BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 14. Turkish ports received over 1.65 million tons of cargo from Germany from January through October 2023, Trend reports.
The Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure noted that ships flying the flag of Türkiye delivered 22,162 tons of cargo to the country's ports from Germany, and ships flying the flags of other countries - 1.62 million tons.
During this period, ships flying the German flag delivered 806 tons of cargo to Turkish ports.
Meanwhile, 258,802 tons of transit cargo were transported to Turkish ports from Germany.
In October 2023, Turkish ports totally received 33.7 million tons of cargo. Cargo flow to the ports on ships flying the Turkish flag totaled 2.4 million tons during this time period.
Cargo transportation by vessels under the flags of other countries to the ports of Türkiye amounted to 31.29 million tons.
Furthermore, Turkish ports handled 5.27 million tons of transit goods in October 2023.
The data from the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure showed that Türkiye's ports received 326.3 million tons of cargo from January through October 2023 (ships under Türkiye's flag delivered 24.2 million tons, and those under the flags of other countries - 302.1 million tons).
Furthermore, 56.9 million tons of transit cargo were handled by Turkish ports in the above period.
In general, the ports of Türkiye received 5,581 vessels (under the flags of other countries - 3,764, and under the flag of Türkiye - 1,817) in October of this year.
The Turkish ports received 51,186 vessels, including 34,822 under the flags of other countries and 16,364 under the Turkish flag, from January through October 2023.
Türkiye's ports received 394.09 million tons of cargo in 2022.