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.
Local court cancels zoning plans for Kanal Istanbul
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 16, 2024 – On February 13, 2024, the Istanbul 11th Administrative Court cancelled the development plan of the...
Mersin International Port utilises MIP-5 Sanmar tugboat
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 16, 2024 – Mersin International Port (Mersin) is utilising MIP-5 tugboat, which arrived from Sanmar Shipyards...
Turkey sees large increase in cruise tourism is 2023
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 14, 2024 – Last year, 1,192 cruise ships visited 19 ports, up +20% on the previous 12 months. The number of...
Turkey: Cargo report for 2023
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 14, 2024 – The Turkish authorities have published cargo figures for 2023. In 2023, total cargo was 521.07 million...
83,900 ships crossed Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits in 2023
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 3, 2024 – The Turkish Straits were crossed by 83,900 vessels in 2023, the General Directorate for Maritime...
Turkey’s Filyos port develops energy role
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 29, 2024 – The Black Sea port of Filyos in the Northern province of Zonguldak is developing a role in the...
Arkas joins Hapag-Lloyd and Turkon to North America
Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 23, 2024 – Turkey’s Arkas Container Transport (Arkas Line), the diversified shipping, logistics and ports group...
Finally, a mine-clearing agreement for the Black Sea by three NATO members
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) January 12, 2024 – NATO members and Black Sea littoral states Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria have signed an agreement for a...
Turkish Navy announces expansion plans
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 9, 2024 – Last week, a meeting of the Turkish Defense Industry Executive Committee announced an expansion plan for...
QTerminals Antalya, 26 cruise ships, 33,697 passengers in 2023
Antalya, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 29, 2023 – QTerminals Antalya, Turkey’s leading commercial cargo and cruise port, welcomed thousands of...
EBRD lends finance to develop Port of Borusan
Borusan, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 28, 2023 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a loan of US$ 33.2 million...
AD Ports set to operate Izmir Port, Turkey
Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 18, 2023 – Agreement is likely soon for AD Ports of Abu Dhabi to operate the Turkish port of Izmir (Alsancak)....
Orange Business builds global network for YILPORT
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 1, 2023 – Orange Business has signed a contract with YILPORT to provide a global wide area network (WAN) for...
MSC to use Giresun Port in Turkey
Giresun, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 1, 2023 – The international shipper MSC has started using Giresun port on Turkey’s central Black Sea coast....
Turkey’s Poliport plans storage upgrade to liquid storage facility
Kocaeli, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 1, 2023 – Poliport is planning to increase its liquid cargo storage capacity with its $5.5 million renewal and...
Turkey seeks to exploit coastlines with port development
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) November 28, 2023 – Turkey is making huge efforts to utilize the maritime resources of the seas along the country’s...
Galataport offered to Qatar Investment Authority
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) November 28, 2023 – Dogus Holding (Doğuş Group) is trying to convince the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) to buy...
DFDS, VIIA sign MoU with French ports of Sète and Calais
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) November 24, 2023 – Transport operators, DFDS and VIIA, and the French ports of Sète and Calais have signed a Memorandum...
Mersin International Port launches expansion project
Mersin, Tureky (Ports Europe) November 24, 2023 – Mersin International Port Management Inc. (MIP) has launched a $455 million expansion programme –...
Mersin International Port signs industrial zone agreement
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) November 21, 2023 – Mersin International Port Management (MIP) and Mersin Tarsus Organized Industrial Zone (MTOSB) have an...