Two cargo ships arrived in Ukraine on Saturday, the 16th of September, along the newly established Black Sea “humanitarian corridor” to access ports and load grain for export to world markets, citing the Ukrainian Sea Port authority, reports Reuters.
So far, five ships have left the port of Odessa, using the corridor along the western Black Sea coast off Romania and Bulgaria. The Ukrainian Sea Ports authority confirmed on a Facebook post that the bulk carriers
Resilient Africa and Aroyat have arrived at the port of Chernomorsk,
where they plan to load nearly 20 000 tonnes of wheat destined for Africa and Asia, as Oleksandr Kubrakov has previously indicated.
Russia withdrew from the “grain deal” in July, since then frequent drone and missile attacks have been trageting Ukrainian grain export facilities.
Although the United Nations (UN) was not directly involved in the recent movement of the ships, an UN official, speaking anonymously to Reuters, expressed support for efforts to restore normal trade in order to contribute to the stability of the world food market. The anonymous UN official said that the UN was continuing its efforts to
promote agricultural exports from both Ukraine and Russia.
The current grain loading is a crucial test of Ukraine’s ability to reopen shipping lanes while Russia attempts to re-establish a de facto blockade.
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