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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.

Turkey’s Mersin International Port reports October and November 2020 as record months

Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 23, 2020 – Turkey’s largest container Mersin International Port (MIP) has reported 185,000 thousand TEU in...

Turkey – Total port container handling by seaport – Jan-Sep 2020

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 21, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Ulaştırma ve Altyapı Bakanı) has published total...

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,...

Merport aims to become Mersin’s new logistics base

Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 19, 2020 – Merport Logistics, operating close to Mersin International Port (MIP) and Mersin Free Zone, has increased...

Mersin International Port sees 7-month cargo volume up 5%

Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 6, 2020 – Despite the adverse effects of the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis, Mersin International Port (MIP) recorded a...

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...

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...

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...

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...

REC Uluslararasi awarded tender for Mersin Adana Osmaniye Gaziantep railway

Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 19, 2020 – REC Uluslararasi Insaat Yatirim Sanayi ve Ticaret AS has won the tender for the project to construct the...

Mersin International Port to extend port fee reductions

Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 21, 2020 – Mersin International Port (MIP), part of the global PSA group, has announced that the reduced fees for...

Mersin International Port reports increased cargo in Q1 2020

Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 21, 2020 – Mersin International Port (MIP), part of the global PSA group, has reported increased cargo in the first...

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...

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...

Mersin International Port introduces electronic documentation

Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 30, 2020 – Mersin International Port Management Inc. (MIP) has announced that agencies can transmit their cargo...

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