Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 17
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
The volume of cargo transshipment from China through Turkish ports amounted to 2.942 million tons in August 2019, Trend reports referring to the Transport and Infrastructure.
The ministry noted that in August 2019, the volume of cargo transshipment from China by ships flying the Chinese flag amounted to 23,000 tons and while the amount of cargo carried by ships flying the flags of other countries amounted to 2.916 million tons.
During the reported period, the transshipment of goods from China by ships under the Turkish flag amounted to 6,000 tons.
In August 2019, 4,601 ships arrived in Turkish ports, the gross registered tonnage of which amounted to 58.316 million million tons.
During the reported month, 1,978 ships flying the Turkish flag and 2,623 ships flying flags of other countries arrived in Turkish ports.
The gross registered tonnage of ships arrived at Turkish ports under the Turkish flag in August 2019 amounted to 9.63 million tons, and of ships under flags of other countries to 48.685 million tons.
In January-August 2019, Turkish ports received 35,716 ships, the gross registered tonnage of which amounted to 516.701 million tons.
The gross registered tonnage of vessels arrived at Turkish ports under the Turkish flag amounted to 76.956 million tons, while the gross registered tonnage of vessels under flags of other countries amounted to 439.744 million tons in January-August 2019.
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