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.
Ukraine interested in expanding the range of Turkish companies working in its infrastructure projects
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy notes the interest in greater involvement of Turkish companies in the implementation of infrastructure programs and...
Merport aims to become Mersin’s new logistics base
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 19, 2020 – Merport Logistics, operating close to Mersin International Port (MIP) and Mersin Free Zone, has increased...
COSCO Shipping Ports – September 2020 container throughout
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) October 16, 2020 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has reported September 2020 container throughout for its terminals...
Georgia Consul General visits Hopaport, Turkey
Trabzon, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 14, 2020 – Gela Japaridze, Consul General of Georgia has visited the Northeast port Trabzon including a trip to the...
Svitzer orders exclusive tug design from Turkey’s Med Marine
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 13, 2020 – Svitzer, a tugboat operator, has signed a contract for MED-A2360 series tugboat from Med Marine. The...
Mersin International Port sees 7-month cargo volume up 5%
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 6, 2020 – Despite the adverse effects of the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis, Mersin International Port (MIP) recorded a...
Press conference of Greek prime minister after the Special Summit of the European Council
Press conference of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis after the completion of the work of the Special Summit of the European Council – October 2, 2020...
Turkish foreign minister visits Italy
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visited Italy on 2 October 2020 upon invitation of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Luigi...
DEME launches new vessel in Yalova, Turkey
DEME launched its first ever Service Operation Vessel (SOV) at the CEMRE shipyard in Yalova, Turkey, marking a major milestone in its fleet history. Named...
Turkish foreign minister joins meeting of Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
Participation of Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in the Informal Meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Black Sea Economic...
Taşucu port, a key Eastern Mediterranean port in Turkey, seeks expansion
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) September 25, 2020 – The General Secretary of Mersin Chamber of Shipping, Mesut Öztürk, has called for investment in the...
Aliağa port sees sharp rise in cargo traffic
Aliağa, Turkey (PortSEurope) September 24, 2020 – IMEAK Chamber of Shipping Aliaga Branch Chairman, Adem Simsek, has said that in August 2020, Aliağa...
Turkish ministry announces August seaport cargo figures for August
Turkey’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure announced that the volume of containers handled at ports in August 2020 increased by 8.8%, compared to...
U.S. Ambassador remarks at The Economist Greek Government Roundtable
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) September 20, 2020 – U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey R. Pyatt, has attended the annual Economist Greek Government...
Eastern Mediterranean: Turkey must immediately end illegal drilling activities
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) September 18, 2020 – Yesterday, member of the European Parliament (MEP) condemned Turkey’s actions in the Greek and...
Cengiz İnşaat awarded İyidere port contract
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) September 17, 2020 – The tender for the construction of the İyidere Logistics Port in Rize was carried out with invited...
COSCO Shipping Ports – August 2020 container throughout
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) September 17, 2020 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has reported August 2020 container throughout for its terminals together...
Spanish prime minister takes part in Southern EU Countries (MED7) summit
Pedro Sánchez stresses the importance of coordination by Mediterranean countries to push through policies of mutual interest in EU – September 10, 2020...
Statement by Greek prime minister at the Euro-Mediterranean Conference MED7
Statement by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Euro-Mediterranean Conference MED7 – September 10, 2020 Ladies and gentlemen, we have just...
Greek deputy foreign minister of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee on Turkish aggression in the Eastern Mediterranean
Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Barvitsiotis described Turkey’s actions as “unilateral, illegal and provocative”, briefing the European...