APMT's 1.3 million TEU terminal in Izmir close to completion
MAERSK port operator APM Terminals recently celebrated the near-completion of its terminal in Izmir, Turkey, with a flag-raising ceremony.
The 1.3 million TEU capacity terminal will be able to handle 16,000-TEU vessels and will serve Istanbul and southern Turkey, reported London's Container Management.
Said APMT managing director Mogens Larsen: "It has now been more than two and a half years since we started on this project. At that time, there was nothing and now we are very close to having a fully-functional container terminal."
The terminal will have three STS cranes and 10 RTGs and a 700 metres quay with a depth of 16 metres.
The facility has the ability to expand to a capacity of four million TEU, if deemed necessary during the 28-year concession agreement.
APMT hopes to benefit from the Turkish government's desire to increase exports to US$500 billion annually a year by 2023.
The terminal's opening has been later than expected as, in October 2015, the company predicted it would handle its first vessel in March 2016.
MAERSK port operator APM Terminals recently celebrated the near-completion of its terminal in Izmir, Turkey, with a flag-raising ceremony.
The 1.3 million TEU capacity terminal will be able to handle 16,000-TEU vessels and will serve Istanbul and southern Turkey, reported London's Container Management.
Said APMT managing director Mogens Larsen: "It has now been more than two and a half years since we started on this project. At that time, there was nothing and now we are very close to having a fully-functional container terminal."
The terminal will have three STS cranes and 10 RTGs and a 700 metres quay with a depth of 16 metres.
The facility has the ability to expand to a capacity of four million TEU, if deemed necessary during the 28-year concession agreement.
APMT hopes to benefit from the Turkish government's desire to increase exports to US$500 billion annually a year by 2023.
The terminal's opening has been later than expected as, in October 2015, the company predicted it would handle its first vessel in March 2016.