BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 8
By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:
The volume of cargo transshipment from Portugal via the ports of Turkey surpassed 1.6 million tons in the past 7 months of 2020, Turkey’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure told Trend on Sept. 8.
According to the ministry, over the reporting period, 34,834 tons of cargo were handled from Portugal via Turkey’s ports by ships flying the Turkish flag, and more than 1 million by ships flying the flags of other countries. As many as 35,422 tons of cargo were handled by ships flying the Portuguese flag.
Meanwhile, 453,255 tons of cargo were transited from Portugal via the Turkish ports, the ministry said.
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 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.
As reported, 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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