BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 18. The Turkish ports handled over 1.5 million tons of cargo from Ukraine from January through March 2023, the Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure told TurkicWorld, Trend reports.
According to the ministry, ships flying the Turkish flag transported 107,336 tons of cargo from Ukraine through the local ports, while the vessels flying the flag of other countries carried over 1.35 million tons.
Furthermore, during the reporting period, the ships flying the Ukrainian flag transported 60,614 tons of cargo.
A total of 12,751 tons of cargo were transited through the Turkish ports from Ukraine from January through March 2023.
A total of 31.9 million tons of cargo were handled by the Turkish ports in March 2023.
During the reporting period, ships flying the Turkish flag transported 2.3 million tons of cargo through the local ports.
"The cargo transshipment by the ships flying the flags of other countries equaled 29.6 million tons," said the statement.
In addition, the Turkish ports handled over 6 million tons of transit cargo in March 2023.
The Turkish ports received 91.5 million tons of cargo from January through March 2023.
Moreover, from January through March 2023, the ships flying the Turkish flag carried 6.4 tons of cargo, whereas the ships flying the flags of other countries transported 85.08 million tons.
In addition, the Turkish ports handled 18.3 million tons of transit cargo from January through March 2023.