“The Joint Coordination Center (JCC) today authorized the movement of seven vessels carrying a total of 210,294 tons of grain and food products as part of the Black Sea Grain Initiative,” RIA Novosti reported.

It is noted that two ships with barley and wheat on board will leave Chornomorsk for China and Turkey.

From Odessa the ships will go to Egypt, Spain and the Netherlands.

Food will be transported from the Southern ship to Italy and Romania.

Earlier it was reported that the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) in Istanbul allowed the exit of two more ships with grain from Ukrainian ports.

Dry cargo ship Great Arsenal will transport 25,000 tons of wheat from Chornomorsk to Egypt, and the Maranta ship with 5,300 tons of corn will head from the same port to Greece.