BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 5. A total of 2.6 million tons of cargo were delivered to Turkish ports from China from January through April 2022, Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure told TurkicWorld, Trend reports.
According to the ministry, ships flying the Turkish flag delivered 123,726 tons of cargo from China to local ports, and ships flying the flags of other countries delivered 1.7 million tons of cargo.
Ships flying the Chinese flag delivered 765,806 tons of cargo to Turkish ports during this time. Some 170,355 tons of transit cargo were transported through Turkish ports from China in January through April 2022.
The ports of Turkiye handled 32.06 million tons of cargo in April 2022.
Cargo transportation by ships under the flag of Turkiye through local ports amounted to 2.09 million tons during the specified period.
Cargo transportation through the ports of Turkiye by ships under the flags of other countries amounted to 29.9 million tons.
Turkish ports handled 7.1 million tons of transit cargo in April 2022.
Turkish ports handled a total of 130.8 million tons of cargo from January through April 2022.
Cargo transportation by ships under the flag of Turkiye amounted to 6.05 million tons during this period. Cargo transportation through the ports of Turkiye by ships under the flags of other countries amounted to 121.8 million tons. Turkish ports handled 27.7 million tons of transit cargo from January through April 2022.
The ports of Turkey handled 386.3 million tons of cargo in 2021.
Cargo transportation by ships under the flag of Turkiye amounted to 29.9 million tons during the specified period.
Cargo transportation through the ports of Turkiye by ships flying the flags of other countries amounted to 356.3 million tons in 2021.
Turkish ports handled 78 million tons of transit cargo last year.