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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.

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 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...

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