Türkiye’s ports handled 11.9 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers from January through October, a 2.3% rise from a year earlier, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said, Anadolu Agency reported.
Cargo handled by weight totaled 457.4 million tons over the 10-month period. In October, ports processed 1.23 million TEUs and 45.2 million tons, the agency reported. TEUs measure container capacity; cargo tonnage records weight.
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure’s Directorate General of Maritime Affairs reported 412.1 million tons of cargo for January through September, up 0.6% from the same period a year earlier.
Uraloğlu said the government was working to expand port capacity and competitiveness as it seeks a larger share of maritime trade, Anadolu Agency reported. The directorate’s bulletin listed Nov. 10 as the date of its next scheduled release.
