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Istanbul is a port-city in Northwestern Turkey located on both sides of the Bosporus Strait. It is the country’s largest city. The city and its surrounds are home to a number of ports, including Haydarpaşa and Galataport. The ports host a full range of cargo services and cruise ship facilities. It also hosts the Bosphorus Strait, the only waterway which links the Black and Mediterranean Seas.

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...

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....

COSCO’s European terminals reports increased TEU traffic in January 2019

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Piraeus Container Terminal SA, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported...

Constanta port hosts Medcruise meeting to promote Black Sea cruise industry

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) February 24, 2019 – National Company Maritime Ports Administration S.A. Constanta has hosted the February 22, 2018,...

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....

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...

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...

P&O Ferrymasters launches new intermodal service via Trieste

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) January 9, 2019 – P&O Ferrymasters has announced the launch of new intermodal services from the Turkish ports of Pendik,...

Kumport Liman Hizmetleri ve Lojistik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş – November 2018 container terminal statistics

Kumport, Turkey (PortSEurope) January 7, 2019 – Kumport Liman Hizmetleri ve Lojistik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports...

Trieste port to benefit from DFDS, Ekol cooperation

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 28, 2018 – Trieste port expects to take advantage of the cooperation agreement signed between Danish shipping group...

Denmark’s DFDS enters cooperation deal with Ekol, expands presence in Mediterranean

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 25, 2018 – Danish shipping group DFDS, which has recently expanded its presence in the Mediterranean market with...

Yilport wins Port Operator Award at Lloyd’s List Global Awards

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – Yilport Holding, a subsidiary of Turkey’s Yildirim Group of Companies, the first ever Turkish...

Kumport looks to develop as leading transfer hub

Kumport, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 28, 2018 – Kumport Limani (Kumport)  CEO Özgür Soy has stated that the port is growing together with its...

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