Turkey
Turkey is a large country located in southeast Europe and Western Asia. It borders Bulgaria, Greece, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Georgia, Syria and Iraq. Its ports play an important role in the economy as it has long coastlines with the Black Sea, Aegean Sea and Mediterranean Sea. Major ports are owned and operated by Turkish State Railways (TCDD) or the Turkish Maritime Organization (TDİ). Its top ports are Haydarpaşa (Istanbul), Mersin, Izmir, Eregli, Ambarli and Gemlik. The country is developing its role as an intermodal trade hub between Europe and Asia. The Turkish port operators association is TÜRKLİM-Türkiye Liman İşletmecileri Derneği.
Ranking: Turkish – TEU traffic by port – Jan-Oct 2024
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) November 15, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported container (TEU) traffic for October 2024....
Turkey: Seaports TEU traffic – Jan-Oct 2024
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) November 15, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported container (TEU) traffic for Octobber 2024....
Turkey: Seaports cargo traffic – Jan-Oct 2024
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) November 12, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported container (TEU) traffic for October 2024....
Sanmar delivers new tugboat to P&O Maritime Logistics
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) November 12, 2024 – The local Sanmar Shipyards has delivered a new ASD tugboat to P&O Maritime Logistics, a DP World...
DFDS terminated the proposed Ekol $280 deal
Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) November 9, 2024 – Danish shipping and logistics company DFDS said that it has terminated a $280 million share...
Turkey: Cruise ships & passengers – January-September 2024
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) November 7, 2024 – In September 2024, Turkish ports handled 273,814 cruise ship passengers. This compares with 190,593 in...
Asyaport, the first Turkish terminal with cold ironing
Tekirdag, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 30, 2024 – Turkey’s largest transit container terminal Asyaport in Barbaros/Tekirdağ has commissioned an...
Turkey close to securing funds for €3.7 railway bridge across Bosphorus
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 30, 2024 – Turkey hopes to sign an agreement with the World Bank soon for funding of up to 3 billion euros to...
Botas orders four battery-electric tugboats from Sanmar
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 29, 2024 – Botas Petroleum Pipeline Corp has ordered four battery-electric tugboats from local tug builder...
More ships cross Turkish straits despite war in Ukraine
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 29, 2024 – The Turkish straits were crossed by 65,800 ships in January-September, the Ministry of Transport and...
Uzmar Shipyard delivers tugboat joins P&O Reyser, Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 25, 2024 – Turkish shipbuilder Uzmar Shipyard has a new tugboat to Spanish shipping company P&O Reyser, part...
Dogus could take stake in former Galataport development
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 24, 2024 – Dogus Holding AS is discussing the potential transfer part of its stake in an Istanbul port and...
Russia-Turkey Ro-Ro service restarts after 2-year break
Zonguldak, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – After a two-year break, a Ro-Ro service between the Turkish Black Sea port of Zonguldak and the...
Turkey: Seaport cargo by port, Jan-Sep 2024
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 18, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported total seaport cargo traffic for September...
DFDS starts Trieste-Istanbul Ro-Ro service
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) October 17, 2024 – The ferry company DFDS is to start a new service between the port of Trieste and Martaş, Istanbul. It...
Ranking: Turkish – TEU traffic by port – Jan-Sep 2024
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 14, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported container (TEU) traffic for September 2024....
Turkey: Seaports TEU traffic – Jan-Sep 2024
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 14, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported container (TEU) traffic for September 2024....
Turkey: Seaports cargo traffic – Jan-Sep 2024
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 11, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported total seaport cargo traffic for September...
FESCO retains Akkuyu NPP terminal contract
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 11, 2024 – The FESCO Transport Group has retained its contract as the sole logistics operator at the Eastern Cargo...
The first trip of Burgas-Istanbul ferry was cancelled
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 9, 2024 – The Turkish company İstanbul Deniz Otobüsleri Sanayi ve Ticaret (IDO) today cancelled the start of a new...