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 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...
REC Uluslararasi awarded tender for Mersin Adana Osmaniye Gaziantep railway
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 19, 2020 – REC Uluslararasi Insaat Yatirim Sanayi ve Ticaret AS has won the tender for the project to construct the...
Mersin International Port to extend port fee reductions
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 21, 2020 – Mersin International Port (MIP), part of the global PSA group, has announced that the reduced fees for...
Mersin International Port reports increased cargo in Q1 2020
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 21, 2020 – Mersin International Port (MIP), part of the global PSA group, has reported increased cargo in the first...
Turkey: Total traffic April 2020 by port, numbers down
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 10, 2020 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs-Maritime Department has published total traffic figures for...
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...
PSA Pra’: new EMA container service
First ship of the new containerized maritime service EMA (East Mediterranean – America) managed by the shipping companies ONE / COSCO / OOCL / Yang Ming...
Turkey: Ports – Q1 2020 – total handling by port
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 3, 2020 – Turkey Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Denizcilik İstatistikleri) has reported total port...
Akdeniz port – Reduced traffic volumes and up for sale
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 3, 2020 – The 2019 annual report of Global Ports Holding (GPH) reports traffic volumes down and a potential buyer in...
Mersin International Port introduces electronic documentation
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 30, 2020 – Mersin International Port Management Inc. (MIP) has announced that agencies can transmit their cargo...
Mersin International Port reports 2019 operational & financial results
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 27, 2020 – Mersin International Port, part of the international PSA group, has reported its 2019 operational &...
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...
Mersin International Port – update – 23.03.2020
News Update – Mersin International Port (MIP) – March 23, 2020 We would like to inform you that the services provided by MIP, part of PSA...
EBRD joins Mersin International Port $600 million Eurobond issue
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 22, 2020 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has joined in a $600 million Eurobond...
China and Turkey use Baku port as transit point
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) January 10, 2020 – China has started shipping dried fruits to Turkey via the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway. In late...
Mersin International Port to issue EBRD-backed bond
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) November 16, 2019 – Mersin International Port (MIP) is to issue a new $600 million five-year bond backed by the European...
Transitex Opens New Branch in Mersin, Turkey
November 7, 2019 Transitex officially opened its second office in Mersin, Turkey, on November 4, 2019. This follows Transitex Istanbul, operating since...
Mersin port seeks locations for expansion
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 28, 2019 – Mersin Metropolitan Mayor Vahap Seçer has said the city requires investment and a second port, and has been...
Moody’s downgrades Mersin International Port to B1 from Ba2
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) June 19, 2019 – Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded to B1 from Ba2 the corporate family rating (CFR) of...