BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 13. The Turkish port of Ayvalik received 544 vessels (all under the flag of Türkiye) from January to September 2023, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Türkiye said, Trend reports.
The ports of Türkiye received 5,480 vessels (1,879 under the flag of Türkiye, 3,601 under the flags of other countries) in September this year.
In addition, the ports of Türkiye received 45,603 vessels (14,543 under the flag of Türkiye, 31,060 under the flags of other countries) from January through September 2023.
According to the ministry, Türkiye's ports received 260.5 million tons of cargo from January through August 2023.
The cargo traffic of Turkish-flagged vessels amounted to 19.3 million tons from January through August 2023. In addition, the cargo traffic to the ports of Türkiye amounted to 241.2 million tons by vessels under the flags of other countries.
Moreover, 46.5 million tons of transit cargo were transported from the ports of Türkiye from January through August 2023.