BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 14. Turkish ports handled 9.9 million tons of cargo from China from January through October 2022, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Türkiye said, Trend reports via TurkicWorld.
According to the ministry, ships flying the Turkish flag delivered 36,655 tons of cargo, while ships under the flags of other countries – 9.7 million tons to local ports.
During this period, 197,944 tons of transit cargo were transshipped by Chinese-flagged ships to Turkish ports.
Meanwhile, 2.04 million tons of transit freight were delivered from China to Turkish ports.
The domestic ports handled 34.207 million tons of cargo in October 2022.
In the reporting period, ships flying the flag of Türkiye transshipped 2.4 million tons, whereas ships under the flags of other countries equaled 31.78 million tons.
In October 2022, ports of Türkiye delivered 6.3 million tons of transit cargo.
A total of 330.8 million tons of freight were transferred by Turkish ports in the first ten months of 2022.
During this period, cargo traffic by ships under the Turkish flag amounted to 23.76 million tons, whilst by ships under the flags of other countries – 307.04 million tons.
From January through October 2022, Turkish ports transshipped 66.99 million tons of transit cargo.
