The Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey Abdulkadir Uraloglu said that the number of Turkish ports in the list of worlds with the greatest processing of containers reached five with the inclusion of the Alihaga port. According to the minister, the list is based on data for 2024 and published by the British naval publication Lloyd’s List. Last year, there were four Turkish ports in the ranking. “With the inclusion of the port of Aliiaga, the number of Turkish ports in the list has grown to five. This success again confirms our strength in sea trade and the effectiveness of investment in the port infrastructure,” the uraologla emphasized.
this year, the port of Ambarla took 72nd place, the port of Kodzhaeli – the 86th port – the 94th port, the port of Mersin – 98th, and The port of Aliyaaga first got into the rating for 91st place.
According to the General Department of Marine Transport, in 2024, Turkish ports were processed in the amount of 13.5 million TEU containers. Five leading ports provided the processing of 11.4 million Teu, which is 84.1% of the total. In the port of Aliyaga, the container turnover grew by 33.6% – from 1.6 million Teu in 2023 to about 2.1 million TEU in 2024.