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Turkey is a large country located in southeast Europe and Western Asia. It borders Bulgaria, Greece, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Georgia, Syria and Iraq. Its ports play an important role in the economy as it has long coastlines with the Black Sea, Aegean Sea and Mediterranean Sea. Major ports are owned and operated by Turkish State Railways (TCDD) or the Turkish Maritime Organization (TDİ). Its top ports are Haydarpaşa (Istanbul), Mersin, Izmir, Eregli, Ambarli and Gemlik. The country is developing its role as an intermodal trade hub between Europe and Asia. The Turkish port operators association is TÜRKLİM-Türkiye Liman İşletmecileri Derneği.

EVYAPPORT joins the Portchain Connect Network

Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 11, 2024 – Portchain announced that EVYAPPORT will join the Portchain Connect network. EVYAPPORT will leverage...

New intermodal terminal start operations in Ankara, Turkey

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 1, 2024 – The first phase of the Ankara Port Başkent OIZ Eti Logistics Ankara Intermodal Terminal has been...

Port of Izmir expects 70 cruise ship visits in 2024

Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 27, 2024 – This year, the Port of Izmir forecasts 70 cruise ship visits. This compares with 33 ship visits and...

Russia wants a Sochi-Trabzon ferry in the Black Sea

Sochi, Russia (Ports Europe) February 26, 2024 – Isolated Russia has plans to launch a cargo-passenger ferry from its Black Sea port of Sochi to...

Turkey’s Filyos port to be open to general maritime transport

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 22, 2024 – The Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, has said that within two years the...

Local court cancels zoning plans for Kanal Istanbul

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 16, 2024 – On February 13, 2024, the Istanbul 11th Administrative Court cancelled the development plan of the...

Mersin International Port utilises MIP-5 Sanmar tugboat

Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 16, 2024 – Mersin International Port (Mersin) is utilising MIP-5 tugboat, which arrived from Sanmar Shipyards...

Turkey: Cargo report for 2023

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 14, 2024 – The Turkish authorities have published cargo figures for 2023. In 2023, total cargo was 521.07 million...

83,900 ships crossed Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits in 2023

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 3, 2024 – The Turkish Straits were crossed by 83,900 vessels in 2023, the General Directorate for Maritime...

Turkey’s Filyos port develops energy role

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 29, 2024 – The Black Sea port of Filyos in the Northern province of Zonguldak is developing a role in the...

Arkas joins Hapag-Lloyd and Turkon to North America

Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 23, 2024 – Turkey’s Arkas Container Transport (Arkas Line), the diversified shipping, logistics and ports group...

Finally, a mine-clearing agreement for the Black Sea by three NATO members

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) January 12, 2024 – NATO members and Black Sea littoral states Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria have signed an agreement for a...

Turkish Navy announces expansion plans

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 9, 2024 – Last week, a meeting of the Turkish Defense Industry Executive Committee announced an expansion plan for...

QTerminals Antalya, 26 cruise ships, 33,697 passengers in 2023

Antalya, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 29, 2023 – QTerminals Antalya, Turkey’s leading commercial cargo and cruise port, welcomed thousands of...

EBRD lends finance to develop Port of Borusan

Borusan, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 28, 2023 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a loan of US$ 33.2 million...

AD Ports set to operate Izmir Port, Turkey

Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 18, 2023 – Agreement is likely soon for AD Ports of Abu Dhabi to operate the Turkish port of Izmir (Alsancak)....

MSC to use Giresun Port in Turkey

Giresun, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 1, 2023 – The international shipper MSC has started using Giresun port on Turkey’s central Black Sea coast....

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