BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 22. A total of 48,451 cars were delivered from Turkish port of Tuzla to Italian port of Trieste, and 50,801 in the opposite direction from January through May 2022, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Türkiye told Trend.
Transshipment of cars between two ports amounted to 99,252 in the specified period.
Turkish ports handled 194,766 cars in May 2022.
According to the ministry, in the reporting month, Ro-Ro ships delivered 82,593 cars to Turkish ports, while 112,173 cars were transshipped from the ports of Türkiye.
Besides, the country’s ports handled 939,616 cars from January through May this year, the ministry noted.
Meanwhile, Ro-Ro ships delivered 369,667 cars to Turkish ports, and 569,949 cars were sent from the ports, ministry added.
The ports of Türkiye handled 2.09 million cars, whereas Ro-Ro ships delivered 790,274 cars to the ports in 2021.
Totally, over 1.3 million cars were sent from Turkish ports by Ro-Ro ships last year.