Istanbul
Istanbul is a port-city in Northwestern Turkey located on both sides of the Bosporus Strait. It is the country’s largest city. The city and its surrounds are home to a number of ports, including Haydarpaşa and Galataport. The ports host a full range of cargo services and cruise ship facilities. It also hosts the Bosphorus Strait, the only waterway which links the Black and Mediterranean Seas.
Turkey – Total port container handling – Jan-Sep 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 21, 2020 – In the first nine months of 2020, Turkish seaports handled a total of 5.39 million container units,...
DEME launches new vessel in Yalova, Turkey
DEME launched its first ever Service Operation Vessel (SOV) at the CEMRE shipyard in Yalova, Turkey, marking a major milestone in its fleet history. Named...
ZIM Introduces the New Levant – Black Sea Express (LBX) Service
A Significant Upgrade of its East Med & Black Sea Network – October 1, 2020 ZIM is very pleased to announce a significant upgrade of its East...
Cengiz İnşaat awarded İyidere port contract
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) September 17, 2020 – The tender for the construction of the İyidere Logistics Port in Rize was carried out with invited...
Turkey: Total cargo handling by port – Jan-Aug 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) September 9, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Ulaştırma ve Altyapı Bakanı) has published total...
Fitch Maintains Negative Rating Watch on Global Liman Isletmeleri
Fitch Ratings has maintained the Rating Watch Negative (RWN) on Global Liman Isletmeleri A.S.’s (GLI) USD250 million senior unsecured notes due in...
Turkey’s Global Ports Holding Plc reports reduced financials for H1 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 20, 2020 – Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, has...
Turkey: Container handling by port authority January-July 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 17, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Ulaştırma ve Altyapı Bakanı) has published figures for...
Turkish ports reports increased total cargo in first half of 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 30, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, the General Directorate of Maritime Affairs, has announced...
New Saros port receives environmental challenge
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 28, 2020 – Earlier this month, BOTAŞ Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS), the state-owned crude oil and natural gas...
Turkey: Container handling by port for January-June 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 26, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Ulaştırma ve Altyapı Bakanı) has published figures for...
Safi Derince International Port to purchase Kalmar cranes
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 24, 2020 – Safi Derince International Port has awarded a contract to Finland’s Kalmar for two Zero Emission...
COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited – Container throughput Q2 2020
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 15, 2020 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has reported June 2020 container throughout for its terminals together with...
BOTAŞ issues tender for FSRU Saros terminal work
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 15, 2020 – BOTAŞ Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS), the state-owned crude oil and natural gas pipelines...
Turkish Minister visits Istanbul shipyard to review construction of new naval vessel
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 6, 2020 – Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank has visited the Tuzla Sedef Shipyard to review progress on...
EBRD to lend up to €100 million to Turkish State Railways (TCDD)
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 5, 2020 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to allocate a €100 sovereign loan to...
Turkey: Izmir and Haydarpaşa ports container traffic Jan-May 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 29, 2020 – TCDD (state-owned Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları/Turkish State Railways) has reported the...