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Izmir

Izmir, formerly Smyrna and also known as Port of Alsancak, is a seaport in Western Anatolia, Turkey, on the Gulf of Izmir. The port is state-owned and the third largest city in Turkey. It is a multi-purpose port including a container terminal.

Ranking: Turkish container ports in Jan-Aug 2021

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 6, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported containers handled by port for the period...

Turkey: Cargo handling statistics by port authority, January-August 2021

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 6, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported total cargo statistics for Turkish seaports...

MSC to start new, direct rail service connecting Trieste and Ludwigshafen, Germany

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 2, 2021 – MSC has announce the launch of a new, direct rail service connecting Trieste,...

Turkey: Cargo handling statistics by port January-July 2021

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 9, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported cargo handling statistics at Turkish ports...

Container handling statistics at Turkish ports by port, January-June 2021

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 7, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported container handling statistics by port,...

Cargo handling statistics at Turkish ports by port, January-June 2021

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 7, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported that in January-June 2021, foreign trade...

Turkey’s export rate increased 42.2% in first quarter of 2021

Turkey’s export rate increased 42.2% in first quarter of 2021- June 30, 2021 KaraismailoÄŸlu said, “With the uninterrupted work in our production...

Turkey: Container handling by port – Jan-May 2021

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 4, 2021 – General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has published container handling statistics at Turkish ports...

Port of Tarragona presents the new Ro-Ro route with Turkey

The Port of Tarragona has presented the new Ro-Ro route with Turkey in a joint day with the Chamber of Commerce of Tarragona, Lleida, Tàrrega, Reus, Tortosa...

Turkey: Container handling by port – Jan-Mar 2021

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 8, 2021 – General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has published container handling statistics at Turkish ports...

Safiport Derince International Port plans further investment

Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 5, 2021 – Safiport Derince International Port is set for further investment which could create a further 2,000 jobs....

Ekol decreases travel time between Spain and Turkey to 60 hours

Ekol renders a new service as part of its intermodal transportation through a Ro-Ro line between Izmir, Alsancak Port, and Spain’s Tarragona Port – which...

Turkey: Container handling by port – Jan-Feb 2021

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 15, 2021 – General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has published container handling statistics at Turkish ports...

Turkey: Container handling by port – January 2021

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 18, 2021 – General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has published container handling statistics at Turkish ports...

EKOL logistics to start new Ro-Ro service between Izmir and Tarragona port

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) February 10, 2021 – The president of the Port of Tarragona, Josep M Cruset, and the president of the logistics company...

Alsancak port restart Ro-Ro operations

Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 28, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has approved an application for the port of Alsancak (Izmir)...

Politician criticises funds spent on Çandarlı Port

Aliaga, (PortSEurope) November 23, 2020 – Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi Ä°zmir Deputy Sevda Erdan Kılıç, in a speech at the Plan and Budget Commission on...

Turkey – Total port container handling by seaport – Jan-Sep 2020

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 21, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (UlaÅŸtırma ve Altyapı Bakanı) has published total...

Turkey – Total port container handling – Jan-Sep 2020

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 21, 2020 – In the first nine months of 2020, Turkish seaports handled a total of 5.39 million container units,...

AliaÄŸa port sees sharp rise in cargo traffic

AliaÄŸa, Turkey (PortSEurope) September 24, 2020 – IMEAK Chamber of Shipping Aliaga Branch Chairman, Adem Simsek, has said that in August 2020, AliaÄŸa...

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