Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 8
By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend:
Petlim container port in Turkey will reach its design capacity of 1.5 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) during four-five years, Director General of Petlim Dogan Cirakoglu told Azerbaijani reporters in Izmir.
“The first phase of construction has already been completed, and the construction work within the second phase will be completed before late 2016,” Cirakoglu said. “Presumably in 2019 the terminal capacity will reach 500,000-600,000 containers a year, and it will reach its design capacity of 1.5 million containers per year after 2020.”
He said that currently the construction work within the second phase has been completed by 60 percent.
“A 350-meter berth is being constructed within the second phase, and the deepening work continues,” Cirakoglu noted. “The total length of the berth within the two phases will be 736 meters. It is expected that the port will start to receive vessels within the framework of commercial activity in late September-early October 2016.”
Currently, 10 large container ports operate in Turkey.
Turkish petrochemical complex Petkim and the Dutch APM Terminals inked an agreement for the construction of the Petlim port in March 2013.
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