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.
Filyos port industrial zone could create 12,000 direct jobs
Zonguldak, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 28, 2020 – Despite the Covid-19 coruna virus pandemic, the construction of Filyos continues and is now over 65%...
Mersin International Port to extend port fee reductions
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 21, 2020 – Mersin International Port (MIP), part of the global PSA group, has announced that the reduced fees for...
Mersin International Port reports increased cargo in Q1 2020
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 21, 2020 – Mersin International Port (MIP), part of the global PSA group, has reported increased cargo in the first...
Black Sea ports cruise working group meeting held
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 19, 2020 – Managers of the leading Black Sea ports have held a virtual “meeting” to discuss the impact of...
Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway increases capacity
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 18, 2020 – The Covid-19 coronavirus crisis has forced transport companies to explore alternative methods of freight...
Ceyport Tekirdağ acquires three vessels From Med Marine
Turkey’s leading tugboat operator and shipbuilder Med Marine and Ceyport Tekirdağ Uluslararası Liman İşletmeciliği A.Ş. (Cey Group) from Turkey have...
Rail Cargo Group is leader in rail logistics with Turkey
In 2019, the Rail Cargo Group is again the leading customer of the Turkish state railway TCDD Taşımacılık and leads the way in terms of number of wagons...
Turkey: Total traffic April 2020 by port, numbers down
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 10, 2020 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs-Maritime Department has published total traffic figures for...
Turkish ports: Total cargo handling down over 9% in April 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 10, 2020 – Total cargo handling at Turkish ports in April 2020 totalled 39.33 million tons, down 3.95 million tons on...
Turkey: Giresun Port continues operations in April
Giresun, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 10, 2020 – Despite the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis, Giresun port has continued operations without interruption in...
Turkish exports decrease by 41.38% in April
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 5, 2020 – According to GTS, Turkish exports decreased by 41.38% in April compared to the same month of 2019, and...
Turkey’s Akçansa has announced improved financial results for 2019
Çanakkale, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 4, 2020 – Akçansa, a leading building materials company & port operator, has announced financials for the year...
Turkey: Ports – Q1 2020 – total handling by port
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 3, 2020 – Turkey Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Denizcilik İstatistikleri) has reported total port...
Akdeniz port – Reduced traffic volumes and up for sale
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 3, 2020 – The 2019 annual report of Global Ports Holding (GPH) reports traffic volumes down and a potential buyer in...
Mersin International Port introduces electronic documentation
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 30, 2020 – Mersin International Port Management Inc. (MIP) has announced that agencies can transmit their cargo...
Analysis – Who will benefit from Kanal Istanbul project?
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 29, 2020 – Companies with close ties to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the governing in Turkey Justice and...
Maersk offers weekly rail service from China to Turkey
Copenhagen, April 29, 2020 Maersk has launched its first rail service from Xi’an, China to Izmit, Turkey. This new route, which is part of Maersk...
Turkey: Maritime increases share of trade during Covid-19 crisis
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 27, 2020 – In the month of March, the Turkish Ministry of Commerce has reported that the share of exports by sea,...
Mersin International Port reports 2019 operational & financial results
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 27, 2020 – Mersin International Port, part of the international PSA group, has reported its 2019 operational &...
Turkey: Minister Karaismailoğlu – The freight train is on its way to sister countries
News – Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure – April 18, 2020 Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu stated that foreign...