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Turkish ports handled 457.4 million tonnes of cargo in 10 months
Turkish ports handled 457.4 million tonnes of cargo in the first 10 months of the year, according to Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu.
Container volumes reached 11.9 million TEU, up 2.3% from the same period last year.
TEU is a standard unit used to count container capacity.
In October alone, ports handled 45.2 million tonnes of cargo and 1.23 million TEU.
The figures show the scale of Turkey’s maritime trade activity during the period.
Uraloğlu said the government is working to increase Turkey’s share of maritime trade.
He also said it aims to raise port capacity and competitiveness, but gave no timetable for those efforts.
Turkish ports handled 457.4 million tonnes of cargo in the first 10 months of the year.
Container handling rose 2.3% from the same period last year to 11.9 million TEU.
In October, ports handled 45.2 million tonnes of cargo and 1.23 million TEU of containers.
Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said work was continuing to increase Türkiye’s share of maritime trade and strengthen port capacity and competitiveness.
- Who
- Turkish ports, according to Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu.
- What
- They handled 457.4 million tonnes of cargo in the first 10 months of the year.
- When
- The first 10 months of the year; October figures were also reported.
- Where
- Ports in Türkiye.
- Why
- Uraloğlu said efforts aimed to increase Türkiye’s share of maritime trade and improve port capacity and competitiveness.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Turkish ports handled 457.4 million tonnes of cargo and 11.9 million TEU of containers.
Ports handled 45.2 million tonnes of cargo and 1.23 million TEU of containers.
- Cargo handled
- 457.4 million tonnes in the first 10 months
- Container handling
- 11.9 million TEU in the first 10 months
- Year-on-year container increase
- 2.3%
- October cargo
- 45.2 million tonnes
- October containers
- 1.23 million TEU
What people are saying
In the same period, the amount of containers handled increased by 2.3 percent compared with the first 10 months of last year, reaching 11.9 million TEU.
In October, our ports handled 45.2 million tonnes of cargo and 1.23 million TEU of containers.
We are continuing our work to increase Türkiye’s share of maritime trade and raise the capacity and competitiveness of our ports.