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Yildirim Group

YILDIRIM Group is a family-owned business, held 100% privately by the YILDIRIM Family. It is managed by brothers Ali Rıza Yıldırım and Robert Yüksel Yıldırım. OIzs port division is Yilport.

Yilport Holding is an international port operator with European commercial interests in Norway, Sweden, Turkey, Portugal, Spain and Italy. South European terminals include Gebze, Solventas, Gemport, Rotaport (all Turkey), Liscont, Figueira da For, Sotagas, Leixoes, Aveiro, Setubal, Tersado (all Portugal), Ferrol, and Huelva (both Spain), and Taranto (Italy).

Yildirim criticises Portuguese strike rules, slow investment decisions

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 28, 2019 –  Turkey’s Yildirim group has criticised the government’s delay in giving the green light to the...

New Turkish ambassador visits Ferrol port

Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) March 31, 2019 – The new ambassador of Turkey in Spain, Cihad Erginay, has visited the container terminal of the Outer Port...

Italian court dismisses appeal against Yilport’s concession at Taranto port

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) February 21, 2019 – The Lecce administrative court has rejected the appeal presented by the South Gate Europe Terminal...

Leixões port aims to compete with Barcelona, Valencia

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Vigo is not the only target of Leixões port’s offensive in container traffic. Until now it was...

Yilport Holding reports 5% increase in container throughput for 2018

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 11, 2019 Yilport Holding has reported a 5% year-on-year increase in container throughput for the full year of 2018....

Portugal expects new investment project at Leixões port to be announced soon

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 11, 2019 – A few minutes had passed since the end of the presentation of the Reconversion Project of the Container...

Yilport reports traffic up 5% in 2018

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 11, 2019 – Yilport Holding’s terminals handled container traffic of 6.14 million TEUs in 2018, up 5%....

Yilport Leixões awarded Best Container Terminal Operator

Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – Yilport Leixões has once again been awarded Best Container Terminal Operator in Portugal at...

AdSP Ionian accepts the application for concession by Yilport Holding AS

Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) November 21, 2018 – The Management Committee of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ionio (AdSP – Ionian Sea Port...

Yilport contributes to increased traffic at Leixões port

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 22, 2018 – In the first seven months of the year, Leixões port handled 11.4 million tonnes of general cargo,...

Yilport comments on ports workers strike

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 16, 2018 – Yilport, the Turkish port operator, which has Portuguese interests, has said that the port workers...

Yilport receives positive response for Taranto port concession application

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) August 5, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ionio (AdSP – Ionian Sea Port Authority) has delivered a...

AdSP Taranto to assess concession of Taranto dock to Yilport

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2018 – The board of directors of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ionio (AdSP – Ionian Sea Port...

Yilport interested in Taranto port concession

Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ionio (AdSP – Ionian Sea Port Authority) has received a...

MacAndrews makes first call of POSS service in Ferrol port

Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2018 – After making its first call on May 11 to position equipment, the Yilport container terminal at the port of Ferrol...

Yildirim Holding management delegation visits Brindisi port

Brindisi, Italy (PortSEurope) May 22, 2018 – A delegation of Yildirim Holding, a Turkish company that manages port terminals, visited the port of...

YILPORT becomes a member of FEPORT

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 10, 2018 – Turkey’s YILPORT has joined the FEPORT (Federation of European Private Port Companies and...

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