BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct. 1
By Zhale Qasimova - Trend:
The volume of cargo shipment through the Turkish Iskenderun port surpassed 35 million tons from January through August 2020, Turkey’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure told Trend.
During the specifying period, 962,558 tons of cargo were transported via the port of Iskenderun by ships flying the Turkish flag, and ships flying the flag of other countries moved over 34 million tons of cargo.
Around 824,745 tons of goods were moved in transit through the Iskenderun port over the past eight months of this year, the ministry said.
The volume of cargo transshipment through the ports of Turkey exceeded 239.3 million tons from January through August 2020.
Over the reporting period, ships flying the Turkish flag handled over 18.9 million tons of goods.
In the first eight months of this year, the volume of cargo movement via Turkish ports by ships flying their countries' flags made up 9 million tons, while ships flying the flags of other countries – 211.3 million tons, the ministry said.
Meanwhile, more than 48.2 million tons of cargo were transited through the ports of Turkey.
In August 2020, the volume of cargo shipment through the Turkish ports amounted to 29.4 million tons. In this month, ships flying the Turkish flag transshipped over 2 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 – 26.4 million tons.
Over 6.3 million tons of goods were transported in transit through the Turkish ports in August 2020.