On Friday, August 5th, vessels carrying bulk cargoes left the Port of Chornomorsk located on the Black Sea. The three bulk carriers, mv Navi Star, mv Rojen and mv PolarNet are transporting 57,000 tons of corn destined for Turkey and the UK.

Many vessels were bottled up in Ukraine ports following the invasion of the Nation by the Russian Federation.  Since the vessels were loaded, there is question as to the quality of cargoes and whether they will be acceptable to receiving nations.  The reality is that the Ukraine has 20 million tons of the 2021 harvest in storage and must clear silos and grain terminals to receive the 2022 crop that will soon be harvested.