The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure pointed out that in the first quarter of this year, the amount of cargo handled at the ports increased by 9,1 percent compared to the same period of the previous year and reached 135 million 196 thousand tons, and the amount of containers handled at the ports in the same period increased by 4,6 percent to 3 million 187 thousand TEUs. stressed that it has risen.
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure made a written statement on the Freight and Container Statistics of the General Directorate of Maritime Affairs. In the statement, it was stated that the amount of cargo handled at the ports increased by 5,7 percent compared to the same period of the previous year and reached 46 million 223 thousand tons.
IMPORT DISCHARGES INCREASED by 5,1%
The amount of loading for export at our ports in March increased by 3,2 percent compared to the same month of the previous year and reached 13 million 574 thousand tons, while the amount of unloading for import purposes increased by 5,1 percent to 20 million 607 thousand tons. In the same period, it was noted that it increased by 4,4 percent to 34 million 182 thousand tons. Underlining that the transit freight shipments amounted to 7,5 million 6 thousand tons with an increase of 671 percent, it was stated that the amount of cargo carried in cabotage increased by 5 percent with 370 million 12,4 thousand tons.
MOST CARGO HANDLING WAS DONE AT KOCAELİ PORT MANAGEMENT
In the statement, which stated that a total of 7 million 184 thousand tons of cargo was handled at the port facilities operating within the administrative borders of Kocaeli Port Authority, Kocaeli Port Authority; It was emphasized that Aliağa and İskenderun Port Authorities are following. In the statement, it was stated that the highest increase in terms of handling amount was in crude oil cargo type, followed by diesel oil and scrap iron cargo types. Underlining that Portland Cement is the most exported type of cargo by sea, the statement said, “In March, Crude Oil ranked first with 2 million 621 thousand tons of import cargo handled at our ports. This was followed by 2 million 150 thousand tons of scrap iron and 1 million 547 thousand tons of hard coal (Unbriqueted) cargo types. In exports by sea, the highest amount of cargo handling was carried out with 1 million 553 thousand shipments to the United States. America; Shipments to Italy and Spain followed. The highest amount of cargo handling in imports took place with 3 million 747 thousand tons in shipments from Russia.
TRANSIT CONTAINER HANDLING INCREASED 6,2%
The amount of containers handled at our ports in March 2022 increased by 0,6 percent compared to the same month of the previous year and amounted to 1 million 68 thousand TEUs. It was underlined that this amounted to one million 4,6 thousand TEUs. In the statement, which stated that the amount of containers handled for foreign trade at ports decreased by 3 percent in March and reached 187 thousand 0,3 TEUs, “In March, container shipments for export purposes increased by 812 percent to 620 thousand 3,3 TEUs, while unloading of containers for import purposes increased by 417 percent. It decreased by 336 percent to 3,8 thousand 395 TEUs. The amount of transit containers handled increased by 283 percent to 6,2 thousand 185 TEUs. The highest amount of container handling took place within the administrative borders of Ambarlı Port Authority. A total of 505 TEU containers were handled at the port facilities operating within the administrative borders of Ambarlı Port Authority. Ambarlı; Kocaeli and Mersin Port Authorities followed suit. The highest amount of container handling took place in the shipments made with Egypt. Containers destined for Egypt constituted the highest number of export-purpose container shipments by sea with 244 TEUs. Containers from Egypt accounted for the highest number of unloading containers," it said.
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