BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 2. A total of 9.7 million tons of cargo were transported from Italy to the ports of Türkiye from January through May 2022, the Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Ministry told Trend.
According to the ministry, 3.07 million tons of cargo were delivered from Italy to Turkish ports by ships flying the Turkish flag, and 6.3 million tons – by ships flying the flags of other countries.
Some 334,052 tons of cargo were delivered to Turkish ports by ships sailing under the Italian flag in the first five months of this year.
Meanwhile, over 16 million tons of cargo from Italy were transited through the above ports.
Totally, Turkish ports handled 33.4 million tons of cargo in May 2022.
Cargo transportation by ships under the flag of Türkiye through local ports amounted to 2.3 million tons, and by ships under the flags of other countries amounted to 31.07 million tons in the reporting month.
At the same time, 7.5 million tons of cargo were transited through Turkish ports.
From January through May 2022, Turkish ports handled 164.2 million tons of cargo.
Cargo transportation by ships under the flag of Türkiye amounted to 11.4 million tons, and by ships under the flags of other countries - 152.8 million tons.
Turkish ports handled 35.2 million tons of transit cargo from January through May 2022.
The ports of Türkiye handled 386.3 million tons of cargo in 2021.
Cargo transportation by ships under the flag of Türkiye amounted to 29.9 million tons, and by ships flying the flags of other countries -356.3 million tons last year.
Besides, 78 million tons of the cargo were transited through Turkish ports.