BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct.6
Trend:
As much as 11.4 million tons of cargo were shipped through the Turkish port of Tekirdag in the first 8 months of 2021, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey told Trend.
According to the ministry, ships flying the flag of Turkey transported 300,395 tons of cargo through the port of Tekirdag, while ships flying the flags of other countries – over 11.1 million tons.
"At the same time, the Turkish port of Tekirdag handled over 9.06 million tons of cargo in transit," the ministry said.
Meanwhile, ships flying the flag of Albania delivered 46,238 tons of cargo to Turkish ports, and 20,720 tons of goods were transited via the ports from the country, the ministry added.
Totally, the ports of Turkey handled 253.4 million tons of cargo from January through August 2021.
During this period, cargo transportation by ships flying the flag of Turkey through domestic ports amounted to 20.1 million tons.
"At the same time, cargo transportation through Turkish ports by ships flying the flags of other countries amounted to 233.2 million tons," the ministry said.
In addition, during the specified period, Turkish ports handled 50.2 million tons of cargo in transit, said the ministry.
Reportedly, in August 2021, the ports of Turkey as a whole handled 33.9 million tons of goods.
In the 8th month of this year, cargo transportation through domestic ports by ships flying the Turkish flag amounted to 2.57 million tons, while by ships flying the flags of other countries – 31.3 million tons. In his month Turkish ports handled 6.27 million tons of transit cargo.