BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 16. Turkish ports totally handled 1.38 million tons of cargo from India in the first four months of 2023, the Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure told TurkicWorld, Trend reports.
According to the ministry, in the reporting period, ships under the flag of Türkiye delivered 43,355 tons of cargo from India, and ships under the flags of other countries – over 1.3 million tons to the Turkish ports.
Meanwhile, ships under the flag of India didn’t deliver any cargo to the above ports.
Besides, from January through April this year, handled 1.9 million tons of transit cargo were transported from India to the ports of Türkiye, the ministry added.
Overall, Turkish ports handled 33.6 million tons of cargo in April 2023.
In the first four months of 2023, cargo transportation by ships under the Turkish flag through domestic ports amounted to 2.39 million tons, while cargo transportation through the ports by ships under the flags of other countries reached 31.2 million tons.
In the reporting period, the Turkish ports handled 125.2 million tons of cargo, while in April 2023 the ports handled 5.1 million tons of transit cargo.
Moreover, in the specified period, cargo transportation by ships under the Turkish flag amounted to 8.8 million tons, while cargo transportation through the ports by ships under the flags of other countries totaled 116.3 million tons.
During the first four months of 2023, Turkish ports handled 23.4 million tons of transit cargo.