Port of İzmir | |
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Location | |
Country | Turkey |
Location | Konak, İzmir |
Coordinates | 38°26′32″N 27°09′09″E / 38.44222°N 27.15250°E |
UN/LOCODE | TRIZM |
Details | |
Opened | 1959 |
Operated by | Turkish State Railways |
Owned by | Turkish State Railways |
Type of harbour | Natural |
Land area | 902,000 square metres (9,710,000 sq ft) [1] |
Employees | 753 (2006) [1] |
Chief Executive Officer | Nihat Kaynar |
Statistics | |
Vessel arrivals | 2,047 (2018) [2] |
Annual cargo tonnage | 9,040,779 tonnes (2018) [3] |
Annual container volume | 610,908 TEU (2018) [4] |
Passenger traffic | 9,172 (2017) [5] |
Net income | ₺383.2 million (2018) [6] |
The Port of İzmir ( Turkish: İzmir Limanı), alternatively known as Port of Alsancak, is a seaport in İzmir, Turkey. It is situated in the Gulf of İzmir. [7]
İzmir was an important port of the Ottoman Empire and the first quay was constructed in 1869. The port was constructed between 1955 and 1959. [1] [8] Its first operator was Turkish State Railways. In 1960 it was acquired by DenizBank (a state-owned bank responsible for maritime business). On 1 January 1989 it was handed back to Turkish State Railways. [9] In 2007 it was privatized. But because of legal reasons the privatization was halted. In March 2017, it became a sister port of the Port of Miami. [10] In 2018 the port infrastructure was included in the Turkey Wealth Fund. [11]
The total land area is 902,000 square metres (9,710,000 sq ft). [1] The total quay length is 3,386 metres (11,109 ft). With this length the quay serves for 18 ships. The average depth is 11 metres (36 ft). [12]
According to 2018 figures, the number of marine vessels which visit the port is 2,047. The total trading size in the same year was 9 million tonnes.
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