Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 21
By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:
In 2017, 44,615 ships with gross tonnage totaling 823.4 million tons passed through Dardanelles strait, Turkey’s Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications revealed in its report.
According to the report, 9,478 tankers passed through the strait in 2017.
A table of ship traffic through Dardanelles:
|
Month |
Number of ships |
Gross tonnage |
Number of tankers |
||
|
With crude oil |
With liquefied gas |
With chemical products |
|||
|
January |
3,470 |
63,062,743 |
532 |
74 |
222 |
|
February |
3,069 |
57,829,793 |
466 |
70 |
190 |
|
March |
3,861 |
69,585,636 |
600 |
67 |
189 |
|
April |
3,650 |
66,704,052 |
514 |
76 |
220 |
|
May |
3,909 |
71,181,105 |
524 |
76 |
245 |
|
June |
3,637 |
66,342,862 |
511 |
49 |
233 |
|
July |
3,714 |
70,567,480 |
513 |
51 |
243 |
|
August |
3,854 |
73,192,622 |
478 |
52 |
209 |
|
September |
3,620 |
68,651,072 |
428 |
41 |
192 |
|
October |
4,035 |
73,417,243 |
507 |
46 |
220 |
|
November |
3,891 |
70,744,284 |
540 |
52 |
199 |
|
December |
3,905 |
72,181,744 |
532 |
80 |
237 |
|
Total |
42,978 |
823,460,636 |
6,145 |
734 |
2,599 |
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