Grain ship leaves port near Odessa to Turkey

The Glory cargo vessel carrying 66,000 tons of corn left the port of Chornomorsk outside Odesa, on Sunday. Another three ships with agricultural products also departed from Ukrainian ports. The Joint Coordination Centre said 3 carriers – the Glory, the Star Helena and the Riva Wind were transporting more than 171,000 tons of corn between them.

The Glory is destined for Istanbul, the Star Helena to Nantong in China and the Riva Wind to Turkey. The Liberia-flagged tanker Mustafa Necati carrying more than 6,600 tons of sunflower oil is heading to Monopoli, Italy. The departures were allowed following a four-month-long deal that the U.N. and Turkey brokered with Ukraine and Russia two weeks ago.