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’s Tersan Shipyard to build trawler for P/F Havborg
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 18, 2020 – Tersan Shipyard Inc. has signed a new contract to build an arctic freezer trawler for P/F Havborg from...
New rail link serves Turkish boron exports to China via Asyaport
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 15, 2020 – The state-owned company Eti Maden İşletmeleri Genel Müdürlüğü has started exporting products to...
Turkey’s Med Marine has signs tugboat contract with Kenya Ports Authority
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 15, 2020 – Med Marine, one of Turkey’s leading tugboat builder, towage and pilotage operators, has signed a...
JSV Logistic starts Barcelona service to Turkish ports
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) June 12, 2020 – Shipping company JSV Logistic and Marmedsa, have set up a shipping service between the APM Terminals...
Turkish ports: Total cargo handling down over 3.87% in May 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 11, 2020 – Total cargo handling at Turkish ports in May 2020 totalled 37.81 million tons, down 1.52 million tons on...
Court ruling delays Yacht Harbour Project of Büyükçekmece Municipality
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 11, 2020 – Büyükçekmece Municipality, west of Istanbul, has plans to construct a harbour for yachting at a cost...
Global Ports Holding says it can trade with no cruise ships until 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 10, 2020 – Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, has today...
Global Ports Holding – Q1 2020 Trading Statement
Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, today issues a trading update for the period from 1 January to 31...
Environmental challenges remain for BOTAŞ Saros FSRU
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 9, 2020 – BOTAŞ Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS), the state-owned crude oil and natural gas pipelines...
Turkey’s Bodrum Harbour reopens
Bodrum, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 8, 2020 – The Mayor of Muğla Metropolitan Municipality, Osman Gürün, has visited Bodrum harbour to examine...
New Filyos port could generate huge income for Turkey
Zonguldak, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 8, 2020 – Despite the Covid-19 coruna virus pandemic, the construction project at the port of Filyos continues and...
Turkey’s Uzmar to build tug for Port of Aarhus
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 8, 2020 – Uzmar Shipyard has signed a contract to build a RAmparts 3000 series newbuild tugboat for the Port of...
Turkey interested in construction projects in Libya
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 8, 2020 – Presidential spokesman İbrahim Kalın has said that Ankara is considering the possibility of a range of...
Work to start on construction of Gelibolu New Ferry Terminal, Turkey
Çanakkale, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 5, 2020 – Following a tender last February, Tokdemir Engineering signed a contract in May with Türkiye Denizcilik...
Trabzon Liman Isletmecili reports reduced Q1 2020 profit
Trabzon, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 4, 2020 – Trabzon Liman Isletmecili A.S., port operator of Trabzon, has reported non-consolidated net profit down...
U.S. Ambassador Pyatt’s Interview with Greece’s MEGA TV
MEGA TV – Yiannis Moutsos – May 27, 2020 MEGA TV: Mr. Ambassador, thank you very much for this interview. It’s quite an honor to have you at MEGA as...
Turkey’s Ünye Port Project prepares tender
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 2, 2020 – Mayor of Ordu Metropolitan Municipality, Mehmet Hilmi Güler, has said via Twitter that the tender...
Mars Logistics starts Istanbul-Duisburg intermodal rail cargo service
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 29, 2020 – Mars Logistics, a provider of international logistics, has operated a cargo train running from Eskişehir,...
MSC group links Tekirdağ Asyaport with Anatolia exporters
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 29, 2020 – The Marmaray railway line, operated by TCDD (Turkish Railways), has started handling cargo travelling...
Samsun port-Kalin rail line upgrades Turkey’s Black Sea to Mediterranean
Samsun, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 28, 2020 – Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Adil Karaismailoğlu, has announced the completion of construction...