BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 27. Turkish port Tekirdag received 15.9 million tons of cargo from January through August 2023, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Türkiye said, Trend reports.
It was noted that 527,617 tons of cargo were transported from Tekirdag port by vessels under the flag of Türkiye, and 15.3 million tons by vessels under the flags of other countries.
"About 10.5 million tons of transit cargo were transported from the Turkish port of Tekirdag from January through August 2023," the ministry said.
Also, the ports of Türkiye received 33.3 million tons of cargo in August 2023.
During this period, cargo traffic to domestic ports by Turkish-flagged vessels amounted to 2.3 million.
Cargo traffic to Turkish ports by vessels flying the flags of other countries amounted to 31.3 million.
In addition, 5.5 million tons of transit cargo were transported from Turkish ports in August 2023.
According to the ministry, Türkiye's ports received 260.5 million tons of cargo from January through August 2023.
The cargo traffic of Turkish-flagged vessels amounted to 19.3 million tons from January through August 2023. And by vessels under the flags of other countries, the cargo traffic to the ports of Türkiye amounted to 241.2 million tons.
Moreover, 46.5 million tons of transit cargo were transported from the ports of Türkiye from January through August 2023.
