Russian ship with stolen grain, which was not accepted in Israel, arrives in Turkey
13.05.2026 - 12:33
The bulk carrier “Panormitis”, which is transporting stolen Ukrainian grain and which was refused to be unloaded in the Israeli port of Haifa, has arrived in the Turkish port of Iskenderun.
This was reported by Kateryna Yaresko, a journalist for the SeaKrime project of the Peacemaker Center.
According to her, on May 13, the vessel Panormitis (IMO:9445021) arrived in the Turkish port of Iskenderun.
“The vessel was not accepted in Israel due to Ukraine’s appeal regarding the origin of the grain from the occupied territories. Now let’s see how Turkey will react,” said Kateryna Jaresko.
She also recalled that when in 2023, Israel did not accept a vessel with grain from the occupied territories, it was unloaded in Iskenderun.
Recall that the bulk carrier “Panormitis” was heading to Haifa with a cargo of 6,201.56 tons of wheat and 19,043.73 tons of barley from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
Later, it became known that the Israeli importing company refused to unload the grain stolen by Russia in Ukraine in Haifa due to the risk of international sanctions. Ukraine also sent Israel a package of documents for the arrest of the Russian ship with the stolen Ukrainian grain.
Already on May 7, the Russian ship departed from Israel.
