BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 28. Turkish port of Tekirdag received 19.3 million tons of cargo from January through October 2023, Trend reports.
The data of Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure shows that 617,683 tons of cargo were transported from Tekirdag port under the flag of Türkiye, and 18.7 million tons were transported by vessels under the flags of other countries.
"A total of 13.1 million tons of transit cargoes were transported from Tekirdag port in Türkiye from January through October 2023," the ministry said.
Türkiye's ports received 483,733 tons of cargo in October 2023.
Cargo traffic to the inland ports of vessels flying the Turkish flag amounted to 2.4 million tons during this period.
Cargo traffic of vessels flying the flags of other countries to Turkish ports amounted to 31.2 million tons.
In addition, 5.2 million tons of transit cargoes were transported from Turkish ports in October 2023.
According to the ministry, Türkiye's ports received 326.3 million tons of cargo from January through October 2023.
The cargo traffic of Turkish-flagged vessels amounted to 24.1 million tons from January through October 2023. By vessels under the flags of other countries, cargo traffic to the ports of Türkiye amounted to 302.1 million tons.
A total of 56.9 million tons of transit cargoes were transported from Turkish ports from January through October 2023.
Türkiye's ports received 5,581 vessels in October this year (under the flags of other countries - 3,764, under the Turkish flag - 1,817).
Ports of Türkiye received 51,186 vessels from January through October 2023 (34,822 vessels under the flags of other countries, 16,364 vessels under the Turkish flag).
Turkish ports received 394 million tons of cargo in 2022.