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.
Visit of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu to Libya
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visited Libya together with Hulusi Akar, Minister of National Defence, Süleyman Soylu, Minister of Interior, General...
COSCO Shipping Ports – Overseas Terminals throughput – May 2021
Piraeus Container Terminal S.A.
COSCO SHIPPING Ports (Spain) Terminals S.L.U.
CSP Zeebrugge Terminal NV
Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E.
Kumport Liman...
Approximately 1 million tons of cargo transported from the BTK railway line
Adil Karaismailoğlu, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, has stated that approximately 1 million tons of cargo has been transported from the...
Interview of Greek Prime Minister in the French newspaper Le Figaro
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave an interview to the French newspaper “Le Figaro” and the journalist Alexia Kefalas – June 14, 2021...
Turkish Minister Karaismailoğlu: “We will open our national electric train in this year”
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu visited TÜRASAŞ Sakarya Factory and closely followed the national electric train...
New Kars logistics centre to start operations
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 15, 2021 – A new logistics centre in the Turkish city of Kars will soon become operational and will have key transport...
Turkey’s Eastern Black Sea region’s exports increasing
Trabzon, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 14, 2021 – Exports from the Eastern Black Sea regions of Trabzon, Rize, Artvin and Gümüşhane provinces, were...
Port of Baku upgrades role with container train links to Black and Mediterranean Seas via the TURKUAZ project
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) June 10, 2021 – A new container express block train, part of the TURKUAZ project, will further enhance the role of...
Analysis – A new Caspian Sea-Black Sea transport corridor to link port of Baku with Turkey’s Samsun and Trabzon, could diminish Poti port
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) June 9, 2021 – Construction of the Azerbaijani section of the railway to Azerbaijan’s landlocked exclave of...
Analysis – New container and breakbulk shipping line: from Yarimca, via Don-Volga rivers canal, into Aktau and Turkmenbashi, then to China and back
Yarimca, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 7, 2021 – The big losers of the yet to be launched new container and breakbulk shipping line, linking Marmara (Yarimca...
Turkey: Container handling by port – Jan-May 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 4, 2021 – General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has published container handling statistics at Turkish ports...
Turkey: Total port container traffic – Jan-May 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 4, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported that in May 2021 its ports handled 1.056 million...
Rail Cargo increases TransFER Curtici–Istanbul capacity
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 4, 2021 – Austria’s Rail Cargo Group is doubling the frequency of its TransFER Curtici–Istanbul in both...
China Merchants Port Holdings reports container cargo up over 25% in first four months of 2021
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) June 4, 2021 – China Merchants Port Holdings (CMPort) has reported significant growth in both container throughput and...
Turkey’s new Filyos port is almost complete
Zonguldak, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 3, 2021 – The local authorities have said that the new Filyos port is almost complete and look forward to the visit...
TPAO’s efforts to establish a refinery in Zonguldak continue
Zonguldak, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 1, 2021 – The works of Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) to establish a refinery on 960 acres are continuing at...
EBRD in Turkey: Ispartakule – Çerkezköy Railway Project
The Ispartakule- Çerkezköy Railway Project is being developed by the General Directorate of Infrastructure Investments (AYGM). The Project is a part of the...
Statement by the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs after the meeting with Turkish counterpart
Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, after the meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu – May...
Samsunport launches new 100 million TL investment phase
Samsun, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 28, 2021 – The Cey Group has announced that it is starting the second big investment phase of Samsunport with a value...
CVC Capital Partners and China Merchants Holdings may seek Kumport stake
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 26, 2021 – CVC Capital Partners and China Merchants Holdings International Co. are two companies interested in...