Brave Commander, carries 23,000 tons of grain. These supplies are intended for Ethiopia.
Brave Commander, the first ship with grain for Africa leased by the United Nations, has departed from port of Pyvdevni, Ukraine, according to today’s data from Refinitiv Eikon.
Ukraine’s grain exports had been halted after Russia invaded the country and closed Black Sea ports, sending food prices soaring worldwide and raising concerns about possible shortages in Africa and the Middle East.
THE UN and the Turkey brokered a deal in late July that will allow Ukraine to resume exporting grain through its Black Sea ports, despite the war with Russia.
The Brave Commander, carrying 23,000 tons of grain, has left for the port of Djibouti, while the supplies are destined for Ethiopia, Ukraine’s infrastructure ministry said.
“The ministry and the UN are working to find ways to increase food stocks for the socially sensitive sectors of the African people,” he pointed out in a statement.
So far 17 ships have departed from Ukrainian ports carrying more than 475,000 tons of agricultural products.
Earlier the joint coordination center, which Russia, Ukraine and Turkey have set up in cooperation with the UN and has its headquarters in Istanbul, had announced that it had approved the sailing of the Brave Commander.
Ships and their cargoes are inspected before they pass through the Bosphorus.
For its part, the Turkish Ministry of Defense announced today that five ships have departed from Ukrainian ports carrying grain and corn, three from the port of Hornomorsk and two from Pivdevni.
The ministry added that four other ships bound for Ukraine will be inspected by the joint coordination center today.
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