TEUs Handled at Turkish Ports

Mostly 40″ Full containers are handled in ports in Turkey.

The most handled container (TEU) in ports in Turkey is the 40″ Full container and its share in the total handled TEU is 58.30% in 2004 and 55.17% in 2020. On the other hand, the share of the 20″ Full container in the total handled TEU was 32.04% in 2004 and 21.74% in 2020.

Total TEU handled increased by 4.98 times in 2020 compared to 2004, from 2,332,557 TEU to 11,625,650 TEU. In the 2004-2020 period, the highest increase was in the 40″ Full container group, with a 17.65-fold increase.

Türkiye Limanlarında Elleçlenen TEU

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2020-2004 Değişim (Kat)
20 LİK (BOŞ) 93.228 155.508 310.252 402.081 425.864 433.210 530.468 582.642 636.710 702.386 681.569 652.310 693.326 784.882 813.693 780.627 735.666 7,89
40 LIK (BOŞ) 123.572 110.032 435.652 642.954 810.318 689.916 942.146 1.106.128 1.234.564 1.372.416 1.354.824 1.270.014 1.267.410 1.534.036 1.704.440 1.933.774 1.930.148 15,62
40 TAN BÜYÜK (BOŞ) 585 1.231 452 0 0 27 232 281 1.044 2.387 4.817 4.109 5.843 8.136 9.306 9.495 10.325 17,65
20 LİK (DOLU) 747.464 688.828 1.151.661 1.307.362 1.342.309 1.146.056 1.508.949 1.653.105 1.761.047 1.916.162 1.989.432 1.970.823 2.163.764 2.498.642 2.613.162 2.594.908 2.527.410 3,38
40 LIK (DOLU) 1.359.810 470.732 1.957.320 2.229.812 2.512.938 2.134.656 2.761.316 3.179.844 3.557.382 3.890.110 4.284.324 4.214.452 4.589.648 5.143.890 5.665.514 6.262.760 6.414.542 4,72
40 TAN BÜYÜK (DOLU) 7.898 6.460 1.031 0 0 61 344 1.505 1.649 16.472 36.155 34.691 41.983 40.950 37.883 10.274 8.559 1,08
TOPLAM 2.332.557 1.432.791 3.856.368 4.582.209 5.091.429 4.403.926 5.743.455 6.523.506 7.192.396 7.899.934 8.351.121 8.146.398 8.761.974 10.010.536 10.843.998 11.591.838 11.626.650 4,98

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For 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, “BETWEEN 20 AND 40 – EMPTY + FULL” was excluded (Not specified in other years.) ** Especially 138,644 + 1,740,774 for 2005 and 75,674 + 705,624 for 2004
20″ and 40″ Containers are calculated as TEU (20′).
TEU (Twenty foot Equivalent Unit; 20′ container) and FEU (Forty foot Equivalent Unit; 40′ container)