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.
Turkish ports handle 7.36 million TEU in January-July 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 17, 2022 – Turkish ports handled 7.36 million TEU in January-July 2022, up from 7.15 million TEU in the same period...
Ranking: Kocaeli is top Turkish cargo port in January-July 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 17, 2022 – Kocaeli was top Turkish cargo port in January-July 2022. In the same period, Turkish ports handled a...
Turkish seaports see total cargo up +6.6% in January-July 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 17, 2022 – Turkish seaports see total cargo up +6.6% in January-July 2022. They handled 319.6 million tons (mt) of...
Kazakhstan exports oil via Baku port to Ceyhan in Turkey
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 16, 2022 – Kazakhstan is to export oil via Baku port to Ceyhan in Turkey using the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC)...
A dozen new sanction-busting cargo services link Novorossiysk and Turkey
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) August 9, 2022 – In the past months, a dozen Russian companies have launched new linear cargo services (regular routes on...
Port of Derince receives Ukrainian grain
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 8, 2022 – The Turkish port of Derince has received the Polarnet ship which was the first ship to carry grain from...
Kalmar and Yilport sign new order for mobile equipment solutions
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 5, 2022 – Kalmar and Yilport sign new order for 27 units of mobile lifting equipment for Yilport terminals. The...
Turkish port of MMK Metalurji Port affected by U.S. sanctions
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 4, 2022 – The Turkish port of MMK Metalurji Port will be affected by U.S. sanctions placed on its owner, Russian...
Tersan Shipyard to build factory fishing ship
Yalova, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 3, 2022 – Tersan Shipyard has signed contract with Nordbank Hochseefischerei GmbH for the building of an 88.1...
Turkish court annuls regulation to extend port concessions without tender
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 3, 2022 – The Constitutional Court (AYM) has annulled the legal regulation that extended the operation right of...
Port of Novorossiysk to Turkey – the new cargo route
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) August 3, 2022 – Turkey is the big winner from the western sanctions against Russia, especially in the transport...
Bosphorus Strait traffic sees decrease in first half 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 2, 2022 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has published cargo traffic statistics for the Bosphorus...
Bulgarian ship with 40,000 tonnes of corn will be the first to leave Ukrainian port
Chornomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 29 – The Bulgarian bulk carrier Rozhen is expected to sail out of the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Chornomorsk...
Global Ports Holding Plc – Financial results for year ended 31 March 2022
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) July 29, 2022 – Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator,...
Yilport holding breaks all-time container handling record in first half of 2022
Yilport Holding had another successful half-year benefitting from recent investments. The company moves towards the target of being one of the top global...
Joint Coordination Centre set up in Istanbul to monitor Ukrainian grain exports from ports
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 28, 2022 – The Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) has been officially inaugurated in Istanbul. It comprises...
Russia and Ukraine to sign deal reopening Ukrainian ports for grain exports
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 22, 2022 – Russia and Ukraine, together with Turkey and the United Nations, are expected to sign a deal to reopen...