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Turkey reveals cargo shipment data from Greece via its ports

Türkiye Materials 3 September 2020 10:49 (UTC +04:00)
Turkey reveals cargo shipment data from Greece via its ports

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 3

By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:

The volume of cargo transshipment from Greece via the ports of Turkey made up 9.6 million tons in the first seven months of 2020, Turkey’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure told Trend.

From January through July 2020, the volume of cargo shipped from Greece by ships flying the Turkish flag amounted to 538,501 tons, and by ships flying the flags of other countries – over 9 million tons.

The ministry said that 123,295 tons of cargo were handled over the specifying period by ships flying the Greek flag.

At the same time, the volume of cargo shipment in transit from Greece through the Turkish ports made up over 1.5 million tons.

The volume of cargo transshipment through the ports of Turkey amounted to 209.8 million tons from January through July 2020.

Over the mentioned period, ships flying the Turkish flag shipped over 16.9 million tons of goods.

In the first seven months of this year, the volume of cargo movement via Turkish ports by ships flying their countries' flags made up 8 million tons, while by ships flying the flags of other countries – 184.8 million tons, the ministry said.

During this period, more than 41.8 million tons of cargo were handled in transit through the ports of Turkey.

In July 2020, the volume of cargo shipment through the Turkish ports amounted to 30.2 million tons. In this month, ships flying the Turkish flag transported over 2.6 million tons of cargo.

Cargo transshipment via the ports of Turkey by ships flying their countries’ flags amounted to 1 million tons, and by ships flying the flags of other countries – 26.5 million tons.

Over 5.6 million tons of goods were transshipped in transit through the Turkish ports in July 2020.

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