Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 12
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
In January-July 2018, a total of 865,568 Chinese vessels passed through the territorial waters of Turkey, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey told Trend Sept. 12.
The ministry noted that 60 Chinese vessels flying the Turkish flag and 865,508 vessels flying the flags of other countries sailed in the territorial waters of Turkey during this year.
Last year, 2,570,700 Chinese ships sailed in the territorial waters of Turkey, of which 64,382 vessels flied the Turkish flag, 73,135 sailed under the flag of China, and 2,433,183 flied the flags of other countries.
In the first seven months of 2018, a total of 51,697,256 vessels from different countries sailed in the territorial waters of Turkey, 7,802,316 of which sailed under the Turkish flag, 2,395,205 vessels - under their own flags, and 41,499,735 vessels - under the flags of other countries.
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