BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 12. Over 3.45 million tons of cargo were transshipped from the UK to ports of Türkiye from January through July 2023, Trend reports.
According to the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Türkiye, 16,537 tons of the cargo were delivered to Turkish ports by ships flying the Turkish flag, and 3.42 million tons - by ships flying the flags of other countries.
Ships under the UK flag carried 18,989 tons of cargo to Turkish ports in the first seven months of this year.
In the meantime, 779,901 tons of transit cargo were shipped from the UK to Turkish ports.
In July 2023, the Turkish ports handled about 32.5 million tons of cargo. Ships flying the national flag made up more than 2.4 million tons of the handled cargo, and foreign flagged ships made up more than 30 million tons.
Also, Turkish ports handled 6.1 million tons of cargo in July of this year.
From January through July 2023, the ports of Türkiye handled 227 million tons of cargo.
Moreover, in the specified period, cargo handling by ships under the country's flag amounted to 16.8 million tons, while cargo transportation through the ports by ships under the flags of other countries totaled 210.2 million tons.
During the first seven months of 2023, Turkish ports handled 41 million tons of transit cargo.
In 2022, the Turkish ports handled over 394 million tons of cargo. The ships flying the Turkish flags transported 28.4 million tons, while ships flying the flags of other countries - 365.6 million tons of cargo.
Besides, last year, 81.01 million tons of transit cargo were handled via Turkish ports.