First grain ship arrives in Istanbul for inspection

The Turkish Defense Ministry stated on that the Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship named Razoni, which had departed from the Odessa port the day before, arrived in Istanbul on Tuesday evening and is to be thoroughly inspected. The first consignment of corn is on its way to Lebanon.

“Dry cargo ship Razoni, loaded with corn, reached the Bosphorus from the Black Sea. It anchored in the place allotted to it,” the ministry said in a statement, revealing that other ships waiting at Ukrainian ports will “depart shortly.”