Today, the bulk carrier BC VANESSA, chartered by the World Food Program (WFP) of the United Nations, left the port of Odesa with 30 thousand tons of wheat on board, ProAgro Group reports with reference to the post on the Facebook page of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine.
The bulk carrier will arrive at a port in Pakistan, where the wheat will be unloaded and delivered to the inhabitants of Afghanistan. Currently, the population of this country is suffering from a food crisis.
BC VANESSA is one of 7 vessels, which today have exported 107.5 thousand tons of agricultural products from the ports of Greater Odesa for the countries of Asia and Europe.
Since the start of the “grain initiative” 192 vessels have departed from Ukrainian ports. In total, 4.38 million tons of agricultural products were exported to Asia, Europe and Africa.
