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.
TEMA Foundation: positive EIA decision on Kanal Istanbul Project not compliant with law, public interest or scientific facts
Press Release – TEMA Foundation – February 20, 2020 To the EIA positive decision of TEMA Foundation, Ministry of Environment and Urbanization for...
EBRD joins Mersin International Port $600 million Eurobond issue
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 22, 2020 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has joined in a $600 million Eurobond...
Slovenian Minister for Foreign Affairs in Turkey for bilateral talks
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 12, 2020 – Slovenian Minister for Foreign Affairs Miro Cerar has started a two-day working visit to Ankara...
Analysis – Turkey to start construction of $20 billion Kanal Istanbul in 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 7, 2020 – The zoning plan for the giant Kanal (Channel, Canal) Istanbul project, linking the Black Sea and the...
Ukraine and Turkey hold high level meeting
Infrastructure Minister Vladislav Krykliy participated in the eighth meeting of the High-level Strategic Council – February 3, 2020 The eighth meeting of...
Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad container train may finally run
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 2, 2020 – The national railway companies of Turkey, Iran and Pakistan have agreed to resume regular operations...
COSCO Shipping Ports sees 4.8% increase in TEU handled in 2019
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 21, 2020 – In 2019, COSCO Shipping Ports Ltd handled a global total of 102.7 million TEU, up 4.8% on the previous...
YILPORT announces new business plan for 2020 and beyond
YILPORT Holding announces new business plan for 2020 and beyond – January 16, 2020 Robert Yuksel Yildirim, the Founder and Chairman of YILPORT Holding,...
China and Turkey use Baku port as transit point
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) January 10, 2020 – China has started shipping dried fruits to Turkey via the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway. In late...
Greek Prime Minister visits Washington as U.S. boosts East Mediterranean interests
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) January 9, 2020 – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the United States between January 5-8 and met with the...
Greek, Israeli and Cypriot leaders issue joint statement on Turkish agreement with Libya
Joint Statement by the Prime Minister of Greece, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Prime Minister of Israel, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, and the President of the...
Greek Prime Minister joins a panel with Atlantic Council during US visit
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) January 8, 2020 – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis departed for the United States on Sunday, for a visit between...
EBRD to provide loan to Asyaport in Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 30, 2019 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed to provide a $12 million...
New catamaran line between Burgas and Istanbul
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) November 16, 2019 – A new catamaran/fast ferry line will start operations on July 1, 2020, between Bulgaria’s second...
Analysis – Recep Tayyip Erdogan says tender for Canal Istanbul project to be held soon
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 13, 2019 – The tender for the Canal (Channel, Kanal) Istanbul project, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of...
Global Ports Holding announces nine month results
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 12, 2019 – Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, has today...
EBRD agrees loan to support Tekirdag port in Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 10, 2019 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to loan $17.5 million (€15.79...
Turkey hosts Silk Road business summit
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) November 29, 2019 – Today is the second and last day of the 4th International Silk Road Businessmen Summit in Trabzon,...
COSCO Shipping Ports’ overseas terminals see 12.1% rise in October 2019 traffic
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) November 29, 2019 – In October 2019, the overseas terminals of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited saw container...
Trieste Marine Terminal meets Turkish key partners at Istanbul Logitrans
Trieste Marine Terminal – November 20, 2019 Logitrans is an international platform with an exhibitor increase of 16% and 158 companies from 24 countries:...