Samsun
Samsun port is Turkey’s largest port in the Black Sea region. It is the only port on the Black Sea with a railway connection. It has a large hinterland. It is the stopping point of cargoes coming from and to Anatolia. With its railroad and highway connections, Samsun includes the cities of Sinop, Corum, Amasya, Ordu, Sivas, Erzincan, Yozgat, Tokat, Kastamonu, Ankara, Kirsehir, Kayseri, Nigde, Konya, and Malatya in its hinterland.
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...
Ferries are endangered species in the Black Sea
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 5, 2024 – The once booming ferryboat services market in the Black Sea is almost extinct. Out of more than 10...
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....
Russia’s Black Sea Sochi port available on long lease
Sochi, Russia (Ports Europe) January 19, 2024 – The entire port infrastructure of Russia’s Black Sea port of Sochi will be made available on a long...
Aquilon Shipping starts Sochi-Samsun cruise ship service
Sochi, Russia (PortSEurope) November 9, 2023 – Aquilon Shipping has said that it will start a cruise ship service between the Russian Black Sea port of...
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...
Unye Port develops Russia-Georgia-Turkey sea connections
Samsun, Turkey (PortSEurope) March 28, 2023 – The Black Sea Port of Unye, in Northeast Turkey, is developing a role in developing services with ports in...
New ferry line Turkey-Sochi to help parallel import in Russia
Sochi, Russia (PortSEurope) February 26, 2023 – Port of Sochi is joining a race with otherRussian Black Sea ports to launch regular cargo lines to Turkey....
Ports Europe: 10 most read articles in January 2023
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) February 1, 2023 – Below are the 10 most read articles in January 2023 in Ports Europe by our global customer base. Of these...
Turkey’s Samsun port hopes to attract cruise ships
Samsun, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 5, 2023 – The Turkish Black Sea port of Samsun port hopes to attract cruise ships and is talking to Ceynak...
Ranking: Top 5 Turkish container ports – January-November 2022
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 15, 2022 – Turkish seaports handled 11.32 million containers (TEU) in the first 11 months of 2022. This is a slight...
RUSCON starts Russia, Turkey ferry service
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) November 14, 2022 – RUSCON is to start a Russia-Turkey ferry service this month. NUTEP Container Terminal will handle...
Turkish seaports – Total cargo handled by port – January-October 2022
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 14, 2022 – In the first 10 months of 2022, Turkish seaports handled 454.76 million tons of cargo. The top five...
Ranking: Top 5 Turkish container ports – January-September 2022
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 19, 2022 – In January-September 2022, Turkish seaports handled a total of 9.35 million containers (TEU). This is a...
Ranking: Ambarlı is top Turkish container port in January-July 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 17, 2022 – Ambarlı is the top Turkish container port in January-July 2022 with 1.72 million TEU, according to...
Turkish port of Samsun starts service with Russia
Samsun, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 5, 2022 – The Turkish port of Samsun has started new ferry service with Temryuk in Azov Sea, Russia. Two new Ro-Ro...
Port of Novorossiysk to Turkey – the new cargo route
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