BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 19. Turkish ports handled 9.2 million tons of cargo from January through September 2022, , the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Türkiye told TurkicWorld, Trend reports.
According to the ministry, 36,655 tons of the cargo were delivered to Turkish ports under the flag of Türkiye from China, and 9 million tons by ships under the flags of other countries.
From January through September this year, 1.8 million tons of cargo were delivered to Turkish ports by Chinese-flagged ships.
Turkish ports handled over 31.9 million tons of transit cargo in the reporting period.
In the reporting month, ships under the flag of Türkiye delivered 2.2 million tons of cargo, and ships under the flags of other countries – 29.7 million tons to the ports.
At the same time, 6.6 million tons of cargo were transited through Turkish ports in September 2022.
Turkish ports in total handled 269.5 million tons of cargo from January through September 2022.
Cargo transportation by ships under the flag of Türkiye through local ports in the specified period amounted to 21.3 million tons, and by ships under the flags of other countries – 275.2 million tons.
Meanwhile, Turkish ports handled 60.6 million tons of transit cargo.