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.
Mersin International Port signs industrial zone agreement
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 21, 2023 – Mersin International Port Management (MIP) and Mersin Tarsus Organized Industrial Zone (MTOSB) have an...
Highspeed railway to the port of Mersin
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 31, 2023 – United Kingdom Export Finance (UKEF), the UK government’s export credit agency, will help Turkey’s...
Delo Group joins Russian-Turkish Dialogue Association
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 24, 2023 – Russia’s Delo Group has signed an agreement to join the Russian-Turkish Dialogue Association. Delo...
Turkey: Container (TEU) report: Jan-Jun 2023
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 20, 2023 – In the first half of 2023, seaports in Turkey handled 6.09 million containers (TEU), compared to 6.38...
EBRD lends funds for Mersin International Port expansion
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 18, 2023 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide a senior loan of up to $50 million...
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...
FESCO transport group leads the way East for Russian logistics
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 20, 2023 – Russian logistics giant FESCO transport group is looking for ways to bypass western sanctions against Moscow...
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...
Mersin International Port receives “Port Operator of the Year” award
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 21, 2022 – Mersin International Port (MIP) has received the “Port Operator of the Year” award for the 12th time...
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...