Grain Ship from Ukraine to Arrive in Albania

The Ukrainian ship "Jaohar Ranim" is sailing towards the port of Durrës with a quantity of 6,000 tons of wheat arrived on behalf of a flour company in Tirana. 

This is the first ship to come from Ukraine since the start of the war there. Loaded in Izmail, Ukraine, the ship left this port on July 28 and is expected to arrive in Durres on August 10. Izmaili is the largest Ukrainian port at the mouth of the Danube, in Odesa. 

The blockade of Ukrainian ports caused problems in the global grain supply. Russia and Ukraine together account for nearly a third of global wheat exports, so the resumption of wheat exports from Ukraine has breathed new life into global consumption demand. 

Currently, the ship with wheat is in the Greek waters of the Ionian Sea and is expected to arrive in the early hours of Wednesday in Durrës.