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Turkey: 5.5 million tons of grain passed through the grain corridor with 235 ships

Turkiye
Published Sep 30, 2022

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As a result of Turkey's intense diplomatic efforts, the "Joint Coordination Center", which was established in Istanbul in July in coordination with the United Nations (UN), for the safe transfer of grain products, continues its activities. After the first grain-laden ship departed from Odessa Port on August 1, as a result of the meetings of the Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar with the relevant parties and the intensive work of the Joint Coordination Center, the grain shipment continues.

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25 ships in two weeks Within the scope of the agreement, the Sierra Leone flagged dry cargo ship "Razoni", which was the first to leave the Ukrainian ports, departed for Tripoli Port of Lebanon with 26 thousand tons of corn. Four days after the departure of the first ship, Panama-flagged Navistar Ireland, Malta-flagged Rojen Italy and Turkish ship Polarnet set sail for Kocaeli. The three ships left the ports of Odessa and Chernomorsk with about 60,000 tons of grain. Following these, Mustafa Necati, Star Helena, Glory, Riva Wind, Sacura, Arizona, Ocean Lion, Rahmi Yağcı, Sormovskiy started 121 sailings, and the number of ships leaving as of 13 August reached 17. Most of the ships in question reached ports in Turkey such as Tekirdağ, İskenderun and İzmir. Within two weeks after the departure of the first ship, the number of ships leaving the Ukrainian ports reached 25, while the amount of grain transported exceeded 800 thousand tons. The agreement, which was reached as a result of ...
Source: Haber7
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