BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb. 10
Trend:
The Turkish ports handled over 26.5 million tons of cargo from the US in 2021, Turkey’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure told Trend.
According to the ministry, last year, ships flying the Turkish flag delivered 871,514 tons of cargo from the US to domestic ports, and ships flying the flags of other countries – more than 25.7 million tons.
At the same time, ships flying the US flag delivered 22,657 tons of cargo to Turkish ports, and 502,786 tons of cargo from the US were transited through the ports.
Overall, Turkey's ports handled more than 386.3 million tons of cargo last year.
Meanwhile, freight traffic by vessels under the Turkish flag through domestic ports exceeded 29.9 million tons.
Cargo transportation via the ports of Turkey by ships under the flags of other countries last year totaled 356.3 million tons.
Besides, Turkish ports transited over 78 million tons of cargo.
In December 2021, Turkish ports handled more than 35.4 million tons of cargo.
Meanwhile, transshipment of goods through ports under the Turkish flag reached 2.5 million tons, and under the flags of other countries – 32.8 million tons. In the same month, Turkish ports handled 7.2 million tons of transit cargo.