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’s Tersan Shipyard to build trawler for P/F Havborg
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 18, 2020 – Tersan Shipyard Inc. has signed a new contract to build an arctic freezer trawler for P/F Havborg from...
COSCO SHIPPING Ports reports container throughput down 3.7% in May
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) June 16, 2020 – COSCO SHIPPING Ports Ltd has published container (TEU) throughput for May 2020, which records total...
Court ruling delays Yacht Harbour Project of Büyükçekmece Municipality
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 11, 2020 – Büyükçekmece Municipality, west of Istanbul, has plans to construct a harbour for yachting at a cost...
Global Ports Holding says it can trade with no cruise ships until 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 10, 2020 – Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, has today...
Global Ports Holding – Q1 2020 Trading Statement
Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, today issues a trading update for the period from 1 January to 31...
Turkey’s Uzmar to build tug for Port of Aarhus
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 8, 2020 – Uzmar Shipyard has signed a contract to build a RAmparts 3000 series newbuild tugboat for the Port of...
Mars Logistics starts Istanbul-Duisburg intermodal rail cargo service
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 29, 2020 – Mars Logistics, a provider of international logistics, has operated a cargo train running from Eskişehir,...
Turkey: Total traffic April 2020 by port, numbers down
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 10, 2020 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs-Maritime Department has published total traffic figures for...
Turkish ports: Total cargo handling down over 9% in April 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 10, 2020 – Total cargo handling at Turkish ports in April 2020 totalled 39.33 million tons, down 3.95 million tons on...
PSA Pra’: new EMA container service
First ship of the new containerized maritime service EMA (East Mediterranean – America) managed by the shipping companies ONE / COSCO / OOCL / Yang Ming...
Turkish exports decrease by 41.38% in April
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 5, 2020 – According to GTS, Turkish exports decreased by 41.38% in April compared to the same month of 2019, and...
Turkey’s Akçansa has announced improved financial results for 2019
Çanakkale, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 4, 2020 – Akçansa, a leading building materials company & port operator, has announced financials for the year...
Turkey: Ports – Q1 2020 – total handling by port
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 3, 2020 – Turkey Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Denizcilik İstatistikleri) has reported total port...
Analysis – Who will benefit from Kanal Istanbul project?
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 29, 2020 – Companies with close ties to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the governing in Turkey Justice and...
Maersk offers weekly rail service from China to Turkey
Copenhagen, April 29, 2020 Maersk has launched its first rail service from Xi’an, China to Izmit, Turkey. This new route, which is part of Maersk...
Turkey: Maritime increases share of trade during Covid-19 crisis
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 27, 2020 – In the month of March, the Turkish Ministry of Commerce has reported that the share of exports by sea,...
Port of Filyos construction continues
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 19, 2020 – Despite the Covid-19 coruna virus pandemic, the construction project at the port of Filyos continues and...