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.
Paris Agreement ratification ushers Turkey into new era
The Turkish Parliament ratified the Paris Agreement unanimously on October 6, and put it into effect following its publication in the Official Gazette on...
Mersin International Port sees steady increase in 2021 container traffic
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 14, 2021 – In the period January-August 2021, Mersin International Port (MIP) handled 1.39 million containers (TEU),...
Ranking: Turkish container ports – January-September 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 12, 2021 – In the first nine months of 2021, Turkey had five ports which handled over 1 million TEU, with Ambarlı...
Turkey: Total container handling statistics at ports, January-September 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 12, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported that in September 2021 Turkish ports handled a...
Turkey: Cargo handling statistics by port authority, January-September 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 12, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported total cargo statistics for Turkish seaports...
Turkey’s 12th Transport and Communication Council highlights port strategy
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 11, 2021 – During a speech at the 12th Transport and Communication Council, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sang the...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan promotes Kanal Istanbul
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 11, 2021 – Speaking at the 12th Transport and Communication Council at Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport, President...
Turkey’s Altintel Port receives EBRD loan
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 8, 2021 – Altintel Liman ve Terminal Isletmeleri A.S. is to receive a senior loan of up to $8.5 million from the...
Turkish cruise attributes promoted at Seatrade Cruise Global Fair
Miami, United States (PortSEurope) October 5, 2021 – The Turkish Tourism Promotion and Development Agency (TGA) is attending at the Seatrade Cruise...
Ranking: Turkish container ports – January-August 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 4, 2021 – Turkey has five ports which have handled over 1 million containers (TEU) in the first eight months of...
Galataport Istanbul reopens and welcomes first cruise ship
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 4, 2021 – Galataport, on the Istanbul harbourside at Karaköy, has reopened and welcomed the small cruise ship...
Turkey’s Aysaport targets 1.8 million tons of cargo this year
Tekirdağ, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 30, 2021 – Asyaport has said that it is targeting total cargo of 1.8 million TEU in 2021, said Planning...
Port of Karasu pushes to increase cargo and Ro-Ro
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 29, 2021 – In January-August this year, the Port of Karasu handled 750,000 tons of cargo, and by the end of the...
Turkey to sell land for shipbuilding in Zonguldak
Zonguldak, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 29, 2021 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure is preparing to sell a 220,000 m2 piece of land in the...
ADB Institute – Regional Economic Impacts of Trans-Caspian Infrastructure Improvement: Implications for the Post-COVID-19 Era
Tokyo, Japan (Ports Europe) September 28, 2021 – Last July, the Asian Development Bank Institute published the working paper “Regional Economic...
Port Yarimca to handle PSA auto brands
Kocaeli, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 27, 2021 – Port Yarimca has won a tender with the international automotive Stellantis group. The port is located...
Trans-Caspian International Transport Route members discuss progess
Country representatives of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route International Union (TITR International Union) met in Baku, Azerbaijan –...
Tosyalı İskenderun Port handles over 1 million tons of cargo in July
Iskenderun, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 23, 2021 – Tosyalı İskenderun Port handled over 1 million tons of cargo loaded and unloaded by road, a...
Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay promotes Kanal Istanbul Project at conference
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 23, 2021 – Speaking at the start of the 7th International Blue Black Sea Congress held...
Turkey-Libya cruises set to start
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 22, 2021 – Murtaza Karanfil, Chairman of the Turkey-Libya Business Council, has said that passengers cruises...