Baku, Azerbaijan, Mar. 16
By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:
In February 2019, the volume of cargo transshipment from Russia and Iran through the ports of Turkey amounted to 8.158 million tons, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey told Trend.
The volume of transshipment of goods from Iran through the ports of Turkey amounted to 776,552 tons during this period.
"In February 2019, the volume of cargo transshipment from Iran by ships flying the flag of this country amounted to 172,482 tons, and vessels flying the flags of other countries amounted to 604,070 tons," the ministry said.
It was noted that the transshipment of goods from Iran was not carried out by vessels flying the flag of Turkey during this period.
The ministry also said that, the volume of cargo transshipment from Russia through the ports of Turkey amounted to 7,382,072 tons in February 2019.
According to the information, the volume of cargo transshipment from Russia by ships flying the flag of Turkey for the specified period amounted to 485,921 tons.
"During this period, the volume of cargo transshipment from Russia by ships flying the flag of this country amounted to 1,015,906 tons, and vessels flying the flags of other countries to 5,880,245 tons," the ministry said.
In February 2019, 3,514 ships arrived at Turkish ports.
Some 1,260 vessels sailing under the flag of Turkey and 2,254 vessels sailing under the flags of other countries arrived at Turkish ports in February 2019.
The gross registered tonnage of all vessels in February 2019 amounted to 58.483 million tons.
The gross registered tonnage of the vessels arriving at Turkish ports under the flag of Turkey amounted to 8.917 million tons, and the gross registered tonnage of the vessels under the flags of other countries was 49.566 million tons, the ministry stated.
During two months of 2019, 7,339 vessels arrived at the Turkish ports. The gross registered tonnage was 121.125 million tons.
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