
On July 1st, the transit tariff applied to the
International ships crossing the Turkish Bosphorus Straits
and the Dardanelles will be raised to $6.70 per tonne
net compared to $5.83 applied since July 2025. It has
announced the Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructure,
Abdulkadir Uraloglu, recalling that from 1983 to 7 October 2022 the
Turkey has applied a tariff of $0.80 per tonne
international ships transiting through the straits,
a figure that after 39 years rose to $4.08 in 2022 for
then be raised to $4.42 from July 1, 2023, to $5.07
dollars from July 1, 2024 and therefore to $5.83 from the first
July 2025.
Uraloglu said Turkey expects revenue to be
deriving from the naval transits in the Turkish straits between the first
July 2025 and 30 June 2026 will amount to 254 million
dollars compared to 223 million between July 1, 2024 and 30
June 2025.