Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu emphasized that they monitor the status of the ships in the Black Sea 7/24 after the war between Ukraine and Russia and said, “After the negotiations, the ships waiting at the ports in the Sea of Azov received permission to take off. Due to the adverse weather and sea conditions in the Black Sea, 18 of the 5 ships were able to sail to the Black Sea. Others wait at anchor in the Kerch Strait and the Sea of Azov. Depending on the sea and weather conditions, we expect these ships to arrive at their destination ports as of Sunday.”
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu made a statement about the ships that were kept in the ports in the region due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Providing information about the latest developments, Karaismailoğlu reminded that 28 ships with a total of 6 thousand tons of sunflower oil to come to Turkey at the ports in the Azov Sea are waiting at the Russian ports due to the war situation.
THE SECOND SHIP LOADED WITH OIL WILL PASS THROUGH ISTANBUL TOMORROW
Karaismailoğlu noted that the ships received permission to take off from their ports on March 9, and continued as follows:
“One of these ships, M/T Lilac, carrying 6 thousand 99 tons of crude sunflower oil, crossed the Bosphorus and sailed to the Sea of Marmara early this morning. The destination port is cruising towards Mersin. It is planned to dock in Mersin on March 15. The second of these ships, M/T Mubariz İbrahimov, which carries 5 tons of crude sunflower oil, is currently sailing in the Black Sea… It will pass through the Bosphorus tomorrow. The other 753 ships carrying sunflower oil are underway in the Black Sea and are scheduled to dock at our country's ports by 4 March.
18 OF 5 SHIPS OPENED TO THE BLACK SEA
Reminding that 18 Turkish-owned ships are waiting at the ports in the Sea of Azov apart from these ships, Minister of Transport Karaismailoğlu said, “Some of these ships are to take cargo of corn, iron, iron ore, wheat, wheat bran-meal, coal and sunflower meal to our country and some to other countries. As of Wednesday, they received permission to depart from the ports they were in. One of our ships is waiting in line to load rice bran at Temruk Port in the Sea of Azov. Due to the adverse weather and sea conditions in the Black Sea, 5 of these ships were able to sail to the Black Sea. Others wait at anchor in the Kerch Strait and the Sea of Azov. Depending on the sea and weather conditions, we expect these ships to reach their destination ports as of Sunday," he said.
Underlining that there is no stoppage or slowdown due to the war situation in the ports of Russia in the Black Sea, Karaismailoğlu stated that the ships enter, exit, load and unload at the ports here.
WE ALSO FOLLOW THE DEVELOPMENTS IN UKRAINE PORTS CLOSELY
Karaismailoğlu said, “We are also closely following the developments in the Ukrainian ports,” and emphasized that the loading and unloading operations stopped completely with the start of the war in the Ukrainian ports. 4 Turkish in Ukrainian ports bayraklı Karaismailoğlu, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, stated that there are 23 Turkish owned and operated ships, including:
“On the first day of the war, the Ukrainian authorities issued a navtex, declaring that all ports had laid sea mines on their approach. It banned entry and exit from ports. On the same day, the Russian authorities announced that they would declare ships that would enter or leave Ukrainian ports as enemies. These ships are waiting to transport mines, iron, iron ore, coils, wheat, pulp and soybeans to both our country's ports and other countries. At the beginning of the war, there were a total of 202 Turkish seafarers on these ships. This ship evacuated 83 of our people under the coordination of our Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We still have 118 Turkish people on board the ships. Currently, only 2 of our ship crew have an evacuation request. Our other ship people do not have any evacuation requests at this time.”
HIGH EFFORT IS TAKEN TO CREATE A BLUE SAFE CORRIDOR
Noting that both the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the international maritime sector are making great efforts so that the ships in the Ukrainian ports can take off, Karaismailoğlu said, “Intense efforts are being made to create a blue safe corridor, and ships are starting to depart from the Ukrainian ports in the near future. We believe it will start,” he said.
RO-RO FROM SAMSUN TO RUSSIA CONTINUES
Expressing that road transporters are also experiencing difficulties due to the closure of Ukrainian ports in this period, Karaismailoğlu said that Ro-Ro voyages from Samsun to Russia's Novorosisk and Tuapse Ports continue, and that for the first time this week, from Samsun to Kavkaz Port in Kerch Strait. He noted that the Ro-Ro expeditions have started. Karaismailoğlu said, "The ship, which completed its first voyage with 61 vehicles, is planned to make its second voyage from Samsun today."
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