BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 25. Mersin port, Türkiye, received 2,339 ships from January through March 2024, the statement of Türkiye's Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure said, Trend reports.
Additionally, it was noted that during this period, the port of Mersin received 708 Turkish-flagged vessels and 1,631 vessels under the flags of other countries.
Meanwhile, Türkiye's ports received 36.6 million tons of cargo in March 2024.
The cargo traffic to inland ports by Turkish-flagged vessels amounted to 2.9 million tons during this period.
However, the cargo traffic of vessels under other nations' flags to the ports of Türkiye made up 33.7 million tons.
Besides, a total of 5.6 million tons of transit cargo were transported from the ports of Türkiye in March 2024.
According to the ministry, Türkiye's ports received 102.7 million tons of cargo from January through March 2024.
Freight traffic by Turkish-flagged vessels amounted to 7.7 million tons. Meanwhile, cargo traffic by vessels under the flags of other countries to the ports of Türkiye amounted to 95 million tons.
The statement says that from January through March 2024, 16.8 million tons of transit cargo were transported from the ports of Türkiye.
Türkiye's ports received 4,834 vessels in March 2024.
Information indicates that during this period the number of vessels accepted by Turkish ports under the flags of other countries amounted to 3,324 and the number of vessels accepted under the flag of Türkiye amounted to 1,510.
The ports of Türkiye received 13,718 vessels from January through March 2024.
“During this time, the number of vessels under the flags of other countries accepted by Turkish ports amounted to 9,372, and the number of vessels accepted under the Turkish flag amounted to 4,346," the statement of the ministry reads.
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