Infrastructure Ministry: Bulk carrier with 30,000 tonnes of humanitarian wheat for Yemen is moving along the “grain corridor”

The bulk carrier NEGMAR CICEK, the sixth vessel under the Grain From Ukraine programme, has left the port of Chornomorsk and joined the caravan of three other vessels.

Yemen is a country in Asia that is suffering from a food crisis. The country will receive 30,000 tonnes of humanitarian Ukrainian wheat thanks to donations from the governments of the United States, France, and Spain.

Since the start of the Grain From Ukraine programme, the ports of Greater Odesa have shipped 170,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat to such needy countries as Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen, and Kenya.

The Grain From Ukraine programme was launched by Volodymyr Zelenskyy to unite developed countries around food aid to countries on the brink of famine. The programme is implemented with the support of the UN World Food Programme.

Since August 1, the start of the Grain Initiative, 845 ships have exported 25.7 million tonnes of Ukrainian food to Asia, Europe, and Africa.