V Riva Wind and M/V Arizona arrive from Ukraine with 105,000 tons of grain
JAKARTA, Indonesia, March 2 /PRNewswire/ — Two more ships transport grain in Russia
The Harvest Commodities ship, M/V Riva Wind, left the port of Odessa, Ukraine, with 50,000 tons of grain, and the second ship, M/V Arizona, left the port of Chornomorsk, Ukraine, with 55,000 tons of grains. The grain belongs to a joint venture between Harvest Commodities SA and the Indonesian group Arsari. The joint venture will be carried out through PT Comexindo International.
The ships are among the first commercial shipments from Odessa since the conflict broke out on February 24, 2022. Their safe passage was made possible thanks to the tireless efforts and agreements between the governments of the United States, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and Indonesia, as well as the United Nations allowed.
“I would like to commend the cooperation between the leaders of the United States, Russia, Ukraine, Indonesia and Turkey as they found enough common ground to have a shared vision to alleviate the world’s food shortages,” said Gaurav Srivastava, President of Harvest Commodities. SA “I hope this can be a first step towards lessening the conflict”
“My special thanks also go out to the captains and crews of the two ships who have been waiting on their ships in Ukraine since February 2022. Getting the ships out of the heavily mined port of Odessa is an act of great bravery and skill.” way of Türkiye (formerly known as Turkey).
In addition, two other vessels owned by Harvest Commodities pick up grain from Novorossiysk, Russia – the 25,000-ton grain M/V Shark and the 10,000-ton grain M/V Bronco.
Mr. Srivastava said: “Given that Indonesia is the chair of the G20, Arsari Chair Hashim Djojohadikusumo and I have a shared vision to support the Russian and Ukrainian food program initiative. We are honored to be able to do this work together.
This is the first of many shipments in which the PT Comexindo International joint venture will buy grain from Russian and Ukrainian farmers and sell it to international buyers.
Harvest Commodities SA is an international agricultural trade and distribution company focused on matching supply and demand, managing the supply chain and creating value through tailored logistics, finance and risk mitigation services. It has offices in Los Angeles, USA/Moscow, Russia, Kyiv, Ukraine/Geneva, Switzerland/Jakarta, Indonesia.
EN Comexindo Internationalformerly known as PT Prima Comexindo, a member of the Arsari Group, has been active in international trade since 1986, mainly in countries such as Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, former Yugoslavia, Africa and Southeast Asia.
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