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.
Turkey makes ports available to Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) August 10, 2020 – Turkey’s Vice President Fuat Oktay and Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visited Lebanon on...
Analysis – Port of Tripoli must replace destroyed Beirut as entry gate to Lebanon
Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) August 8, 2020 – The second busiest Lebanese port of Tripoli is to take over the functions of Beirut port, obliterated by a...
Visit of Turkish Foreign Minister to Malta and Libya, August 5-6, 2020
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visited Malta and Libya on 5-6 August 2020 – August 6, 2020 Minister Çavuşoğlu met with Minister for...
Analysis – The aftermath of the Beirut port obliteration
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) August 7, 2020 – The port of Beirut, Lebanon’s busiest port, is not going to recover for many months after what is...
OYAK and NYK to build $110 mln port in northwest Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 3, 2020 – In 2019, Oyak, the Turkish military’s pension fund, in a joint venture with Japan’s Nippon Yusen...
Turkish ports reports increased total cargo in first half of 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 30, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, the General Directorate of Maritime Affairs, has announced...
Turkey’s Hopaport releases 6-month traffic figures
Trabzon, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 29, 2020 – In the first six months of 2020, 103 ships visited Hopaport with a total cargo of 475,041 tons. Of the...
New Saros port receives environmental challenge
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 28, 2020 – Earlier this month, BOTAŞ Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS), the state-owned crude oil and natural gas...
Baku port: Container Trains from China to Turkey arriving faster
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) July 28, 2020 – ADY Container, a subsidiary company of Azerbaijan Railways, the members of the Trans-Caspian International...
BDY Group acquires Russian Petgaz, Turkey’s largest capacity LPG terminal
Iskenderun, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 27, 2020 – Ankara-based BDY Group has acquired Russian Petgaz Corp which has Turkey’s largest storage capacity...
Turkey: Container handling by port for January-June 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 26, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Ulaştırma ve Altyapı Bakanı) has published figures for...
Turkey: Ports – Container Handling by month for January-June 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 26, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Ulaştırma ve Altyapı Bakanı) has published ports’...
Safi Derince International Port to purchase Kalmar cranes
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 24, 2020 – Safi Derince International Port has awarded a contract to Finland’s Kalmar for two Zero Emission...
ENKA applies for Izmir LNG facility license
Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 22, 2020 – ENKA, the local industrial conglomerate, has applied to the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) for a...
REC Uluslararasi awarded tender for Mersin Adana Osmaniye Gaziantep railway
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 19, 2020 – REC Uluslararasi Insaat Yatirim Sanayi ve Ticaret AS has won the tender for the project to construct the...
Turkey plans new port at Kyme on the Aegean coast
Aliaga, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 19, 2020 – According to an official zoning plan, Turkey is planning to construct Nemrut Bay Port within the borders...
COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited – Container throughput Q2 2020
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 15, 2020 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has reported June 2020 container throughout for its terminals together with...
ENKA Group applies to Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) to establish LNG plant in Aliağa
Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 9, 2020 – ENKA, the Turkish engineering and construction company, has applied for a licence from EPDK, the Energy...
BOTAŞ issues tender for FSRU Saros terminal work
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 15, 2020 – BOTAŞ Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS), the state-owned crude oil and natural gas pipelines...
Works at Gelibolu New Ferry Terminal continue
Çanakkale, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 13, 2020 – Land reclamation continues on the future site of the Gelibolu New Ferry Terminal (Gelibolu Yeni...