The agency reported that the vessel, which received its load at the port of Odessa, then set course for the Black Sea. Reuters cited a source within the maritime sector as the basis for the statement.
Beyond that note, the publication did not provide further details about the ship or the load it carried.
On September 16, Ukraine’s Infrastructure Minister Alexander Kubrakov announced that two civilian freight ships departed Ukrainian ports via a temporary corridor to load grain and subsequently move it to markets in Africa and Asia.
The Palau-flagged Aroyat entered the Chernomorsk port as part of Ukraine’s alternative grain route in the Black Sea on September 22. It then departed for Egypt with a cargo of 17.6 thousand tons of wheat, a shipment intended to support ongoing grain exports despite ongoing tensions in the region.
Data from maritime traffic monitoring platforms indicate that the vessel is scheduled to sail to Turkey on September 24, under the Palau flag. The Aroyat’s departure marked it as the second ship to leave Ukraine via the grain corridor this season, reinforcing routine operations under the corridor agreement.
The most recent ship to exit the Black Sea under the prior grain agreement has completed its voyage, signaling another phase in the evolving logistics plan for regional grain shipments.