BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 21. Türkiye's Mersin port received more than 25.9 million tons of cargo from January through August 2024.
The data obtained by Trend from the country's Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure shows that 1.8 million tons of cargo were transported from the port of Mersin by vessels running under the flag of Türkiye, and 24 million tons of cargo were transported by vessels under the flags of other countries.
A total of 263,312 tons of transit cargo was transported from the port of Mersin from January through August 2024.
The cargo turnover of Turkish ports in August 2024 amounted to 31.4 million tons. During this period, the cargo turnover to domestic ports by Turkish-flagged vessels amounted to 2.5 million tons.
“The cargo turnover of vessels under the flags of other countries in the ports of Türkiye amounted to 29 million tons,” the statement of the ministry reads.
At the same time, in August 2024, the transit cargo turnover in the ports of Türkiye amounted to 5.6 million tons.
The data of the ministry indicate that the ports of Türkiye received 267.8 million tons of cargo from January through August 2024.
“The cargo reception by Turkish-flagged vessels amounted to 19.9 million tons. Meanwhile, by vessels under the flags of other countries, cargo shipments to the ports of Türkiye amounted to 247.8 million tons,” the statement said.
The statement also says that a total of 33.3 million tons of transit cargo were transported from the ports of Türkiye from January through August 2024.
To note, the ports of Türkiye received 40,846 vessels from January through August this year.
The number of vessels accepted in Turkish ports under the flags of other countries during this period amounted to 3,535, and the number of vessels accepted under the flag of Türkiye amounted to 2,331.