TASS reported today that the Turkish Defense Ministry announced that four more ships have left Ukrainian ports, making a total of eight ships in the week. The ship Mustafa Necati with 6,000 tons of sunflower oil set sail for Italy; the dry cargo ship Star Helena with 45,000 tons of sunflower seeds is bound for China; Glory is carrying 66,000 tons of corn to Istanbul; and the bulk carrier Riva Wind is carrying 44,000 tons of corn to Iskenderun in Turkey, the report said.
Three others arrived at Istanbul yesterday. The first ship, the Panama-flagged Navi-Star, which departed from Ukraine’s port of Odessa on Aug. 5, is carrying 33,000 tons of corn. It was followed by the Malta-flagged ship Rojen, which departed from Ukraine’s Chornomorsk port with 13,000 tons of grain for the U.K., also anchored off the north of Istanbul. Later in the evening, the Turkish-flagged vessel Polarnet also arrived off Istanbul with 12,000 tons of corn.
