Miller Magazine Issue: 130 October 2020

32 NEWS MILLER / OCtOber 2020 Glencore Agriculture Limited, a global leader in the origination, handling, processing and marketing of agricultural commodities, has completed the acquisition of Everi port terminal in Ukraine. Everi terminal facility has a static storage capacity of 160,000 metric tonnes (mt). Glencore Agriculture acquires port terminal in Ukraine Turkish agency distributes 400 tons of wheat in Lebanon Glencore Agriculture Limited announced that it has completed the acquisition of Everi port terminal in Ukraine from Orexim group of companies. Everi is a leading vegetable oil export terminal in the city of Mykolaiv, Ukraine, offering storage and loading ser- vices to first class international and domestic clients. “This acquisition reinforces our long term com- mitment to the agriculture sector in Ukraine and establishes Glencore Agriculture Limited as a key and reliable partner within the global vegetable oil supply chain. We are excited to operate a best-in- class asset and we remain committed to delivering high standards of service to Everi terminal custo- mers,” comments Glencore Agriculture Limited CEO David Mattiske. Everi terminal facility was built in 2010 and last expanded in 2018. It has a static storage capacity of 160,000 metric tonnes (mt). The Everi port terminal has capacity to load up to 1.5 million mt of vegetab- le oil per year for export destinations. A Turkish aid agency has distributed some 400 tons of wheat in Lebanon since the deadly blast that rocked the capital Beirut in early August. A symbolic ceremony was held in Beirut on the state-run Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) delivering the wheat aid to the Lebanese army. In a speech during the ceremony, the Turkish ambassador to Beirut, Hakan Cakil, said that Turkish aid to Lebanon continues without interruption. The diplomat went on to say that the Turkish aid includes medical supplies, medicine, and food parcels. On Aug. 4, a huge explosion in the port of Beirut roc- ked the city, killing 191 people and injuring over 6,000 people, while dozens remain missing. The World Food Programme (WFP) has expressed serious concern about food security in Lebanon after stockpiles of food were lost in the devastating explosion. The blast has dest- royed the silos where the country’s staple food stocks were stored. The silos contain essential grain reserves including wheat, corn and barley, and serve as strategic storage for about 85 percent of the country’s cereals. Lebanon imports up to 80 percent of its food needs and has been suffering from bread shortages. The Port of Beirut is Lebanon’s main sea port, and one of the busiest harbours in the Eastern Mediterranean.