Demand for world ports is decreasing, increasing in Turkey

Ports, Turkey's gateway to trade, handled a total of 273 million tons of cargo in the second quarter of 2022, with a 6.6 percent increase in total cargo compared to the same period of 2021 and a difference in tonnage of 16.9 million tons.

This increase, which was above the global average in the first six months of 2022, points to an acceptable and stable growth for our country in all aspects, according to the global economic situation that has gradually slowed down and started to shrink again.

The highest increase came from Aliağa and Tekirdağ
When considered on the basis of port authorities, the top 10 port authorities that handle the most cargo account for 84% of the total tonnage handled with 230 million tons. In the second quarter, among the top 10 port directorates, it was determined that the load decreased in Ceyhan BOTAŞ -0.3 percent, Mersin -2.0 percent, Ambarlı -0.4 percent and Samsun -3.5 percent, while in all other port authorities, the load decreased. increase occurred. Among the port presidencies, which are in the top 10 and increased in the first quarter, the increase in freight, especially in the Aliağa and Tekirdağ port directorates, is remarkable. Because these ports showed very stable and high value increases of 21.5 percent and 27.3 percent, respectively. The increase in cargo in Kocaeli port authority, where the highest amount of cargo is handled, was at a low rate compared to other high-tonnage port authorities, namely 3.7 percent on average.

LNG handling takes Aliağa to second place
With the effect of increasing LNG handling, Aliağa Port Authority became the second largest port authority after Kocaeli Port Authority in terms of tonnage handled. The increase in Tekirdağ Port Authority is due to the increase in container traffic at Asyaport, which is located in this region and is predominantly transit handling. While the increase in Tekirdağ port authority among the port authorities with a high rate of development is due to the increase in transit containers at Asyaport located in the region, the increase in Aliağa is due to the intense increase in imports, especially in liquefied gases and liquid chemical cargoes. While similar import density was 50 percent in Kocaeli ports, the share of imports in Iskenderun ports was 57 percent.