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.
Ranking: Ambarlı is top Turkish container port in first half 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 8, 2022 – Ambarlı is the top Turkish container port in first half 2022 with 1.47 million TEU, according to official...
Turkish ports handle 6.38 million TEU in first half of 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 8, 2022 – Turkish ports handled 6.38 million TEU in first half of 2022, up from 6.21 million in the same period of...
Turkish seaports increase cargo in first six months of 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 7, 2022 – In the first six months of 2022 Turkish seaports handled 273.47 million tons (mt) of cargo, compared to...
Joint initiative of Serbia, Bulgaria, Hungary and Turkey to develop railway transport
Belgrade, Serbia (PortSEurope) July 6, 2022 – The governments of Serbia, Bulgaria, Hungary and Turkey have agreed to establish the Ministerial...
Maersk to divert some cargo from Port of Constanta to Safiport in Turkey
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) July 6, 2022 – A.P. Moller – Maersk has announced that some cargo from the Romanian port of Constanța will be...
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkey sign the Baku declaration
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) June 29, 2022 – Representatives of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkey have held the first trilateral meeting in Baku where...
Turkey and Russia continue talks about reopening Ukrainian ports
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 23, 2022 – A military delegation from Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense went to Moscow yesterday to discuss...
Ranking: Port of Ambarlı is Turkey’s top container port in May 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 13, 2022 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has published container (TEU) handling figures for its ports...
Turkey: Total seaport cargo remains stable in Jan-May 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 13, 2022 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported total cargo statistics for Turkish seaports for...
Russia says that the occupied ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol are operating normally
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 9, 2022 – The Russian government has said that the occupied ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol are operating normally and...
Bosphorus Strait traffic hit by Russian invasion of Ukraine
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 6, 2022 – In March 2022, cargo shipping traffic using the Bosphorus Strait dropped significantly; this was the first...
Trans-Caspian International Transport Route meets in Istanbul
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 3, 2022 – The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route members have met for meetings in Ankara last month. The...
Turkey: Cruise ship & passenger statistics 2021-April 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 2, 2022 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has published cruise ship and passengers statistics. The...
TransContainer launches multimodal service for auto parts transportation from Turkey to Kazakhstan
TransContainer of Delo Group will launch new multimodal service for auto parts transportation from Turkey to Kazakhstan via the ports of Istanbul and...
Ege Port Kuşadası hosts largest cruise ship to visit Turkey
Kuşadası, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 12, 2022 – Ege Port Kuşadası, operated by Global Ports Holding, has hosted the Odyssey of the Seas, the largest...
Global Ports Holding Plc reports positive year to March 31, 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 12, 2022 – Global Ports Holding Plc has reported a positive set of financial results for the year to March 31, 2022....
Western sanctions against Russia force Kazakhstan to seek transport solutions via Turkey
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 12, 2022 – Western sanctions against Russia are forcing Kazakhstan to seek transport solutions via Turkey. This means a...