BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 20. The Turkish ports handled 5.13 million tons of cargo from Algeria from January through September 2022, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Türkiye told TurkicWolrd, Trend reports.
According to the ministry, ships under the Turkish flag delivered 251,070 tons of cargo from Algeria to local ports, and ships flying the flags of other countries – 3.4 million tons.
From January through September this year, 1.3 million tons of cargo were delivered to Turkish ports by Algerian-flagged ships.
Turkish ports handled 296,400 tons of transit cargo from Algeria from January through September 2022.
Turkish ports handled 31.9 million tons of cargo in the reporting period.
Cargo transportation by ships under the flag of Türkiye through local ports amounted to 2.2 million tons, and by ships under the flags of other countries amounted to 29.7 million tons from January through September 2022.
Moreover, 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.