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Yilport Holding is an international port operator with European commercial interests in Norway, Sweden, Turkey, Portugal, Spain and Italy. South European terminals include Gebze, Solventas, Gemport, Rotaport (all Turkey), Liscont, Figueira da For, Sotagas, Leixoes, Aveiro, Setubal, Tersado (all Portugal), Ferrol, and Huelva (both Spain), and Taranto (Italy). The company is part of Turkey’s Yildirim Group of companies.

Yilport interested in increasing stake in Huelva port container terminal

Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 23, 2018 – The board of directors of Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva (Port Authority of Huelva) has opened the way for an...

Concasa looks at increasing activity in Cádiz container terminal

Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) May 23, 2018 – Compañía Gaditana de Contenedores, SL (Concasa) is looking to increase its activities at the Cádiz...

Portuguese ports plan for global logistics operators and role

Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – “We will soon have a large logistics operator (ship-owner) in Setúbal, which will change the...

EU to finance Yilport Ibérica investment

Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 13, 2018 – The European Investment Bank (EIB), the financial arm of the European Commission for the FEIE, has...

MacAndrews starts weekly container line with northern Europe and Canary Islands from Ferrol port

Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) May 12, 2018 – The External Port of Ferrol (El Puerto Exterior de Ferrol) will have a regular line of container traffic,...

Andreia Ventura appointed president of Associação dos Operadores do Porto de Lisboa

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 28, 2018 – Andreia Ventura has been elected president of Associação dos Operadores do Porto de Lisboa (AOPL...

Yilport seeks to attract container operators to Ferrol port

Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2018 – The strategic location of the port of Ferrol in the Atlantic is an opportunity that its port authority and...

YILPORT becomes a member of FEPORT

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 10, 2018 – Turkey’s YILPORT has joined the FEPORT (Federation of European Private Port Companies and...

Yilport reports increased container throughput in 2017

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – Yilport Holding Inc has reported a 9.5% year-on-year increase in container throughput for 2017, led...

Yilport announces Lisbon and Leixões port container terminal investments

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – Yilport, an operator of several port terminals in Portugal, intends to invest around €200 million...

Yilport’s Portuguese container terminals increase traffic in 2017

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 11, 2018 – Yilport Iberian terminals registered a 5.8% increase in 2017, with a total of 1,176,496 TEUs handled...

Yilport plans 2018 Iberian investment

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – Yilport, part of Turkey’s Yildirim group, is looking to exand its Iberian operations in 2018....

Yilport criticizes lack of investment of Tertir’s previous owners

Tertir, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 23, 2017 – Yilport, part of Turkey’s Yildirim Group, and owner of the Tertir port operations that once...

European Investment Bank: Portuguese ports private investment plan 2017-2019

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 12, 2017 –  The European Investment Bank (EIB) has given details of a project to expand the capacity of existing...

Transitex launches LCL service connecting Iberian peninsula to Latin America

Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – Transitex, a subsidiary of the Turkish group Yilport, has announced the start of a “less than...

YIlport reviews its activities at Portuguese ports

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – Yilport continues to make investments worldwide without slowing down. The growth strategy is not...

Yilport publishes review of Malta Freeport activities

Freeport, Malta (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – The Yilport quarterly corporate magazine has reviewed the company’s activities at Malta Freeport....

Turkey’s Yilport considers Ferrol container terminal to be its most important project

Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – Turkish conglomerate Yilport looks at the Ferrol container terminal in Spain with great enthusiasm, due to the...

Yilport provides Galicia with a new logistics hub in the port Of Ferrol

Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – “We have the opportunity to develop a unique project in a unique port, with incredible features,...

Leixões port keeps breaking container traffic records

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 13, 2017 – Leixões port keeps breaking records in the container traffic segment and managed to exceed 3,000...

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