Dry cargo ship Razoni in the port of Odessa. Archival photoBEIRUT, Aug 8 The Embassy of Ukraine in Lebanon announced that the customer refused to accept grain shipped from Odessa on the dry cargo ship Razoni. The diplomatic mission wrote about this on Twitter. /uploads/2022/08/26341bb82985812d1452bfc8a6c422c1.jpg» />It has become unprofitable for Ukrainian farmers to grow grainIt is noted that now the cargo carrier is considering alternative buyers, including outside Lebanon. The day before, the Minister of Public Works and Transport of Lebanon, Ali Hamia, said that the Razoni dry cargo ship with 26 tons of corn on board changed the route and was probably waiting for instructions on new destination.
Grocery deal helped drive down global grain prices, UNCTAD said Ukraine's Infrastructure Ministry said earlier Monday that the Polarnet vessel, one of the first ships to take part in the grain and food safe transportation initiative, had successfully passed inspection by an inspection team in Istanbul and arrived in the final destination in Turkey. The export of Ukrainian grain from the Black Sea ports takes place as part of a «product deal» signed on July 22 by representatives of Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN. The package of these documents provides for the lifting of restrictions on the export of Russian agricultural products and fertilizers to world markets, and also determines the algorithm for the safe exit of commercial ships from Ukrainian-controlled Black Sea ports along specially created humanitarian maritime corridors. The humanitarian operation was planned with the active participation of Russian officers as part of the Joint Coordination Center. Russia may reduce grain exports
