TEUs Handled by Operation in Turkish Ports

Containers, which are handled in Turkish ports are mostly for export.

Containers handled for “export” (TEU) at ports in Turkey have a share of 39.72% in the total TEU handled. This share was 51.19% in 2004.

Containers handled for “import” (TEU) at ports in Turkey have a share of 38.54% in the total TEU handled. This share was 47.42% in 2004.

In the 2004-2020 period, the share of containers handled for export and import decreased, while the share of containers handled for Transit and Cabotage increased.

Türkiye Limanlarında Operasyone göre Elleçlenen TEU

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2020-2004 Değişim (Kat)
İhracat 1.194.045 751.868 1.809.073 2.151.168 2.377.807 2.131.822 2.306.587 2.690.889 2.879.122 3.165.653 3.488.008 3.394.508 3.543.804 3.866.874 4.160.124 4.594.647 4.618.225 3,87
İthalat 1.106.140 669.568 1.840.647 2.223.924 2.435.108 2.117.537 2.354.304 2.770.189 2.942.562 3.199.969 3.581.811 3.454.345 3.607.086 3.975.205 4.259.029 4.540.201 4.480.472 4,05
Kabotaj 18.368 7.015 23.050 61.378 162.908 142.025 208.325 305.256 472.345 544.496 527.065 606.064 738.312 935.521 935.661 753.267 731.352 39,82
Transit 14.004 4.341 183.598 145.739 115.606 12.542 874.239 757.171 898.368 989.815 754.238 691.481 872.772 1.232.937 1.489.184 1.703.722 1.796.601 128,29
Toplam 2.332.557 1.432.791 3.856.368 4.582.209 5.091.429 4.403.926 5.743.455 6.523.505 7.192.396 7.899.934 8.351.122 8.146.398 8.761.974 10.010.536 10.843.998 11.591.838 11.626.650 4,98

For information about load types, you can refer to the link https://armatorlerbirligi.org.tr/gemi-tipleri.
20″ and 40″ Containers were calculated as TEU (20″).
TEU (Twenty foot Equivalent Unit; 20′ container) and FEU (Forty foot Equivalent Unit; 40′ container)