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.
The Istanbul Agreement on unblocking Ukrainian ports for the grain export: what’s in it for Ukraine?
Unblocking the Black Sea ports, gives Ukrainian farmers the opportunity to export their products, get paid, and sow wheat in one month period – July 22,...
Russia and Ukraine to sign deal reopening Ukrainian ports for grain exports
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 22, 2022 – Russia and Ukraine, together with Turkey and the United Nations, are expected to sign a deal to reopen...
Global Ports Holdings handled 2.63 million passengers in H1 2022
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) July 15, 2022 – Global Ports Holdings (GPH) handled 2.63 million passengers in the first half of 2022 in its cruise...
Russia has agreed to lift the blockade of Ukrainian Black Sea ports
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 14, 2022 – Realising that Ukraine is able to export its grain via Romania, Poland and the Danube river, Russia has agreed...
Turkish ports see huge rise in cruise ship passenger numbers in first half of 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 12, 2022 – In the first six months of 2022, Turkish ports handled 205,642 cruise ship passengers (see first table)....
Istanbul visited by over 5 million tourists in Jan-May 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 12, 2022 – In the first five months of 2022, 5.28 million foreign tourists visited Istanbul, including 1.4 million in...
Ranking: Kocaeli is top Turkish cargo port in first half of 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 12, 2022 – In the first half of 2022, Kocaeli was ranked as the top Turkish port by cargo handled. In January-June...
Ranking: Ambarlı is top Turkish container port in first half 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 8, 2022 – Ambarlı is the top Turkish container port in first half 2022 with 1.47 million TEU, according to official...
Turkish ports handle 6.38 million TEU in first half of 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 8, 2022 – Turkish ports handled 6.38 million TEU in first half of 2022, up from 6.21 million in the same period of...
Turkish seaports increase cargo in first six months of 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 7, 2022 – In the first six months of 2022 Turkish seaports handled 273.47 million tons (mt) of cargo, compared to...
Joint initiative of Serbia, Bulgaria, Hungary and Turkey to develop railway transport
Belgrade, Serbia (PortSEurope) July 6, 2022 – The governments of Serbia, Bulgaria, Hungary and Turkey have agreed to establish the Ministerial...
Maersk to divert some cargo from Port of Constanta to Safiport in Turkey
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) July 6, 2022 – A.P. Moller – Maersk has announced that some cargo from the Romanian port of Constanța will be...
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkey sign the Baku declaration
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) June 29, 2022 – Representatives of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkey have held the first trilateral meeting in Baku where...
Turkey and Russia continue talks about reopening Ukrainian ports
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 23, 2022 – A military delegation from Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense went to Moscow yesterday to discuss...
Ranking: Kocaeli the top Turkish cargo port in Jan-May 2022
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 14, 2022 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has published statistics for total cargo handled by Turkish...
Ranking: Port of Ambarlı is Turkey’s top container port in May 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 13, 2022 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has published container (TEU) handling figures for its ports...
Turkey: Total seaport cargo remains stable in Jan-May 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 13, 2022 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported total cargo statistics for Turkish seaports for...
Russia says that the occupied ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol are operating normally
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 9, 2022 – The Russian government has said that the occupied ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol are operating normally and...
Bosphorus Strait traffic hit by Russian invasion of Ukraine
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 6, 2022 – In March 2022, cargo shipping traffic using the Bosphorus Strait dropped significantly; this was the first...
Trans-Caspian International Transport Route meets in Istanbul
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 3, 2022 – The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route members have met for meetings in Ankara last month. The...