ANKARA, UKRAINE • Two more ships carrying grain left from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports on Saturday, Turkey’s defense ministry said, bringing the number of vessels to depart the country under a U.n.-brokered deal to 16.

The Barbados-flagged Fulmar S left Ukraine’s Chornomorsk port, carrying 12,000 tonnes of corn to Turkey’s southern Iskenderun province, the ministry said. The Marshall Island-flagged Thoe departed from the same port and headed to Turkey’s Tekirdag, carrying 3,000 tons of sunflower seeds.

Ukraine’s infrastructure ministry said on Saturday that 16 ships carrying 450,000 tons of agriculture products had departed from Ukrainian sea ports since early August under the deal which ensured safe passage for vessels. —