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.
Black Sea ministers to endorse Common Maritime Agenda
Black Sea ministers to endorse Common Maritime Agenda Brussels, Belgium, May 21, 2019 Ministers from seven Black Sea countries – Bulgaria, Georgia, the...
Global Ports Holding Plc reports stable Q1 2019
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) May 14, 2019 – Global Ports Holding Plc, a leading global independent cruise port operator, has issued a trading update...
EBRD finances innovative logistics hub in Turkey
News – EBRD finances innovative logistics hub in Turkey: Private Turkish-German venture opens new gateway to transport cargo – May 9, 2019 Turkish...
Analysis – Kanal Istanbul – the largest construction project in the world for a decade
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 1, 2019 – Construction works for Canal (Channel, Kanal) Istanbul project, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of...
COSCO’s European container terminals see improved performance in Q1 2019
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 17, 2019 – In the first three months of 2019, the overseas terminals of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited saw...
Tarros launches weekly service linking Tarragona port to Turkey
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – The container terminal of the port of Tarragona, DP World, has started handling a new container shipping...
Galataport Istanbul will host cruise ships in March 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 13, 2019 – Galataport Istanbul Cruise Port plans to start receiving cruise ships in March 2020. The company...
New Turkish ambassador visits Ferrol port
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) March 31, 2019 – The new ambassador of Turkey in Spain, Cihad Erginay, has visited the container terminal of the Outer Port...
COSCO Shipping Ports announces FY2018 financial results
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, a leading global leading ports operator, has announced full year results...
Global Ports Holding Plc – financial results for 2018
March 12, 2019 Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, has reported its unaudited results for the twelve...
COSCO’s European container terminals see higher throughput in February 2019
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 17, 2019 – China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has reported that in February 2019 output at its overseas...
Turkish ports handle 4.2 million tonnes of transhipments from Iran, Russia
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Turkish ports handled 4.192 million tonnes of transhipments from Iran and Russia in January....
Yilport Holding reports 5% increase in container throughput for 2018
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 11, 2019 Yilport Holding has reported a 5% year-on-year increase in container throughput for the full year of 2018....
Yilport reports traffic up 5% in 2018
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 11, 2019 – Yilport Holding’s terminals handled container traffic of 6.14 million TEUs in 2018, up 5%....
DP World Yarimca awarded ISO 28000 Supply Chain Security Certificate
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 9, 2019 – DP World, a global terminal operator, has been awarded an ISO 28000 Supply Chain Security Certificate,...
Turkey’s ports handle 20.5 million tonnes of US cargo transshipments in 2018
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 6, 2019 – Total transshipment of cargo from the United States through the ports of Turkey amounted to 20.5 million...
EU-supported training on implementation of Maritime Labour Convention in Black and Caspian Sea regions
Press Release – EU Neighbours East – February 4, 2018 On January 30-31, 2019, 16 representatives of maritime authorities from countries in the...
Turkey’s ports handles 72,360 ships in 2018
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 4, 2019 – Turkey’s ports handled 72,360 ships in 2018, the country’s transport ministry said. A...
Turkey’s ports handles 1,778,525 vehicles in 2018
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 4, 2019 – Turkey’s ports handled 1,778,525 vehicles in 2018, the country’s transport ministry...
COSCO’s Kumport Liman reports 2018 container throughput up 18.3%
Ambarli, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 30, 2019 – Kumport Liman Hizmetleri ve Lojistik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports...