Asyaport is top TEU transit port in Turkey in Q1 24

Tekdirag, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 7, 2024 – In January-March 2024, Asyaport handled 545,509 TEU containers, compared with 361,404 TEU in the same period of 2023, up +50.9%.

The total TEU handling for all Turkish seaports in Q1 2024 was 3.35 million units, up +17.9% on the same quarter of 2022 (2.84 million TEU).

Whilst Kocaeli is the largest container port overall, Asyaport remains the erlöadiong TEU transit port with 323,816 TEU. This is 45.7% of Turkey’s total TEU handling in Q1 24.

This is a success for the port in a period when transit TEU traffic was affected by the Red Sea crisis.

In the first two months of 2024, Suez Canal trade dropped by 50% from a year earlier while trade through the Panama Canal fell by 32%, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Tekdirag, Asyaport

Asyaport is a joint venture between Terminal Investment Limited (TiL), the terminal investment division of MSC, and the Turkish Soyuer family. This helps secure terminal capacity in the major ports for MSC ships.

TEU handling by Turkish ports, Q1 2024 (TEU units)

Port	Foreign Trade	Cabotage	Transit	Total
Total	2.443.817	198.466	708.535	3.350.817
Tekirdağ	162.456	59.237	323.816	545.509
Ambarlı	513.593	29.668	214.038	757.299
Aliağa	395.028	14.208	92.586	501.822
Kocaeli	500.362	12.367	60.032	572.761
Gemlik	160.291	30.168	12.917	203.376
Mersin	454.557	7.096	4.983	466.636
İzmir	50.602	9.505	162	60.269
İskenderun	171.805	8.521	1	180.326
Samsun	30.218	7.673	0	37.891
Antalya	1.429	12.953	0	14.382
Giresun	2.100	2.608	0	4.708
Trabzon	224	3.618	0	3.842
İstanbul	1.059	475	0	1.534
Karabiga	0	350	0	350
Karasu	90	20	0	110
Tuzla	4	0	0	4

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