Three more ships carrying thousands of tons of corn left Ukrainian ports Friday and traveled mined waters toward inspection of their delayed cargo, a sign that an international deal to export grain held up since Russia invaded Ukraine was slowly progressing.
Two of the three ships anchored north of Istanbul on Saturday are awaiting inspection, the Turkish Defense Ministry said.
The Panama-flagged Navi Star, which is carrying 33,000 tons of grain to Ireland, left Odesa on Friday.
The ministry posted on Twitter that Navi Star would be inspected by the Joint Coordination Center, the body set up under an agreement to export some 20 million tons of grain from Ukrainian silos….