Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said that the reflections of the economic recovery have begun to be seen in commercial life and said, “The positive developments in our country's economy also show themselves in maritime trade. "Only in February, the amount of cargo handled at our ports increased by 15,4 percent compared to the same month of the previous year, reaching 43 million 853 thousand 985 tons, and the amount of containers increased by a record rate of 38,9 percent, reaching 1 million 167 thousand 210 TEU," he said.
Minister Uraloğlu also underlined that in the first two months of 2024, the total amount of cargo handled at the ports reached 86 million 973 thousand 541 tons and the amount of containers reached 2 million 180 thousand 972 TEU.
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu made statements about the developments in maritime cargo statistics in the first two months of 2024. Stating that the reflections of the economic developments in recent months have begun to be seen on commercial life, Uraloğlu stated that the growth in maritime trade has shown itself at record levels. Stating that the amount of cargo handled by sea at our ports in February 2024 increased by 15,4 percent compared to the same month of the previous year, reaching 43 million 853 thousand 985 tons, Uraloğlu said that the amount of containers handled increased by 38,9 percent compared to the same month of the previous year, reaching 1 million 167 thousand tons. It announced that it increased to 210 TEU. Uraloğlu said, “In the January-February period of 2024, the amount of cargo handled in our ports increased by 6,2 percent in total compared to the same period of the previous year, reaching 86 million 973 thousand 541 tons. In the same period, the total amount of containers handled in our ports increased by 18,9 percent, reaching 2 million 180 thousand 972 TEU. "We are currently among the fastest growing countries in maritime transportation in the international arena," he said.
Shipments for Export Purposes Increased by 34,6 Percent
Minister Uraloğlu emphasized that the growth in maritime transportation is especially dominated by export cargoes, and explained that the amount of loading for export purposes carried out in our ports in February 2024 increased by 34,6 percent compared to the same month of the previous year, reaching 12 million 49 thousand 294 tons. Uraloğlu said, “Our unloading amount for import purposes increased by 11,6 percent compared to the same month of the previous year and reached 20 million 744 thousand 969 tons. In February, foreign trade transportation increased by 19,0 percent compared to the same month of the previous year, reaching 32 million 794 thousand 263 tons. In container handling, there was an increase of 26,6 percent compared to the same month of the previous year, and 840 thousand 499 TEU containers were handled. "Container loadings for export purposes at our ports in February increased by 31,4 percent to 434 thousand 471 TEU, and container unloadings for import purposes increased by 21,8 percent to 406 thousand 28 TEU," he said.
The Quantity of Transit Containers Doubled
Minister Uraloğlu said that the amount of transit containers handled in our ports more than doubled in February compared to the same month of the previous year. Uraloğlu underlined that the amount of transit containers increased by 109,3 percent, reaching 267 thousand 207 TEU, and the amount of containers handled in cabotage increased by 21,9 percent, reaching 59 thousand 503 TEU. Announcing that the total transit cargo handled in our ports in February increased by 5,7 percent to 5 million 962 thousand 868 tons, Uraloğlu stated that the amount of cargo carried in cabotage increased by 5 percent compared to the same month of the previous year, with 96 million 854 thousand 6,2 tons.
The Most Cargo Was Handled in Aliağa
Uraloğlu announced that the most cargo handling in February was done in Aliağa. Stating that a total of 7 million 392 thousand 884 tons of cargo were handled in the ports operating within the borders of Aliağa Regional Port Authority in February, Uraloğlu said, “80,7 percent of the cargo handled within the administrative borders of Aliağa Regional Port Authority, that is, 5 million 965 thousand 398 tons, were foreign trade cargoes. While 12,7 thousand 935 tons of the 382 part consisted of cabotage loads, 492 thousand 104 tons were transit loads. Aliağa region was followed by Kocaeli Region with 6 million 687 thousand 288 tons and İskenderun Region with 5 million 321 thousand 549 tons. "A total of 37 million 10 thousand 37 tons of cargo were handled in the top 263 port authorities that handled the most cargo among our 303 port authorities, and this figure constituted 85 percent of the total cargo handled," he said. Explaining that the highest number of containers were handled in the Ambarlı region in container handling, Uraloğlu said that 262 thousand 839 TEU containers were handled within the borders of Ambarlı Regional Port Authority, 200 thousand 561 TEU containers were handled within the borders of Tekirdağ Regional Port Authority, and 186 thousand 851 TEU containers were handled within the borders of Kocaeli Regional Port Authority.
In our Iskenderun Regional Port Authority, which was affected by the major earthquake disaster, a total of 2023 million 2 thousand 8 tons of cargo were handled in the port facilities operating within the administrative borders of Iskenderun Regional Port Authority in the first 176 months of 148, while a total of 2024 million 2 thousand 41 tons of cargo were handled in the port facilities operating within the administrative borders of Iskenderun Regional Port Authority in the first 11 months of 528. Stating that 153 million XNUMX thousand XNUMX tons of cargo were handled, an increase of XNUMX% compared to the month of XNUMX, Uraloğlu said, "We have healed the wounds of the earthquake and we continue to do so."
The Most Exported Cargo Was Portland Cement
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Uraloğlu announced that in February, Portland cement took the first place among the export cargo handled in our ports with 757 thousand 85 tons. Explaining that Portland cement was followed by diesel with 566 thousand 317 tons and clinker cargo with 507 thousand 318 tons, Uraloğlu said, “However, in sea imports, crude oil was again the largest cargo handled in our ports. In February, 2 million 279 thousand 696 tons of crude oil were handled in our ports. "This was followed by hard coal with 2 million 70 thousand 617 tons and scrap iron with 1 million 686 thousand 75 tons," he said.
The Most Exports Were Made to Italy
Uraloğlu said that the highest cargo handling in seaborne exports in February was to Italy with 1 million 676 thousand 310 tons. Noting that Italy was followed by America with 971 thousand 339 tons and Spain with 801 thousand 20 tons, Uraloğlu said that 318 thousand 764 tons of the cargo going to Italy was Turkish. bayraklı He reported that it was transported by ships. Stating that the highest cargo handling in imports was in the transportations made from Russia with 7 million 223 thousand 347 tons, Uraloğlu said: followed. In terms of container handling, China was the country with the most container handling in February with 1 thousand 834 TEU. China was followed by transportation to Egypt with 78 thousand 1 TEU and transportation to Greece with 38 thousand 815 TEU. "The largest export container shipment by sea was containers going to Egypt with 119 thousand 523 TEU," he said.
Container Weight Increased by 35,2 Percent
Uraloğlu explained that when we look at the cargo types of cargo handled in our ports, the most handling in February 2024 was liquid bulk cargo with 13 million 785 thousand 117 tons. Explaining that liquid bulk cargoes were followed by solid bulk cargoes with 12 million 536 thousand 154 tons, which increased by 19,5 percent compared to the same month of the previous year, Uraloğlu said that the cargoes carried in containers reached 11 million 962 thousand 485 tons. Uraloğlu underlined that the cargo transported in containers experienced a large increase of 35,2 percent in terms of tons compared to the same month of the previous year. Uraloğlu noted that when we look at the container handling figures according to container types, the amount of full containers increased by 38 percent compared to the same month of the previous year and reached 880 thousand 180 TEU. Uraloğlu said, “The amount of empty containers handled in our ports in February increased by 41,6 percent compared to the same month of the previous year, reaching 287 thousand 29 TEUs. "75,4 percent of the containers handled in our ports in February were full containers, and 24,6 percent were empty containers," he said.