Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 21
By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:
In 2017, 42,978 ships with gross tonnage totaling 599.3 million tons passed through Bosphorus strait, Turkey’s Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications revealed in its report.
According to the report, 8,832 tankers passed through the strait in 2017.
A table of ship traffic through Bosphorus:
|
Month |
Number of ships |
Gross tonnage |
Number of tankers |
||
|
With crude oil |
With liquefied gas |
With chemical products |
|||
|
January |
3,417 |
46,327,093 |
555 |
61 |
145 |
|
February |
2,919 |
40,481,720 |
474 |
64 |
132 |
|
March |
3,744 |
51,966,688 |
611 |
72 |
159 |
|
April |
3,511 |
47,763,199 |
484 |
78 |
169 |
|
May |
3,778 |
51,638,407 |
523 |
70 |
184 |
|
June |
3,521 |
48,292,804 |
510 |
55 |
170 |
|
July |
3,455 |
48,897,723 |
492 |
64 |
158 |
|
August |
3,712 |
54,168,194 |
488 |
58 |
147 |
|
September |
3,378 |
51,024,012 |
456 |
49 |
129 |
|
October |
3,861 |
52,987,789 |
510 |
49 |
170 |
|
November |
3,809 |
53,165,444 |
546 |
51 |
161 |
|
December |
3,873 |
52,611,675 |
563 |
71 |
154 |
|
Total |
42,978 |
599,324,748 |
6,212 |
742 |
1,878 |
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