BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb. 23
Trend:
Turkish ports handled 1,719,155 tons of cargo from Ukraine in January 2022, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey told Trend.
Ships under the Turkish flag delivered 94,150 tons of freight from Ukraine to domestic ports, and ships flying the flags of other countries – 1,566,362 tons.
During this period, Ukrainian-flagged vessels transported 58,743 tons of cargo to Turkish ports.
In January 2022, Turkish ports handled 269,705 tons of transit cargo from Ukraine.
In general, Turkey delivered 33,337,392 tons of cargo in January 2022 via local ports.
Cargo traffic by ships flying the flag of Turkey totaled 2,406,438 tons, whereas transportation through ships under the flags of foreign countries reached 30,930,954 tons.
Moreover, the ports of Turkey handled 7,688,129 tons of transit cargo in the reporting period.
Totally, Turkey transported 386,396,718 tons of cargo in 2021 via its ports.
During the reporting period, freight transportation by ships under the flag of Turkey via domestic ports amounted to 29,999,196 tons, and by ships under the flags of other countries reached 356,397,522 tons.
Furthermore, Turkish ports transshipped 78,008,944 tons of transit cargo in 2021.