Joint Operations Centre Black Sea Grain Initiative

17 August 2022, ISTANBUL – Three outbound commercial vessels departed today from Ukrainian ports carrying a total 33,750 metric tons of foodstuffs through the maritime humanitarian corridor under the Black Sea Grain Initiative. 

The three vessels are: 

1) MV PETREL S from the port of Chornomorsk carrying 18,500 metric tons of sunflower meal heading to Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2) MV SARA from the port of Odesa carrying 8,000 metric tons of corn heading to Istanbul, Türkiye 

3) MV EFE from the port of Odesa carrying 7,250 metric tons of sunflower oil heading to Gubre, Türkiye

Furthermore, four inbound commercial vessels were inspected today at Marmara Sea and they were cleared to sail: 

1) MV FOYLE heading to Yuzhny/Pivdennyi

2) MV GANOSAYA heading to Odesa 

3) MV MOHAMMAD Y heading to Odesa

4) MV MARANTA heading to Chornomorsk

Tomorrow 18 August, the JCC inspection teams will conduct inspections to outbound merchant vessels OSPREY S, RAMUS, BRAVE COMMANDER and BONITA and to inbound vessels AVIVA, SEAEAGLE, ZHE HAI 505 and ASCANIOS. 

Destinations referred to are the ones communicated to the JCC and they may change based on commercial activity.

As per procedures agreed at the JCC, all participants coordinate with their respective military and other relevant authorities to ensure the safe passage of commercial vessels under the Black Sea Grain Initiative. 

The JCC will monitor closely the passage of those vessels through the maritime humanitarian corridor. 

Note to editors: The Joint Coordination Centre was established under the Black Sea Grain Initiative in Istanbul on 27 July 2022. It comprises senior representatives from Russia, Türkiye, Ukraine and United Nations and its role is to enable the safe transportation, by merchant ships, of grain and other foodstuffs and fertilizers from three key Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea to the rest of the world.

For more info, contact: Ismini Palla (Ms), palla@un.org, +962770996330 (whatsapp/signal/mobile)