A gaggle of ships carrying grain left Ukrainian ports Sunday, the second convoy to depart in latest days following a U.N.-backed settlement late final month to unblock the ports, with extra vessels anticipated to maneuver Monday.

The group consists of 4 vessels loaded with virtually 170,000 tons of agricultural merchandise, Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov stated in a tweet early Sunday. He stated the cargo consists of grain and processed merchandise.

The Riva Wind ship left Odesa whereas the Mustafa Necati, Star Helena and Glory and left from the subsequent port south, Chornomorsk, early within the morning, in accordance with ship monitoring web site MarineTraffic.

The Turkish Protection Ministry stated the Glory carried 66,000 tons of corn and was heading to Istanbul. The Riva Wind, which is loaded with 44,000 tons of corn is touring to Iskenderun in Turkey’s south, close to Syria. The Star Helena will head towards China with some 45,000 tons of sunflower seeds, whereas the Mustafa Necati will dock in Italy with about 6,000 tons of sunflower oil. All of the ships will first be checked within the Joint Coordination Heart in Istanbul, in accordance with the Protection Ministry. They’re anticipated to dock within the metropolis on Monday afternoon and night, in accordance with MarineTraffic.

The coordination middle later stated two extra vessels had been authorized to go away Monday.

The Protection Ministry earlier stated that three different grain-laden ships left Ukrainian ports on Friday underneath the U.N.-backed settlement, Reuters reported. The three vessels had been carrying a complete of about 58,000 tons of corn, in accordance with the report.  

The Panama-flagged Navistar, carrying 33,000 tons of corn and headed to Eire, departed from Odesa; the Maltese-flagged Rojen, carrying 13,000 tons of corn, departed from the port of Chornomorsk certain for Britain; and the Turkish-flagged Polarnet set off from Chornomorsk for the Turkish Black Sea port of Karasu carrying 12,000 tons of corn, Reuters reported.

The Razoni, which left the port of Odesa final Monday, was the primary ship to depart carrying Ukrainian grain for the reason that begin of Russia’s invasion in February. The Razoni is en path to Lebanon and was anticipated to reach on Sunday, however is dealing with an undefined delay, the Ukrainian embassy in Lebanon informed Reuters.

Since late February, shipments of grain from Ukraine have been blocked from leaving the nation’s ports by Russia. This sparked fears of a world meals disaster as costs shot up. In late July, Russia and Ukraine reached an settlement with the United Nations and Turkey to ensure secure passage for the ships carrying Ukrainian grain within the Black Sea.

In the meantime, a primary cargo ship entered Ukrainian waters on Saturday for loading functions, Kubrakov stated. “Our subsequent step is to make sure the flexibility of Ukrainian ports to deal with greater than 100 vessels per 30 days,” he stated.

This story has been up to date.