Vessel with Ukraine grain in Turkey for inspection

By Associated Press

Aug 04, 2022 12:24 am

ISTANBUL, Turkey: A team of Russian and Ukrainian officials in Turkey was due on Wednesday to inspect the first shipment of grain exported from Ukraine since Moscow's invasion under a deal aimed at curbing a global food crisis.

The Sierra Leone-flagged Razoni cargo vessel arrived at the edge of the Bosphorus Strait, just north of Istanbul, on Tuesday, a day after leaving the Black Sea port of Odesa carrying 26,000 tons of corn bound for Lebanon.

ISTANBUL INSPECTION A coastal safety boat approaches the Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni, which is carrying 26,000 tons of corn from Ukraine, off the coast of northwestern Istanbul on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. AFP PHOTO

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