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Mersin

Mersin is a seaport in Southeast Turkey on the Mediterranean Coast. It is one of the country’s largest ports and is operated by Mersin International Port, part of Singapore-based PSA International. The port is Turkey’s third largest container port in January-July 2022.

Turkey: Seaports – Cargo handled – January-November 2024

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 18, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported cargo traffic for January to November 2024....

Turkey: Ranking of TEU traffic by port – January-November 2024

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 16, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported container (TEU) traffic for November 2024...

Ranking: Turkish – TEU traffic by port – Jan-Oct 2024

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) November 15, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported container (TEU) traffic for October 2024....

Ranking: Turkish seaports – cargo handled in Jan-Oct 2024

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) November 13, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported total seaport cargo traffic for...

Turkey: Seaport cargo by port, Jan-Sep 2024

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 18, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported total seaport cargo traffic for September...

Ranking: Turkish – TEU traffic by port – Jan-Sep 2024

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 14, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported container (TEU) traffic for September 2024....

Ranking: Turkish seaports – TEU handled in Jan-Aug 2024 by port

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 11, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported total container (TEU) traffic for...

Ranking: Turkish seaports – cargo handled in Jan-Jul 2024 by port

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 20, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported total seaport cargo traffic for January-July...

Ranking: Turkish seaports – TEU handled in Jan-Jul 2024

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported container (TEU) traffic for January-July 2024....

Mersin Port International names new Sanmar tugboat

Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 12, 2024 – Mersin International Port (MIP) has held the naming ceremony for its latest new tugboat at the port. It was...

Mersin International Port invests in tugs from Sanmar Shipyards

Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – Mersin International Port (MIP) has invested 250 million liras (€7.1 million) in environment-friendly tugs...

Russian tanker runs into trouble in Istanbul with faulty rudder

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 29, 2024 – The Russian oil tanker, Osaka, got into trouble near HaydarpaÅŸa, Istanbul. The stricken vessel was...

British Steel to supply Mersin port rail project

Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 16, 2024 – British Steel has won a multi-million-pound contract to supply rail for a new high-speed electric railway in...

Mersin International Port handles its 25 millionth container

Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 28, 2024 – Mersin International Port (MIP) has handled its 25 millionth container (TEU) since it started operations...

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...

Kombiverkehr increase services to Trieste, Greek & Turkish ports

Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Ports Europe) January 8, 2024 – Starting this month, Kombiverkehr KG has improved its intermodal services with Trieste,...

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...

Highspeed railway to the port of Mersin

Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 31, 2023 – United Kingdom Export Finance (UKEF), the UK government’s export credit agency, will help Turkey’s...

Delo Group joins Russian-Turkish Dialogue Association

Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 24, 2023 – Russia’s Delo Group has signed an agreement to join the Russian-Turkish Dialogue Association. Delo...

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