Baku, Azerbaijan, March 1
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
In January 2019, the volume of cargo transshipment from Georgia through Turkish ports amounted to 319,700 tons, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey told Trend March 1.
“In January 2019, the volume of cargo transshipment from Georgia by vessels flying the Georgian flag amounted to 232,400 tons, while the volume of cargo transshipment from Georgia by vessels flying flags of other countries totaled 87,300 tons,” the ministry said.
During this period, no cargo transshipment from Georgia by vessels flying the Turkish flag was carried out, according to the ministry.
In January 2019, a total of 3,825 ships arrived at Turkish ports.
During the period, 1,311 vessels flying the Turkish flag and 2,514 vessels flying flags of other countries arrived at Turkish ports.
Gross register tonnage of all vessels for this period amounted to 62.633 million tons.
Gross register tonnage of vessels that arrived at Turkish ports flying the flag of Turkey amounted to 8.976 million tons, while gross register tonnage of vessels flying flags of other countries amounted to 53.657 million tons.
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