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.
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...
Croatia & Slovenia join the EU MED group
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) September 20, 2021 – Croatia and Slovenia officially became members of the club of Mediterranean EU countries known as EU...
Arkas Logistics to operate Şişecam Mersin Logistics Center
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 13, 2021 – Şişecam Mersin Logistics Center has opened in the Mediterranean port city of Mersin and Arkas...
Lack of analysis resource hits pepper export from port of Samsun
Samsun, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 13, 2021 – Capia peppers are grown in the Bafra district of Samsun Province, on the Black Sea coast of Northern...
Ports and logistics highlighted for Turkish investment
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 13, 2021 – According to the Turkish government’s 2022-2024 Investment Program, both ports and logistics...
Port of Novorossiysk to lose Turkmen oil shipments
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) September 9, 2021 – Azerbaijan’s state energy company SOCAR and international community trader Vitol have come...
Turkey: Total container handling statistics by ports, January-August 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 6, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported that in August 2021 Turkish ports handled a...
Turkey: Cargo handling statistics by port authority, January-August 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 6, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported total cargo statistics for Turkish seaports...
Turkey: Total cargo handling at ports January-August 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 6, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported that in August 2021 its ports handled 45.71...
Ege Port – Kuşadası welcomes the return of the cruises ship business
Kuşadası, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 3, 2021 – The Aegean Sea port of Ege Port Kusadasi has welcomed its first cruise ship visit of the season...
Global Ports Holding Plc reports low cruise passenger volumes in Q2 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 2, 2021 – Global Ports Holding Plc, the global cruise port operator, has published its April-June 2021 trading...
Yilport Holding sees strong growth in first half
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 1, 2021 – In January-June 2021, terminals owned by Yilport Holdings handled 2.5 million TEU containers, up 18%...
Turkey’s Sefine Shipyard wins Russian icebreaker contract
Yalova, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 30, 2021 -Earlier this month, Turkey’s Sefine Shipyard was awarded the contract to construct an 18 MW icebreaker to be...
COSCO Shipping Ports – Overseas Terminals throughput – July 2021
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) August 27, 2021 – In July 2021, COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited registered global container throughput of 8.9 million TEU,...
Turkish cruise ship traffic starts slow recovery
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 13, 2021 – Following an absence of cruise traffic in January-May this year, Turkish cruise ship traffic started a...
Asyaport installs crane base anti-seismic isolation system
Tekirdağ, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 10, 2021 – Asyaport has installed a crane base anti-seismic isolation system (BASIS) on two quayside container...
Turkey: Total cargo handling at ports January-July 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 9, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported that in July 2021 its ports handled 43.26...
Turkey: Total container handling statistics, January-July 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 9, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported that in July 2021 Turkish ports handled a total...