BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 14. The Turkish ports handled 171,000 tons of cargo from Uzbekistan from January through February 2023, the Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure told TurkicWorld, Trend reports.
According to the ministry, during the mentioned period, no cargo transportation was carried out by ships flying the flags of Türkiye or Uzbekistan. Cargo transportation from Uzbekistan to the ports of Türkiye was carried out only by ships flying the flags of other countries.
Overall, Turkish ports handled 27.5 million tons of cargo in February 2023.
During this period, ships flying the Turkish flag handled 2.2 million tons of cargo via the local ports, while those flying the flags of other countries - 25.3 million tons.
A total of 5.6 million tons of transit cargo were transshipped via Turkish ports in February 2023.
Furthermore, the Turkish ports handled 59.6 million tons of cargo from January through February 2023.
During the mentioned period, the vessels flying Turkish flags transported 4.1 million tons of cargo, whereas the ships flying the flags of other countries handled 55.4 million tons of cargo through the Turkish ports.
A total of 12.1 million tons of transit cargo were shipped through the Turkish ports from January through February 2023.