Cargoes to and from Italy amounted to 12.7 million tons (+10.1%)
In the second quarter of this year, Turkey’s ports handled 136.9 million tons of goods, with an increase of +1.6% over the same period in 2024. The only category to have recorded a slight decrease was liquid bulk cargo, which totaled 40.7 million tons (-0.4%). In the dry bulk sector, 38.6 million tons were handled (+0.9%). In the Miscellaneous Goods segment, containerized traffic remained stable at 37.1 million tonnes, with a handling of containers equal to 3,658,928 TEUs (+6.7%). On the other hand, conventional goods reached 17.4 million tonnes (+10.9%) and rolling stock 3.1 million tons (+6.8%).
In the second quarter of 2025, the total traffic of goods to and from Italy was 12.7 million tons (+10.1%), with container traffic alone equal to 165,303 TEUs (-6.2%).
In the first half of this year, Turkish ports handled 275.1 million tons of cargo globally, with a progression of +2.2% over the first half of 2024. The volumes of liquid and solid bulk were equal to 83.9 million tonnes (+1.4%) and 79.3 million tonnes (+2.8%). Containers, with 71.6 million tons and 7,013,531 TEUs moved, marked percentage changes of -0.9% and +3.4%. Conventional cargo amounted to 33.9 million tonnes (+9.1%) and rolling stock to 6.4 million tons (+8.5%).
In the first six months of 2025, traffic with Italy reached 24.0 million tonnes (+6.1%), with containerized traffic alone amounting to 313,063 TEUs (-7.0%).
