DP World Yarimca officially opened
NewsDP World Yarimca has been officially opened for business by the President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in the presence ...
Troubled Turkey builds on
NewsTurkey’s wish to become a top 10 economy with US$500B/year of exports by 2023 is unlikely to be realised, but its huge port development an...
Petkim Port project takes shape
NewsAPM Terminals Izmir, which will operate the new container terminal being developed at Petkim Port, near Izmir, has ordered its first tranche...
ZPMC Mediterranean converts RTGs to e-power
NewsEight Kalmar diesel-electric RTGs at Kumport have been converted to run off the mains by ZPMC Mediterranean Turkey and ZPMC...
Clean RTGs for Evyapport
NewsKalmar will supply eight electrically powered RTGs to Evyapport in Turkey....
Yildirim Group acquires Rotaport
NewsThe acquisition continues the group's policy of expansion in the shipping and ports industry...
Turkey moves to the centre stage
NewsThe government of Turkey and port operators in the country have long talked of making use of the country’s location “at the crossroads o...
Turkey keen to continue with port privatisation
NewsThe Izmir sale is “off” again, but Samsun has been transferred to the private sector and Iskenderun and Bandirama could be next....
Yilport hosts 8400 TEU ship
NewsYilport Container Terminal has handled what it claims is the biggest ship of any type yet to enter Izmit Bay...
In the black in the Black?
NewsDespite the present difficulties, optimism abounds over the long term prospects for the Black Sea port and shipping sectors....
New Borusan box terminal
NewsTurkey’s Borusan Port, located on the southern shore of the Sea of Marmara. near Gemlik, is developing a new 450m berth for containers and...
Grinding out concessions in Greece and Turkey
NewsThe port sector across the Eastern Mediterranean region is currently a “hot bed” of industrial action, as governments keen to transfer t...
Ankara struggles with port reforms
NewsThe TCDD port privatisation process has finally moved ahead again with the concession of Mersin and (now most likely) Izmir, but local, priv...
Omani-Turkish joint venture for Duqm
NewsA joint venture consisting of Consolidated Contractors Company (Oman) and Swzai Turkes Feyzi Akkaya Ltd (STFA) of Turkey has been awarded a ...
Coming up on the inside track
NewsTurkey’s TCDD ports’ privatisation programme has faltered, but private operators are pressing on with their own plans regardless....