The second shipment of Ukrainian wheat arrived in Istanbul via the Black Sea

The cargo ship Arviat, which is carrying 17,600 tons of Ukrainian wheat to Egypt, arrived at the southern exit of the Bosphorus strait on Sunday morning.
The second ship carrying wheat produced in Ukraine entered the waters of Turkey despite the termination of the agreement between Kiev and Moscow on the export of this country’s grain.
This cargo is being transported by sea while Moscow threatened to attack ships entering or leaving Ukrainian ports after refusing to renew the grain export agreement.
According to AFP; The Palau-flagged bulk carrier Aroyat, which loaded Ukrainian wheat from a port near Odessa last Friday, entered the coastal waters of Istanbul on Sunday.
This is the second Ukrainian grain cargo ship that, at the initiative of Kiev, uses another sea corridor along the western coast of the Black Sea to bypass the blockade of the country’s ports by Russia.
According to specialized websites that provide maritime traffic information, the cargo ship “Arviat” carrying 17,600 tons of Ukrainian wheat to Egypt was spotted on Sunday morning at the southern exit of the Bosphorus Strait in the Sea of Marmara.
The bulk carrier “Arviat” is supposed to reach the Dardanelle Strait through this route, so that it will go to the Mediterranean waters.
Last July, Moscow withdrew from an international agreement signed in July 2022 aimed at guaranteeing the export of Ukrainian agricultural products through the Black Sea.
This agreement had previously allowed Ukraine to export nearly 33 million tons of its produced grain to other countries, mainly in the Middle East and Africa, within a year.
The first ship loaded with a cargo of 3,000 tons of wheat left the port of Churnomursk in southern Ukraine last Tuesday without incident and arrived in Istanbul on Thursday.
Kiev is trying to counter Russian influence in African markets by creating new routes to export its grain to this region.
Last summer, Moscow promised some African countries free wheat to meet their food needs after Ukraine cut off grain exports.