BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 15. Turkish ports handled over 3.3 million tons of cargo from the UK in the first half of 2022, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Türkiye told TurkicWorld, Trend reports.
According to the ministry, in the reporting period, 35,954 tons of the above cargo were delivered to the Turkish ports by ships flying the flag of Türkiye, and 3.25 million tons – by ships flying the flags of other countries.
Meanwhile, ships flying the UK flag delivered 30,792 tons of cargo to Turkish ports.
Besides, in 1H2022, the Turkish ports transshipped 919,056 tons of transit cargo from the UK, the ministry said.
The Turkish ports transshipped over 33.8 million tons of cargo in June 2022.
In the reporting month, ships under the flag of Türkiye through the local ports transported 2.33 million tons of cargo, and ships under the flags of other countries – 30.5 million tons.
Meanwhile, the Turkish ports transshipped 6.3 million tons of transit cargo, the ministry said.
The ports of Türkiye handled 197.2 million tons of cargo from January through June 2022.
During the specified period, cargo transportation by ships under the flag of Türkiye through local ports amounted to 13.7 million tons, while by ships under the flags of other countries – 183.4 million tons.
Turkish ports handled 41.59 million tons of transit cargo in the first half of this year.