Mersin
Mersin is a seaport in Southeast Turkey on the Mediterranean Coast. It is one of the country’s largest ports and is operated by Mersin International Port, part of Singapore-based PSA International. The port is Turkey’s third largest container port in January-July 2022.
Russia’s FESCO opens branch in Mersin, Turkey
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) March 6, 2023 – The Russian transport company FESCO has opened a branch in Mersin, Southeast Turkey. This marks another step...
Turkey – Total container (TEU) handling by port, January 2023
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) February 17, 2023 – Turkish container ports handled 993,808 containers (TEU) in January 2023, compared to 1,111,995 TEU in...
Earthquake forces closure of Turkey’s Iskenderun port
Iskenderun, Turkey (PortSEurope) February 7, 2023 – Yesterday’s devastating earthquakes in Turkey have forced the closure of the port of...
Turkey – Total container (TEU) handling, by port, 2022
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) February 5, 2023 – Turkish container ports handled 12.36 million container (TEU), slightly down on the previous year’s...
Turkey’s Mersin Free Zone increases trade volume in 2022 by +19%
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) January 19, 2023 – Mersin Free Zone achieved annual trade volume of $4.01 million in 2022. The figure is +18% higher...
New Venice, Far East container service starts
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) January 3, 2023 – Italian Rif Line is a container service operating between Venice and the Far East. The MV Rijnborg, a...
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...
Turkey: Cruise ship passengers – January-October 2022
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 14, 2022 – In the first 10 months of 2022, Turkish ports handled 918,484 cruise ship passengers. In October 2022,...
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...
Ranking: Top 5 Turkish container ports – January-October 2022
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 11, 2022 – Turkish seaports handled 10.3 million containers (TEU) in the first ten months of 2022. This is a slight...
Cey Group to set up Mersin’s second free zone in Taşucu
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 4, 2022 – The Cey Group to set up Mersin’s second free zone in the Silifke district in Taşucu after...
Ports of the Turkic states meet in Uzbekistan
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (PortSEurope) October 31, 2022 – On the eve of the 6th Meeting of Ministers of Transport of the Organization of Turkic States, the Fifth...
Ranking: Top 5 Turkish container ports – January-September 2022
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 19, 2022 – In January-September 2022, Turkish seaports handled a total of 9.35 million containers (TEU). This is a...
New regular container line from Novorossiysk to Istanbul to start
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 16, 2022 – One more regular container line from Novorossiysk to Istanbul, Turkey, will start services this coming...
Mersin International Port is main sponsor of Mersin Logistics and Transportation Fair
Mersin International Port (MIP) is Main Sponsor of the Mersin Logistics and Transportation Fair The event took place at CNR Expo in Mersin, Turkey, between 28...
Mersin International Port launches grand traffic project
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) September 29, 2022 – Mersin International Port (MIP) has launched the grand traffic project. It is designed to improve the...
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...