BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 10
By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:
Transshipment of goods in the Turkish port of Iskenderun in Hatay province stood at 21.9 million tons from January through May 2020, the Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure told Trend on July 10.
The ministry said that during the reporting period, 719,016 tons were handled by ships flying the flag of Turkey in the port of Iskenderun, while 21.1 million tons of cargo were handled by ships flying the flags of other countries.
"Some 589,375 tons were transited through the Iskenderun port from January through May 2020," the ministry said.
During the reporting period, 151.4 million tons were handled through Turkish ports.
The volume of cargo transshipment via Turkish ports by the ships flying the Turkish flag made up 11.9 million tons, by ships flying the flags of their countries - to over 5.8 million tons, and by ships flying the flags of other countries stood at nearly 133.6 million tons from January through May 2020.
Meanwhile, 30.7 million tons of cargo were transited through Turkish ports, the ministry said.
In May 2020, the volume of cargo transshipment through the ports of Turkey made up almost 28 million tons.
In the reporting month, the volume of cargo transshipment by ships flying the Turkish flag made up 2.3 million tons, by ships flying the flags of their countries amounted to 940,716 tons, and by ships flying the flags of other countries stood at 24.7 million tons.
According to the ministry, 5.7 million tons of cargo were transported in transit through the ports of Turkey in May 2020.
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