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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: 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...

Akdeniz port – Reduced traffic volumes and up for sale

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 3, 2020 – The 2019 annual report of Global Ports Holding (GPH) reports traffic volumes down and a potential buyer in...

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...

Mersin International Port reports 2019 operational & financial results

Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 27, 2020 – Mersin International Port, part of the international PSA group, has reported its 2019 operational &...

Measures taken for Turkish marine sector to combat the corona virus outbreak

Maritime General Directorate – Measures Taken for the Marine Sector in the Scope of Combating the Corona Virus (Covid-19) Outbreak – April 21, 2020...

Mersin International Port – update – 23.03.2020

News Update – Mersin International Port (MIP) – March 23, 2020 We would like to inform you that the services provided by MIP, part of PSA...

EBRD joins Mersin International Port $600 million Eurobond issue

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 22, 2020 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has joined in a $600 million Eurobond...

China and Turkey use Baku port as transit point

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) January 10, 2020 – China has started shipping dried fruits to Turkey via the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway. In late...

Mersin International Port to issue EBRD-backed bond

Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) November 16, 2019 – Mersin International Port (MIP) is to issue a new $600 million five-year bond backed by the European...

Transitex Opens New Branch in Mersin, Turkey

November 7, 2019 Transitex officially opened its second office in Mersin, Turkey, on November 4, 2019. This follows Transitex Istanbul, operating since...

Mersin port seeks locations for expansion

Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 28, 2019 – Mersin Metropolitan Mayor Vahap Seçer has said the city requires investment and a second port, and has been...

Moody’s downgrades Mersin International Port to B1 from Ba2

Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) June 19, 2019 – Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded to B1 from Ba2 the corporate family rating (CFR) of...

China and Singapore interested in Turkey port investment

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) June 3, 2019 – Delegations from Singapore and China have become frequent visitors to the Black Sea province of Ordu in...

Tarros launches weekly service linking Tarragona port to Turkey

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – The container terminal of the port of Tarragona, DP World, has started handling a new container shipping...

P&O Ferrymasters launches new intermodal service via Trieste

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) January 9, 2019 – P&O Ferrymasters has announced the launch of new intermodal services from the Turkish ports of Pendik,...

Second offshore hydrocarbon starts off Mersin in Turkey

Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 17, 2018 – Rowan Companies has sent a drilling vessel to search for hydrocarbons in the area of the Mediterranean...

Mersin port sees increased traffic in Jan-Aug 2018

Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 24, 2018 – In the first seven months of 2018, cargo handled at Mersin port increased to 20.2 million tons, a 4%...

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