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.
Ports and logistics highlighted for Turkish investment
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 13, 2021 – According to the Turkish government’s 2022-2024 Investment Program, both ports and logistics...
Port of Novorossiysk to lose Turkmen oil shipments
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) September 9, 2021 – Azerbaijan’s state energy company SOCAR and international community trader Vitol have come...
Turkey: Total container handling statistics by ports, January-August 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 6, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported that in August 2021 Turkish ports handled a...
Turkey: Cargo handling statistics by port authority, January-August 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 6, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported total cargo statistics for Turkish seaports...
Turkey: Total cargo handling at ports January-August 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 6, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported that in August 2021 its ports handled 45.71...
Ege Port – Kuşadası welcomes the return of the cruises ship business
Kuşadası, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 3, 2021 – The Aegean Sea port of Ege Port Kusadasi has welcomed its first cruise ship visit of the season...
Global Ports Holding Plc reports low cruise passenger volumes in Q2 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 2, 2021 – Global Ports Holding Plc, the global cruise port operator, has published its April-June 2021 trading...
Turkey’s Sefine Shipyard wins Russian icebreaker contract
Yalova, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 30, 2021 -Earlier this month, Turkey’s Sefine Shipyard was awarded the contract to construct an 18 MW icebreaker to be...
COSCO Shipping Ports – Overseas Terminals throughput – July 2021
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) August 27, 2021 – In July 2021, COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited registered global container throughput of 8.9 million TEU,...
Turkish cruise ship traffic starts slow recovery
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 13, 2021 – Following an absence of cruise traffic in January-May this year, Turkish cruise ship traffic started a...
Asyaport installs crane base anti-seismic isolation system
Tekirdağ, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 10, 2021 – Asyaport has installed a crane base anti-seismic isolation system (BASIS) on two quayside container...
Turkey: Total cargo handling at ports January-July 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 9, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported that in July 2021 its ports handled 43.26...
Turkey: Total container handling statistics, January-July 2021
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 9, 2021 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has reported that in July 2021 Turkish ports handled a total...
COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited sees increase in June 2021 TEU traffic
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) July 19, 2021 – In Jan-June 2021, COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited registered global container throughput of 51 million TEU,...
President Erdoğan: “Kanal Istanbul will take its place in history as one of the most important values of our country”
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, “Kanal Istanbul, whose contributions to Turkey are incomparably higher than the cost of the project, will take its...
Turkish and German railways discuss cooperation
Turkey State Railways (TCDD) and German DB Engineering & Consulting-DB E&C company officials came together on 07.07.2021 and exchanged ideas in order...
Turkey – Designing the future of transport and communications
The Transport and Logistics Master Plan Workshop, organized by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, started in Afyon – July 9, 2021...