Independent journal on economy and transport policy
06:15 GMT+1
This page has been automatically translated by Original news
The new port Turkish container Asyaport will become operating the next year
Mediterranean Shipping Company is completing the construction of the port of call
September 24, 2012
The new port Asyaport container, situated in the province of Tekirdag, in the European part of Turkey, that it is about to realization by the shipowning group Genevan Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) with an investment of 450 million dollars, will become operating in 2013.
Last week the work of construction of the new port is visited by the governor of the Province of Tekirdag, Ali Yerlikaya. The dock of the port of call, dedicated mainly to the traffic of transhipment, will be long altogether 2,010 meters, it will have a depth of the -20 backdrop meters and will be therefore in a position to receiving largest portacontainer in service and planning.
The new Turkish port of call hub will altogether have initially an ability to traffic of a million container teu per year regarding the 2,5 million one teu previewed from the project and group MSC has the intention of realize a annual means traffic to you million teu.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
phone: +39.010.2462122, fax: +39.010.2516768, e-mail
VAT number: 03532950106
Press Reg.: nr 33/96 Genoa Court
Editor in chief: Bruno Bellio No part may be reproduced without the express permission of the publisher