati is sailing towards Italy and Glory and Riva Wind are on the route to Turkey.
Inspections of these ships will be carried out by JCC on their arrival at the Black Sea entrance of the Bosphorus Strait.
With more than 26,000 tons of cargo the first ship loaded with grain Razoni was able to pass through Istanbul’s Bosphorus Strait on August 3 to Lebanon which marked the first commercial export of Ukrainian grain to markets around the world after Turkey, Russia, and Ukraine signed an important UN-backed agreement on the 22nd of July.
Ukraine has a total of 20 million tonnes of grain in silos awaiting shipment according to Turkish state-owned Anadolu agency.
To allow to accommodate the next harvest and to avoid the risk of grain decaying The parties have been trying to raise the volume of transfer to higher levels.
Experts are hoping that increasing food inflation across the world could lose some of its luster if shipping of food continues to go on as planned.
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