the Turkish group acquisice Ekol 65% of Europe Multipurpose Terminals of Trieste


Yalova Ro-Ro Terminal, society of the logistic group Turkish Ekol that will manage the new terminal for rotabili that will become operating at the beginning of the next year to Yalova, on the Sea of Marmara, has bought 65% of the share capital Europe Multipurpose Terminals (EMT), the society of the triestine shipment house Francesco Parisi who manages the pier YOU of the port of Trieste where they berth the ships and leaves the trains of the Ekol group and controlled the Transport Alternatives. Until yesterday Francesco Parisi Casa di Spedizioni Spa she was the shareholder of EMT majority, with Friulia Spa, the financial institution of the Region Friuli Venice Julia, anticipates in the capital with a quota 16.7%.

Currently the single Ekol manages from terminal EMT almost 50 trains the week in Centro Est Europa direction, all integrated with the ships ro-ro from and for Turkey. They are the four touched weeklies magazine to the triestine terminal of the ships that are under responsibility of the Ekol group and that they connect the Turkish ports of Haydarpașa (Istanbul) and Izmir and the Greek port of Lavrio with Trieste. But already from the next February touched of Transport Alternatives to the Pier YOU they will become five thanks to the recent launch of the ship ro-ro Meleq(of 29 November 2016).

the president of the group Ekol, Ahmet Musul, has manifested satisfaction for the conclusion of this operation "that - it has emphasized - a passage represents a lot important in the development of our activities in the giuliano port of call". "The income in the capital of EMT of the Ekol - it has evidenced Francesco Parisi, president of the Italian shipment house - consolidates a perspective of continuity, increase and ulterior investments in the society for the benefit of all the triestine portualità".

Satisfaction is expressed also by the president of the Authority of Harbour System of Mare Adriatico Orientale, Zeno D' Augustin: "this operation - it has found - represents the umpteenth acknowledgment of the optimal job that the port and the operators are making and will inside carry increase of the traffics and the possibilities of occupation of the port of call. The investment of a great international group as Ekol in our port of call is guarantee of stability, development and ulterior investments for near future".

the AdSP has remembered that, against a concession 25-year-old, EMT it has begun the terminalistica activity to the pier YOU in 2010 with 52 ships and 46 couples of enlivened trains, numbers that are gone up in 2015 respective a182 and 1.361. Moreover the agency has announced that with this operation they are strengthened and the activities of development of the terminal with total investments of EMT for approximately 20 million euros expand.