Indonesia’s Comexindo first to ship grain from Russia since war

The Sierra Leone-flagged MV White Shark, owned by Indonesian and United States-Swiss joint venture company PT Comexindo International, loads 25,000 tonnes of wheat on Aug 7, 2022 at Novorossiysk, Russia. - PT Comexindo International

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): PT Comexindo International, a joint venture (JV) between Indonesia’s Arsari Group and United States-Swiss company Harvest Commodities, has become the first company to transport grain out of Russia since the Ukraine war began.

“The MV White Shark was loaded with 25,000 tonnes of wheat [...] at the Russian port of Novorossiysk yesterday,” Arsari and Harvest Commodities announced in a joint press release on Monday (Aug 8).