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.
Global Ports Holding announces new financing deal
Global Ports Holding Plc, the global cruise port operator, has announced a five-year, senior secured loan agreement for up to $261 million with global...
P&O Maritime Logistics launches new inland river route from Caspian Sea to DP World Yarimca
A new container and breakbulk shipping line from Marmara to the Caspian Sea, via the Russian inland waterways, saw the completion of its trial voyage at the...
Kanal Istanbul construction to start in June
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 17, 2021 – A sod-turning ceremony for the Kanal Istanbul project will be held by the end of June. Despite opposition to...
Companies sign contract for Yarimca Ro-Ro terminal in Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 15, 2021 – Singapore-based Harmony Creative Solutions has signed a contract with CyberLogitec for software supply and...
Port of Bandırma reports increased Jan-Apr cargo figures
Bandırma, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 13, 2021 – In January-April 2021, Çelebi Bandırma Port handled a total of 1,683,774 tons of cargo. The port...
The Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure’s statement on the Rize İyidere Logistics Port Project
Trabzon, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 10, 2021 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has published a statement on its Rize İyidere Logistics Port...
Turkey: Container handling by port – Jan-Apr 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 10, 2021 – General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has published container handling statistics at Turkish ports...
Turkey: Total port container traffic – Jan-Apr 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 10, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported that in April 2021 its ports handled 1.041...
Turkish government promotes Rize İyidere Logistics Port
Trabzon, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 6, 2021 – Yalçın Eyigün, General Manager of Infrastructure Investments of the Ministry of Transport and...
Karasu port to add Ro-Ro service to Burgas after the one to Constanta
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 3, 2021 – Studies have started for the establishment of a Ro-Ro line between Bulgaria’s second largest Black Sea port...
Turkey receives new FSRU vessel
Iskenderun, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 23, 2021 – The Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has announced that the country’s first floating...
COSCO Shipping Ports sees Q1 2021 container traffic up 9.8%
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) April 16, 2021 – In the first quarter of this year the port terminals of COSCO Shipping Ports group handled container...
Statements by Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs after meeting with Turkish counterpart
Statements by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, after the meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu –...
Port of Tarragona presents the new Ro-Ro route with Turkey
The Port of Tarragona has presented the new Ro-Ro route with Turkey in a joint day with the Chamber of Commerce of Tarragona, Lleida, Tàrrega, Reus, Tortosa...
Turkish ports see 0.8% rise in cargo traffic in March
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 14, 2021 – In March 2021, the amount of containers handled at ports in March increased by 8.7 percent compared to...
Kanal Istanbul construction to start this summer – first financing banks mentioned
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 12, 2021 – The tenders for the Kanal Istanbul project will start in the coming months and construction is expected to...
Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) Railway Line sees increased cargo traffic in 2021
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 12, 2021 – In the first quarter of 2021, the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) Railway Line transported 154,000 tons (2,468...
Amidst arrests and protests Kanal Istanbul start of construction approaches
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 9, 2021 – Kanal Istanbul’s project works and development plans have been completed, and tender preparations are...
Turkey: Container handling by port – Jan-Mar 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 8, 2021 – General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has published container handling statistics at Turkish ports...
Turkey: Total port container traffic – Jan-Mar 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 8, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported that in March 2021 its ports handled 1.04...