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.
Igmar orders tugboat from Med Marine
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) June 13, 2024 – Med Marine of Turkey has received an order for a MED-A2875 series tug from Igmar of Greece, part of the...
Mersin Port International names new Sanmar tugboat
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 12, 2024 – Mersin International Port (MIP) has held the naming ceremony for its latest new tugboat at the port. It was...
Sanmar prepares new tugboat for Port of Burgas
Altinova, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 12, 2024 – Sanmar has carried out a naming ceremony for a new tugboat “Alioth” to be delivered to BMG...
Container Port Performance Index 2024 – Top Europe/N Africa – Ranking
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 6, 2024 – The World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence have published the fourth edition of Container Port...
373 kg of cocaine seized in Turkey’s port of Gemlik
Gemlik, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 4, 2024 – Turkish police have detained nine people suspected of involvement in an international drug trafficking ring...
Mersin International Port invests in tugs from Sanmar Shipyards
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – Mersin International Port (MIP) has invested 250 million liras (€7.1 million) in environment-friendly tugs...
Russian tanker runs into trouble in Istanbul with faulty rudder
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 29, 2024 – The Russian oil tanker, Osaka, got into trouble near Haydarpaşa, Istanbul. The stricken vessel was...
Turkey: Vessel traffic through Bosporus & Canakkale Straits, Q1 24
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 28, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has published traffic numbers of vessels passing through the...
New accident with Russia’s shadow tanker fleet
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 27, 2024 – A Russian oil tanker Hera 1, part of the country’s shadow fleet of some 600 vessels, got stuck on May 23...
Turkey supports Via Carpatia, a Three Sea initiative
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 27, 2024 – Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu has come out in support of the Via Carpatia...
Turkish ambassador to Spain visits Port of Valencia
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – Nüket Küçükel, Turkish ambassador to Spain, has visited Valencia and held a working meeting with Mar...
Noatum Maritime opens offices in Istanbul, Izmir, Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – Noatum Maritime, part of AD Ports, has opened its first office in Turkey. The Istanbul operation will be...
British Steel to supply Mersin port rail project
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 16, 2024 – British Steel has won a multi-million-pound contract to supply rail for a new high-speed electric railway in...
Kongsburg Maritime to supply thrusters for tugs bound for Tunisia
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 16, 2024 – Turkish shipbuilder Med Marine has awarded a contract to Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime to supply...
Update: Why is there no Sochi-Trabzon ferry?
Sochi, Russia (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – Western sanctions isolated Russia is pushing for years to re-launch a cargo-passenger ferry from its Black Sea...
Turkey: Cruise ship & passenger numbers – April 2024
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 10, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has published cruise ship and passenger numbers for April 2024....
Turkey: Seaports TEU traffic – April 2024
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 10, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported container (TEU) traffic for April 2024. Below is...
Turkey: Seaports cargo traffic – April 2024
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 10, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported total seaport cargo traffic for April 2024. Below...
Turkey has stopped all import and export trade with Israel
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 6, 2024 – Following an order from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey has stopped all import and export trade with...
DP World Yarimca starts rail service to avoid Red Sea problems
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 3, 2024 – DP World Yarimca has started using a previously unused rail route from China to Turkey to ensure the...