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.
Turkey: Total cargo handling by port – Jan-Aug 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) September 9, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Ulaştırma ve Altyapı Bakanı) has published total...
Turkey: Container handling by port authority January-July 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 17, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Ulaştırma ve Altyapı Bakanı) has published figures for...
Turkey: Container handling by port for January-June 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 26, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Ulaştırma ve Altyapı Bakanı) has published figures for...
ENKA applies for Izmir LNG facility license
Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 22, 2020 – ENKA, the local industrial conglomerate, has applied to the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) for a...
Turkey plans new port at Kyme on the Aegean coast
Aliaga, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 19, 2020 – According to an official zoning plan, Turkey is planning to construct Nemrut Bay Port within the borders...
ENKA Group applies to Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) to establish LNG plant in Aliağa
Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 9, 2020 – ENKA, the Turkish engineering and construction company, has applied for a licence from EPDK, the Energy...
İZAYDAŞ to complete Safiport waste facility in August
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 6, 2020 – İZAYDAŞ, a waste disposal company, has said that a new sea waste reception facility project in Safi...
İMEAK Chamber of Shipping, İzmir Branch, promotes local port
Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 1, 2020 – At an event celebrating Maritime and Cabotage Day, Yusuf Öztürk, Chairman of the Board of İMEAK Chamber of...
Turkey: Izmir and Haydarpaşa ports container traffic Jan-May 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 29, 2020 – TCDD (state-owned Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları/Turkish State Railways) has reported the...
TCDD manager visits Izmir port
Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 29, 2020 – TCDD General Manager, Ali İhsan Uygun, has visited İzmir port to review activities and meet local...
Turkey sees future as transit port country
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 28, 2020 – Turkey’s Transport and Infrastructure Minister Adil Karaismailoğlu promoted the Turkish...
Turkish ports: Total cargo handling down over 9% in April 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 10, 2020 – Total cargo handling at Turkish ports in April 2020 totalled 39.33 million tons, down 3.95 million tons on...
Measures taken for Turkish marine sector to combat the corona virus outbreak
Maritime General Directorate – Measures Taken for the Marine Sector in the Scope of Combating the Corona Virus (Covid-19) Outbreak – April 21, 2020...
Izmir port looks for new Silk Road role
Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 17, 2019 – The Mayor of Izmir, Tunç Soyer, has been meeting with various players with the objective of planning the...
İzmir to receive new floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU)
Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 5, 2019 – The Aliağa district of İzmir is today scheduled to receive a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) floating...
Greek and Turkish officials inaugurate new Lavrio-Cesme ferry line
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 3, 2019 – Greek Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Christos Spirtzis and Turkish Ambassador to Greece,...
Global Ports Holding announces Bodrum Cruise port concession extension until 2067
Global Ports Holding – December 31, 2018 Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, is pleased to...
Port of Izmir to be connected to BTK railway
Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 9, 2018 – Turkey plans to connect the port of Izmir to the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway corridor (BTK) by rail, the...
Aliaga port (Izmir) benefits from SOCAR developments
Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 25, 2018 – Azerbaijan’s state-owned energy company SOCAR has opened the $6.3 billion (€5.54 billion) STAR...
APM to sell Izmir terminal to SOCAR but remain operator
Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 18, 2018 – Following news that it is to sell its interest in the Izmir container to SOCAR of Azerbaijan, APM...