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.
Earthquake forces closure of Turkey’s Iskenderun port
Iskenderun, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 7, 2023 – Yesterday’s devastating earthquakes in Turkey have forced the closure of the port of...
Turkey – Total container (TEU) handling, by port, 2022
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 5, 2023 – Turkish container ports handled 12.36 million container (TEU), slightly down on the previous year’s...
Turkey – Total container (TEU) handling, 2018-2022
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 5, 2023 – Turkish seaports handled 12.36 million containers (TEU) in 2022, slightly down on the previous...
Bosphorus Strait sees reduction in ships and cargo in 2022
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 2, 2023 – Last year, the Bosphorus Strait saw a reduction in transit ships and cargo in 2022. In 2022, the Strait...
Turkey: Seaports – Total cargo handled – 2018-2022
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 1, 2023 – Turkish seaports handled 497.64 million tons (mt) of cargo in 2022 down on the previous year’s...
Turkish Seaports: Total cargo handled Jan-Dec 2022
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 1, 2023 – Turkish seaports handled total cargo of 542.62 million tons (mt) in 2022, compared to 526.3 mt in 2021,...
Ege Port Kuşadası forecasts cruise ship revival
Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – Ege Port Kuşadası is forecasting cruise ship revival and expects around 900,000 cruise ship passengers...
AD Ports signs logistics agreement with Tosyalı in Turkey
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – Abu Dhabi’s AD Ports has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Tosyalı, a leading...
DeloPorts doubles handling speed for ferry cargo from Turkey
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) January 24, 2023 – DeloPorts and multimodal transport operator RUSCON have doubled the handling speed of ferries with...
Turkey’s Mersin Free Zone increases trade volume in 2022 by +19%
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 19, 2023 – Mersin Free Zone achieved annual trade volume of $4.01 million in 2022. The figure is +18% higher...
Turkey’s Gulf of Saros waiting for FSRU vessel
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 18, 2023 – Turkey’s Gulf of Saros is waiting for the arrival of a Floating Storage Regasification Unit...
Turkey’s Borusan Port details 2022 performance
Gemlik, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 17, 2023 – Turkey’s Borusan Port has published details of its 2022 performance. The port closed the year 2022...
Turkey’s Trabzon hosts welcomes Russian cruise ship
Trabzon, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 13, 2023 – The Black Sea port of Trabzon has welcomed the cruise ship “Astoria Grande” which arrived with 502...
Turkey’s Samsun port hopes to attract cruise ships
Samsun, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 5, 2023 – The Turkish Black Sea port of Samsun port hopes to attract cruise ships and is talking to Ceynak...
Asyaport wins port management services award
Tekirdağ, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 5, 2023 – Asyaport was the top-ranked in the Port Management Services category for the fourth time in the...
Ports Europe: 10 most read articles in 2022
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) December 31, 2022 – Below are the 10 most read articles in 2022 in Ports Europe by our global customer base. Interest is...
Turkey extends the term of port concession contracts to 49 years
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 28, 2022 – Turkey has automatically extended the term of port concession contracts to 49 years. The agreement...
Cruise ships resume services between Turkey and Libya
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 21, 2022 – Cruise ships have resumed services between Turkey and Libya with a vessel leaving Izmir in Turkey for...
Turkey’s Filyos port to import Black Sea gas
Zonguldak, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 20, 2022 – Fatih Dönmez, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, has said that Black Sea gas to the national...
Next sanctions-busting shipping line launched between Novorossiysk and Istanbul
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) December 16, 2022 – In another attempt to bypass western sanctions against Russia, logistics operator PEK (First...