The Ukrainian Embassy in Lebanon reported that the buyer rejected the first Ukrainian grain batch sent from the port of Odessa a week ago. This was stated on the diplomatic mission’s Twitter account.
“According to the information received from the cargo supplier, the last buyer in Lebanon refused to receive the cargo due to the delay in delivery (more than five months). Now the cargo supplier is looking for another buyer.”
They noted that the buyer could be located both in Tripoli, Lebanon, and in another country’s port.
The cargo ship Razoni, sailing under the flag of Sierra Leone, was supposed to stop at the Lebanese port of Tripoli. There are 26,000 tons of corn on board. A source from the port management told TASS that the supplier is looking for a new buyer for Ukrainian grain.
“The Lebanese customer refused to buy 26,000 tons of corn. Therefore, the bulk carrier changed course and canceled its arrival at its final destination on August 9.
It is not known which port the ship will go to. “A new buyer can be found in any neighboring country, not necessarily in Lebanon,” the source said.
Ship tracking service Marine Traffic reports in the corresponding “final destination” column that Razoni’s status has been changed to “ordered”. This means that the captain of the ship is waiting for a new buyer for Ukrainian corn.
Razoni left the port of Odessa on 1 August. Three days later, the employees of the Istanbul Joint Coordination Center examined the dry cargo ship at the entrance of the Bosphorus. A delegation of 20 representatives from Turkey, Russia, Ukraine and the UN checked the agricultural products documents.
On July 22, a package of documents was signed in Istanbul between the four parties that will help solve the problem of food and fertilizer supply to world markets. One of the agreements regulates the procedure for exporting grain from the Black Sea ports controlled by Kyiv.
A few days after Razoni’s departure, three more dry cargo ships (Navistar, Rojen and Polarnet) left the Ukrainian ports and headed for Istanbul. The Ministry of National Defense announced that Navistar left Odessa under the Panamanian flag and was carrying 33 thousand tons of corn.
Rojen left for England from Chernomorsk. There are 13,000 tons of corn on board. Citing a source, ITV stated that the Maltese-flagged ship “should arrive in the UK on 14 August”. The cargo ship Polarnet, which also left Chornomorsk, is sailing under the Turkish flag. There are 12 thousand tons of corn on the ship. The last stop of the delivery is Karasu port.
On August 5, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky commented on the sending of three dry cargo ships with grain from the country’s ports.
“Three ships carrying grain for export left our ports today – from Odessa, from Chernomorsk. There are approximately 60,000 tonnes of corn on board, which is expected by consumers in Turkey, the UK and Ireland. The first new ship since February 24 is also going to the port of Chernomorsk for loading,” he said.
The President of Ukraine described the continuous increase in exports as the main task. “The more our grain is on the world market, the less will be the harvest of political chaos in countries only there, especially in Africa and Asia,” Zelensky said.
Source: Gazeta
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