Turkey
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.
Turkey: Seaports TEU traffic – March 2024
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 17, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported container (TEU) traffic for March 2024. Below is...
Turkey: Seaports cargo traffic – March 2024
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 17, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported total seaport cargo traffic for March 2024....
Police make third largest cocaine haul in Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 11, 2024 – Turkish police have seized the third-largest haul of cocaine in the country’s history amidst...
DFDS to buy international transport network of Ekol Logistics
Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) April 10, 2024 – Danish shipping and logistics company DFDS has agreed to buy the international transport network of...
COSCO Shipping Lines visits Safiport, Turkey
Kocaeli, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 8, 2024 – A delegation from COSCO SHIPPING Lines has visited Derince-based Safiport. It was comprised by Daniel...
Turkey: Total cargo traffic – Feb 2024
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 2, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported total cargo traffic for February 2024. Below is the...
Turkey incentivises local shipbuilding
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 1, 2024 – Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, has announced amended the regulations...
Mersin International Port handles its 25 millionth container
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 28, 2024 – Mersin International Port (MIP) has handled its 25 millionth container (TEU) since it started operations...
Container ship topples three gantry cranes in Turkey’s EVYAPPORT
Izmit, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 23, 2024 – Over $50 million are the damages on port infrastructure from the collision of Hong Kong-flagged giant...
Turkey wants to revive the Black Sea grain deal
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 17, 2024 – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara would continue to work to revive the Black Sea grain deal it...
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...
Turkey sees large increase in cruise tourism is 2023
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 14, 2024 – Last year, 1,192 cruise ships visited 19 ports, up +20% on the previous 12 months. The number of...