Filyos
With its location on the Black Sea coast, about 450 km east of Istanbul, the Turkish port could develop a role in North-South road and rail transport corridors on Turkey. The new port and its industrial zone are part of the larger Filyos project, which is designed to trigger economic development in the region and enable the region to be recognized nationally and internationally and attract investment.
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...
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...
Turkey seeks to exploit coastlines with port development
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) November 28, 2023 – Turkey is making huge efforts to utilize the maritime resources of the seas along the country’s...
Turkey’s Port of Filyos starts importing gas from the Black Sea
Filyos, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 21, 2023 – The Port of Filyos has started importing natural gas from the Black Sea. Natural gas was first discovered...
Turkey’s Filyos port to import Black Sea gas
Zonguldak, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 20, 2022 – Fatih Dönmez, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, has said that Black Sea gas to the national...
Turkey’s 12th Transport and Communication Council highlights port strategy
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 11, 2021 – During a speech at the 12th Transport and Communication Council, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sang the...
Turkey’s new Filyos port is almost complete
Zonguldak, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 3, 2021 – The local authorities have said that the new Filyos port is almost complete and look forward to the visit...
TPAO’s efforts to establish a refinery in Zonguldak continue
Zonguldak, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 1, 2021 – The works of Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) to establish a refinery on 960 acres are continuing at...
Local university seeks to help Filyos Valley Project
Zonguldak, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 18, 2021 – Bülent Ecevit University has held a Filyos Workshop to discuss scientific contribution to the...
Turkish Petroleum’s Filyos Port base in Black Sea to employ 2,000
Zonguldak, Turkey (PortSEurope) January 26, 2021 – At a result of Turkish Petroleum’s (TPAO) natural gas activities in the Black Sea, the...
Black Sea gas to support Filyos port development
Zonguldak, Turkey (PortSEurope) January 4, 2021 – Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Donmez said last week that the discovery of 405 billion...
Turkey is expanding its drilling operations in the Black Sea
Filyos, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 7, 2020 – Energy and Natural Resources Minister, Fatih Donmez, has said that the drilling ship Kanuni has docked at...
Turkey to boost railway investments, directly connecting industrial zones to port cities
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 28, 2020 – Infrastructure and Transport Minister, Adil Karaismailoğlu, has said that the government plans...
Kanuni drilling ship arrives at Haydarpaşa port, Istanbul
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 21, 2020 – The Turkish sea drilling ship, Kanuni, has arrived at Istanbul’s Haydarpaşa port on its way to...
Filyos port plays role in Black Sea gas exploration
Zonguldak, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 19, 2020 – Turkey Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) has been operating Black Sea gas exploration activities from a...
World Bank provides €314 mln loan for Turkey Rail Logistics Improvement Project
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 2, 2020 – The World Bank will provide a loan of around €314.5 million ($350 million) for the Turkey Rail Logistics...
Turkey sees future as transit port country
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 28, 2020 – Turkey’s Transport and Infrastructure Minister Adil Karaismailoğlu promoted the Turkish...
Zonguldak-Filyos Valley project comes under environmental pressure
Zonguldak, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 28, 2020 – In a statement last week celebrating “World Seafarers Day”, Transport and Infrastructure...
New Filyos port could generate huge income for Turkey
Zonguldak, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 8, 2020 – Despite the Covid-19 coruna virus pandemic, the construction project at the port of Filyos continues and...
Filyos port industrial zone could create 12,000 direct jobs
Zonguldak, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 28, 2020 – Despite the Covid-19 coruna virus pandemic, the construction of Filyos continues and is now over 65%...