4 Turkish Ports Are Among the 13 Largest Ports In Europe
NEWS Home News 4 Turkish Ports Are Among the 13 Largest Ports In Europe Despite the global economic crisis experienced during the pandemic process, 4 Turkish ports were among the 13 largest ports in Europe in terms of maximum load capacity in 2021. Turkish ports ranked 3rd in Europe. According to the data of the General Directorate of Maritime Affairs, there are 66 ports, large and small, operated by the public and private sectors on the Mediterranean, Aegean, Marmara and Black Sea coasts in Turkey. Last year, a total of 526 million 306 thousand 784 tons of cargo capacity (handling) was realized at Turkish ports in domestic and foreign trade, most of which were foreign flagged ships. Management Consultant Fırat Yemeniciler, who has been a senior manager in port management for many years, said that Turkey has started to have a say in port management in Europe in recent years. Indicating that Turkey ranks third in Europe after the Netherlands and Spain, Yemeniciler said: “Turkey has surpassed England and Italy, which have a say in cargo handling in Europe. Turkey now has sufficient port infrastructure. In 20 years, although there is a slight growth in ports in Europe, there is an increase of 7-8 percent in Turkey. The handling capacity has increased by 2-2.5 times. The transportation of Iraqi and Azerbaijani oil from Turkish ports with transit cargo and transit containers is also effective in this. happened.” Saying that Kocaeli, Aliağa, İskenderun and Botaş ports are among the 13 ports with the highest cargo handling in Europe, 4 of the 13 ports with the highest cargo handling are from Turkey according to the 2021 evaluations, Yemeniciler continued as follows: Despite the adversities, Turkish ports ranked 6th, Aliağa 8th, İskenderun 11th and Botaş port 13th among the 13 largest ports in Europe. Aliağa port draws attention in terms of its load capacity. Although Botaş port decreased by 5.4 percent compared to the previous year, it reached a load capacity of 63 million 215 thousand tons in 2021. Kocaeli port increased by 6.3 percent to 81 million 335 thousand tons, Aliağa port grew by 7.2 percent and reached 73 million 890 thousand tons. “We can move up to 2nd place”Expressing that Turkish ports have a very important place on the world scale, Yemeniciler stated that Turkish ports are the 3rd largest country in Europe. Emphasizing that while France and Germany lagged behind in this ranking, Fırat Yemeniciler said, “As a country, in 2023, Turkey surpassed Spain and ranked 2nd after the Netherlands. I believe we will settle in. Starting from 2010, according to tonnage developments, Turkey’s annual average combined growth (yearly growth rate consecutively) was 3.8 percent, while Spain grew by 2.1 percent and the UK shrank by 1.2 percent. While Turkish ports grew by 51 percent between 2010 and 2021, the growth in ports of other countries was only half or even one-fifth of us, while England shrank by 13 percent.
Aliağa Port Is Running To The Top
NEWS Home News Aliağa Port Is Running To The Top While Turkey made a great leap forward in exports in 2022, the ports in Izmir also made a difference. Aliağa Port Authority, which has 14 piers in total, ranked second by closing the gap between Kocaeli with 68 million handlings, according to its data in the first 10 months. İzmir Aliağa Port Authority took the second place after Kocaeli Port Authority, which handled 73 million 889 thousand 877 tons and 81 million 335 thousand 143 tons last year. According to the data in the first 10 months of 2022, it was seen that the difference between Aliağa and Kocaeli was closed to a great extent. With the attack of Aliağa Port Authority this year, the difference between it and Kocaeli Port Authority decreased to almost 2 million tons. According to the Maritime Statistics of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure; In the first 10 months of this year, 70 million 165 thousand 457 tons were handled in Kocaeli. A total of 68 million 125 thousand 434 tons of handling was done in Aliağa. In 2020, Kocaeli’s handling was 76 million 517 thousand 625 tons, while Aliağa’s was 68 million 946 thousand tons.Stating that the recent recession in the global economy has also directly affected maritime trade, Yusuf Öztürk, Chairman of the Board of Directors of IMEAK Chamber of Shipping İzmir Branch, said, “Even though there has been a decline in container transportation in our country, the total volume of cargo handled at our ports continues to increase with the effect of liquid cargoes. “Our region has become a transfer center. In the first 10 months, 454 million tons of cargo, including all kinds of cargo, was handled at the ports of our country. The cargo handled at the ports and piers in our Aliağa region increased to 68 million tons, and the cargo handled at Izmir Port exceeded 7 million tons,” he said. Emphasizing that the amount of cargo handled in İzmir Ports, together with Çeşme and Dikili Ports, is approaching 80 million tons, Öztürk said, “We believe that the freight volume in our ports will continue to increase thanks to the new industrial investments and strong export potential in our Aegean Region. In this direction, railway and highway investments that will connect the industrial zones to the ports are planned. “With these steps, we can unload more cargo from the land to the sea and increase the competitiveness of our country,” he said.
Demand for world ports is decreasing, increasing in Turkey
NEWS Home News Demand for world ports is decreasing, increasing in Turkey Ports, Turkey’s gateway to trade, handled a total of 273 million tons of cargo in the second quarter of 2022, with a 6.6 percent increase in total cargo compared to the same period of 2021 and a difference in tonnage of 16.9 million tons. This increase, which was above the global average in the first six months of 2022, points to an acceptable and stable growth for our country in all aspects, according to the global economic situation that has gradually slowed down and started to shrink again. The highest increase came from Aliağa and TekirdağWhen considered on the basis of port authorities, the top 10 port authorities that handle the most cargo account for 84% of the total tonnage handled with 230 million tons. In the second quarter, among the top 10 port directorates, it was determined that the load decreased in Ceyhan BOTAŞ -0.3 percent, Mersin -2.0 percent, Ambarlı -0.4 percent and Samsun -3.5 percent, while in all other port authorities, the load decreased. increase occurred. Among the port presidencies, which are in the top 10 and increased in the first quarter, the increase in freight, especially in the Aliağa and Tekirdağ port directorates, is remarkable. Because these ports showed very stable and high value increases of 21.5 percent and 27.3 percent, respectively. The increase in cargo in Kocaeli port authority, where the highest amount of cargo is handled, was at a low rate compared to other high-tonnage port authorities, namely 3.7 percent on average. LNG handling takes Aliağa to second placeWith the effect of increasing LNG handling, Aliağa Port Authority became the second largest port authority after Kocaeli Port Authority in terms of tonnage handled. The increase in Tekirdağ Port Authority is due to the increase in container traffic at Asyaport, which is located in this region and is predominantly transit handling. While the increase in Tekirdağ port authority among the port authorities with a high rate of development is due to the increase in transit containers at Asyaport located in the region, the increase in Aliağa is due to the intense increase in imports, especially in liquefied gases and liquid chemical cargoes. While similar import density was 50 percent in Kocaeli ports, the share of imports in Iskenderun ports was 57 percent.