Turkey
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Ports and Logistics
Earthquake rattles Turkish ports
A number of ports are still out of action in Türkiye more than 24 hours after the southeast of the…
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Operations
Turkish powerships move a step closer to supplying Ukraine
Turkey’s Karpowership has moved a step closer to supplying electricity to Ukraine via its floating power plants, known as powerships.…
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Ports and Logistics
AD Ports links up with leading Turkish steel producer
Abu Dhabi’s AD Ports Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with Tosyalı, one of Turkey’s largest private steel producers,…
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Gas
MOL and Karpowership JV seals Senegal FSRU financing
A joint venture between Turkey’s Karpowership and Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines, KARMOL, has received financing from Japanese banks for a…
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Dry Cargo
Beks scores first newcastlemax
Istanbul-based Beks Ship Management and Trading, one of the most active Turkish owners in the secondhand market over the past…
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Ports and Logistics
Yilport makes first African foray
Port operator Yilport Holding is entering the African port industry with an investment in the Takoradi Port in Ghana. The…
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Europe
Beks ensures Turkey rides high in the S&P charts
Istanbul-based Beks Ship Management and Trading remains one of the most active Turkish owners in the secondhand market. Turkish tycoon…
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Containers
New Turkish liner heads to Russia
A new name in Turkish container shipping is providing links to Russia. Sidra Line, founded in Istanbul last May by…
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Dry Cargo
Beks bags another cape
Istanbul-based Beks Ship Management and Trading has cemented its spot as one of the top buyers of capes in the…
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Tankers
Turkey fixes tanker insurance standoff
Turkey claims to have resolved its tanker insurance impasse, which had seen a slew of ships tied up in its…
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Tankers
Turkish tanker logjam eases
There are signs that the tanker logjam in and around the Bosporus is easing with another four tankers set to…
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Renewables
Plans unveiled for the world’s largest wave power plant in Turkey
Swedish-Israeli developer Eco Wave Power has inked a deal with Oren Ordu Enerji in Turkey for the potential construction of…
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Tankers
Turkey refuses to relent on insurance demands as Bosporus tanker queue lengthens
Turkey will not stand down from its demand that tankers transiting the Bosporus and Dardanelles are inspected to check they…
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Tech
Ardmore’s methanol-to-hydrogen venture teams with Turkey’s Navtek for hydrogen powered car carriers and tugs
US-based methanol-to-hydrogen technology company e1 Marine has teamed up with Turkish naval design and engineering specialist Navtek to develop hydrogen-powered…
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Tankers
Besiktas scores another tanker win
Turkey’s Besiktas Group has sealed its fifth tanker purchase since June. Sources report that the outfit snapped up a ship…
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Offshore
Cecon taps Turkish yard for methanol-fuelled cable layer
Oslo-headquartered Cecon Contracting has contracted Sefine Shipyard in Turkey for the construction of a methanol dual-fuel cable-lay vessel. The vessel,…
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Operations
Russia returns to Black Sea grain deal
Russia will renew its involvement in the Black Sea grain deal, the country’s defence ministry said in a statement on…
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Containers
Turkey’s Akkon Lines takes on its largest ship
Akkon Lines from Turkey has taken on its largest ship to date. Alphaliner is reporting the carrier has taken Transfar…
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Operations
Ship capsizes at Turkish port
A small general cargo ship, , lost stability while unloading containers at the Turkish port of Iskenderun over the weekend.…
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Europe
Turkish roro fired on by Greek coastguard
Greek coastguard ships shot at a Turkish roro sailing in the Aegean Sea on Saturday. There were no casualties in…
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