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Iskenderun

İskenderun is a port-city and district in Hatay Province on the Eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. It is a multi-purpose port and operated by state-owned TCDD.

Turkey: Seaport cargo by port, Jan-Sep 2024

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 18, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported total seaport cargo traffic for September...

Ranking: Turkish seaports – TEU handled in Jan-Aug 2024 by port

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 11, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported total container (TEU) traffic for...

Ranking: Turkish seaports – cargo handled in Jan-Jul 2024 by port

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 20, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported total seaport cargo traffic for January-July...

Ranking: Turkish seaports – TEU handled in Jan-Jul 2024

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has reported container (TEU) traffic for January-July 2024....

ONE updates the Egypt Lebanon Turkey (ELT) service

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) June 5, 2024 – Ocean Network Express (ONE) has announced an update to the Egypt Lebanon Turkey (ELT) service. This service...

Port of Iskenderun continues recovery from February earthquakes

Iskenderun, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 10, 2023 – The Port of Iskenderun continues recovery from the February earthquakes both in terms of facilities...

Turkey: Seaports cargo report – September 2023

Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 17, 2023 – The Turkish authorities have published cargo figures for September 2023. Turkey: Seaports cargo report...

CMA CGM starts new seasonal weekly service Turkey Libya Express

Iskenderun, Turkey (PortSEurope) June 16, 2023 – CMA CGM is to start its new seasonal weekly service Turkey Libya Express (TLX) connecting Asia with...

Iskenderun port to restart commercial operations in April

Iskenderun, Turkey (PortSEurope) March 28, 2023 – The Port of Iskenderun is expected to restart commercial operations after April 8. This was reported by...

Delays at Mersin port affect regional exports

Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) March 23, 2023 – Delays at Mersin port are affecting regional exports said Southeastern Anatolia Cereals, Pulses and...

Fire at Port of Iskenderun extinquished

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 13, 2023 – The fire at the Turkish port of Iskenderun port has been extinguished and maritime operations have...

Port of Iskenderun fire extinquished

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 9, 2023 – A huge fire at the Port of Iskenderun has been extinguished, the defence ministry reported. The fire,...

Earthquake forces closure of Turkey’s Iskenderun port

Iskenderun, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 7, 2023 – Yesterday’s devastating earthquakes in Turkey have forced the closure of the port of...

Ranking: Top 5 Turkish container ports – January-November 2022

Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 15, 2022 – Turkish seaports handled 11.32 million containers (TEU) in the first 11 months of 2022. This is a slight...

Turkish seaports – Total cargo handled by port – January-October 2022

Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 14, 2022 – In the first 10 months of 2022, Turkish seaports handled 454.76 million tons of cargo. The top five...

Iskenderun port on new CMA CGM block train service

Iskenderun, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 21, 2022 – Iskenderun port is part of a new CMA CGM block train service linking Gaziantep to international...

Ranking: Top 5 Turkish container ports – January-September 2022

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 19, 2022 – In January-September 2022, Turkish seaports handled a total of 9.35 million containers (TEU). This is a...

Ekmar Port project receives positive environmental report

Iskenderun, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 23, 2022 – The Ekmar Port Rehabilitation Project has received a positive Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)...

Ranking: Ambarlı is top Turkish container port in January-July 2022

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 17, 2022 – Ambarlı is the top Turkish container port in January-July 2022 with 1.72 million TEU, according to...

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...

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