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: Container handling by port – Jan-Apr 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 10, 2021 – General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has published container handling statistics at Turkish ports...
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...
Turkey’s Mersin port set for expansion
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 16, 2021 – The Transport and Infrastructure Ministry has announced that the capacity of Mersin port in Southeast...
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...
Mersin Chamber of Shipping Chairman reviews port activities
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 12, 2021 – Mersin Chamber of Shipping (MDTO) Chairman Cihat Lokmanoğlu has visited Mersin International Port and met...
Environmentalists protest at Mersin International Port expansion
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 10, 2021 – Environmentalists have reacted against a plan by Mersin Port Authority (MIP) to start an extension of the...
Mersin International Port plans expansion
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 1, 2021 – Last year, Mersin International Port (MIP) handled a total of 2.6 million TEU and 7.6 million tons of...
Azerbaijan’s Railways transshipment offer to Argentina via Mersin and Poti ports
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) February 25, 2021 – Azerbaijan Railways (AZD) has proposed the transportation of goods and a primary route scheme for...
Danish Ambassador to Ankara Danny Annan visits Mersin Chamber of Shipping
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 18, 2021 – Danish Ambassador to Ankara, Turkey, Danny Annan has visited Mersin Chamber of Shipping and met with...
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...
Local university seeks to help Filyos Valley Project
Zonguldak, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 18, 2021 – Bülent Ecevit University has held a Filyos Workshop to discuss scientific contribution to the...
Maersk expands cold chain options for fresh fruit from the Black Sea and the Mediterranean to Central Russia
Copenhagen, Denmark – January 27, 2021 On the 21st of December 2020, the first refrigerated containers heading from Mersin, Turkey, were dispatched from...
CMA CGM’s new NC Levant Service links Mediterranean ports
Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) January 12, 2021 – The arrival of the CMA CGM WHITE SHARK in Hamburg on 9 January 2021 has marked the start of the NC...
Mersin International Port sets 2 million TEU record
Mersin, 7 January 2021 – Mersin International Port (MIP), Turkey’s largest container port, has become the first port in the country to exceed the 2...
Turkey’s Mersin International Port reports October and November 2020 as record months
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 23, 2020 – Turkey’s largest container Mersin International Port (MIP) has reported 185,000 thousand TEU in...
Turkey – Total port container handling by seaport – Jan-Sep 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 21, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Ulaştırma 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,...
Merport aims to become Mersin’s new logistics base
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 19, 2020 – Merport Logistics, operating close to Mersin International Port (MIP) and Mersin Free Zone, has increased...
Mersin International Port sees 7-month cargo volume up 5%
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 6, 2020 – Despite the adverse effects of the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis, Mersin International Port (MIP) recorded a...
ZIM Introduces the New Levant – Black Sea Express (LBX) Service
A Significant Upgrade of its East Med & Black Sea Network – October 1, 2020 ZIM is very pleased to announce a significant upgrade of its East...