BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 2. The Turkish port of Kocaeli handled 16.9 million tons of cargo in 1Q2022, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey told Trend.
According to the ministry, 1.03 million tons of cargo was transported by ships under the flag of Turkey through the port of Kocaeli, and 15.9 million tons by ships under the flags of other countries.
"The Turkish port of Kocaeli handled 949,392 tons of transit cargo from January through March 2022," the ministry said.
The ports of Turkey handled 24.1 million tons of cargo in March 2022.
Cargo transportation by ships flying the Turkish flag through local ports amounted to 2.2 million tons during this period.
Cargo transportation through the ports of Turkey by ships under the flags of other countries amounted to 31.8 million tons.
Turkish ports handled 6.6 million tons of transit cargo in March 2022.
Turkish ports handled 98.6 million tons of cargo.
Cargo transportation by ships under the flag of Turkey amounted to 6.9 million tons during the specified period. Cargo transportation through the ports of Turkey by ships under the flags of other countries amounted to 91.6 million tons.
Turkish ports handled 20.5 million tons of transit cargo from January through March 2022.
The ports of Turkey handled 386.3 million tons of cargo in 2021.
Cargo transportation by ships under the flag of Turkey amounted to 29.9 million tons during the specified period.
Cargo transportation through the ports of Turkey by ships flying the flags of other countries amounted to 356.3 million tons in 2021.
Turkish ports handled 78 million tons of transit cargo last year.
