BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 27. The ports of Türkiye handled over seven million tons of agricultural products from January through May 2024, the statement of the country's Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure said, Trend reports.
The statement pointed out that 140,540 tons of cargo were transported by Turkish-flagged vessels and 6.8 million by vessels sailing under the flags of other states.
“In May of this year, 257,228 tons of transit agricultural products were transported from Turkish ports,” the statement added.
To note, in May 2024, Türkiye's ports received 34.7 million tons of cargo.
The reception of cargo to domestic ports by Turkish-flagged vessels amounted to 2.3 million tons during this period.
Cargo shipments of vessels under the flags of other countries to Türkiye's ports amounted to 32.4 million tons.
Besides, 5.5 million tons of transit cargo were transported from the ports.
In the first five months of 2024, Türkiye's ports received 171.89 million tons of cargo.
Meanwhile, cargo traffic by vessels under the Turkish flag amounted to 12.37 million tons, and by vessels under the flags of other countries, 159.5 million tons.
A total of 28.46 million tons of transit cargo were transported from the ports of Türkiye from January through May this year.
Türkiye's ports received 5,289 vessels in May 2024.
Besides, 3,566 vessels under foreign flags were accepted at Turkish ports during the mentioned period, whereas 1,723 were under Turkish flag.
Türkiye's ports received 23,770 vessels from January through May 2024.
During this time, the number of vessels under the flags of other countries accepted by Turkish ports amounted to 16,272, and the number of vessels under the flag of Türkiye amounted to 7,498.