Lebanon seized a ship loaded with barley and wheat flour.
The Ukrainian embassy in Beirut said the ship was loaded in Feodosia in Russian-occupied Ukrainian Crimea, and that the cargo originates from Russian-occupied territories in Zaporozhye and the Kherson region. It is reported by Bloomberg with reference to Lebanese Attorney General Ghassan Weidat.
Vessel tracking data shows that the cargo ship Laodicea arrived in Tripoli in northern Lebanon on 27 July. He will be under arrest while Lebanon investigates the origin of the cargo.
And the European database Equasis indicates that the registered owner of the vessel is Syria Mar Shipping Ltd. In 2015, the United States imposed sanctions on both the company and the ship due to links to the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad.
According to Arab News, citing the Ukrainian Embassy in Lebanon, the ship was carrying 10,000 tons of flour. thousand tons of flour.
As you know, Lebanon imported most of its wheat from Ukraine, but supplies stopped due to the Russian invasion and the blockade of the main Black Sea ports.
Recall, on July 30, it became known that the Lebanese prosecutor’s office detained the Syrian ship Laodikea, which, according to official Kyiv, was transporting Ukrainian wheat.
Sources: Bloomberg, Arab News
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