BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug. 26
Trend:
Over 6.7 million tons of goods have been transshipped through the Turkish ports from Belgium in the first seven months of 2021, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey told Trend.
According to the ministry, 39,969 tons of cargo from Belgium were delivered to Turkish ports by ships flying the Turkish flag, and more than 6.6 million tons - by ships flying the flags of other countries.
From January through July of this year, ships flying the flag of Belgium delivered 25,602 tons of cargo to Turkish ports.
The ministry also said that Turkish ports handled 10,306 tons of cargo in transit from Belgium.
Over 219.5 million tons of goods have been transshipped through the Turkish ports from January through July 2021, 17.5 million tons of cargo were handled by ships flying the Turkish flag, and more than 201.9 million tons - by ships flying the flags of other countries.
More than 43.9 million tons of cargo were transited through the Turkish ports in the first seven months of this year.
Furthermore, nearly 31.3 million tons of cargo were transported through the Turkish ports in July 2021.
In the same month, around 2.2 million tons of cargo were transported to the domestic ports via ships flying the Turkish flag while via ships flying the flags of other countries – 29.1 million tons.
Meanwhile, over 6.6 million tons of cargo were transited through the ports.