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 appointments Jan Fomferra as Chief Financial Officer
Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, today announces the appointment of Jan Fomferra as Chief Financial...
New record time for China-Turkey container train
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) July 7, 2020 – The local ADY Container has reported that together with other members of the Trans-Caspian International...
İZAYDAŞ to complete Safiport waste facility in August
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 6, 2020 – İZAYDAŞ, a waste disposal company, has said that a new sea waste reception facility project in Safi...
Turkish Minister visits Istanbul shipyard to review construction of new naval vessel
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 6, 2020 – Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank has visited the Tuzla Sedef Shipyard to review progress on...
Turkey’s Ünye Port receives Hazardous Goods Compliance Certificate
Trabzon, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 5, 2020 – Ordu Metropolitan Municipality, in Northwest Turkey has received a Hazardous Goods Compliance Certificate...
EBRD to lend up to €100 million to Turkish State Railways (TCDD)
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 5, 2020 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to allocate a €100 sovereign loan to...
EBRD and IMO to develop Turkey’s green maritime sector
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 2, 2020 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Maritime Organisation...
World Bank provides €314 mln loan for Turkey Rail Logistics Improvement Project
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 2, 2020 – The World Bank will provide a loan of around €314.5 million ($350 million) for the Turkey Rail Logistics...
İMEAK Chamber of Shipping, İzmir Branch, promotes local port
Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 1, 2020 – At an event celebrating Maritime and Cabotage Day, Yusuf Öztürk, Chairman of the Board of İMEAK Chamber of...
Burgas port management meets Turkish representatives
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) July 1, 2020 – Managers of Port of Bourgas EAD and representatives of the Turkish Consulate General in the city and the...
Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs meets the President of Tunisia, Kais Saied
Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, N. Dendias, following his meeting with the President of Tunisia, Kais Saied – June 29, 2020 I had the great...
Turkey: Izmir and Haydarpaşa ports container traffic Jan-May 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 29, 2020 – TCDD (state-owned Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları/Turkish State Railways) has reported the...
TCDD manager visits Izmir port
Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 29, 2020 – TCDD General Manager, Ali İhsan Uygun, has visited İzmir port to review activities and meet local...
Turkey sees future as transit port country
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 28, 2020 – Turkey’s Transport and Infrastructure Minister Adil Karaismailoğlu promoted the Turkish...
Zeki Muammer Merev retires as HopaPort chairman
Trabzon, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 25, 2020 – Zeki Muammer Merev, who served as HopaPort Chairman for approximately 15 months, has completed his term and...
Yilport Gebze plans to invest in rail platform for its terminal
Yilport Gebze, the “home terminal” of Yilport Holding in the Gulf of Izmit in Turkey, has announced a new investment in a rail platform inside the terminal...
Turkey’s Hopaport receives first tanker carrying petroleum products
Trabzon, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 23, 2020 – Following completion of the work at the HopaPort oil-petroleum Terminal, the port has received its first...
Meeting of foreign ministers of the Visegrad Group and Turkey
Today’s video conference of heads of diplomacy of the Visegrad Group countries and Turkey aimed at discussing the current prospects for strengthening...
Eskişehir industrial zone benefits from rail link with Gemlik port
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 21, 2020 – Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank has visited Eskişehir, located in northwestern Turkey...
Ukraine and Turkey officials talk about transport issues
Vladislav Krykliy met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkey to Ukraine Yagmur Ahmet Guldere – June 18, 2020 The Minister of...