QTerminals Antalya, Turkey’s leading commercial cargo and cruise port, makes a difference with its loading/unloading, mooring/unbeaming, filling/unloading services by managing the high level of container traffic that increases every year.
QTerminals Antalya, the port with the highest passenger and cargo operation volume on the approximately 700 nautical mile long coastline between Izmir and Mersin, is important as the region’s gateway to world trade and tourism with its quality, safe and fast service principle.
“We are working to increase port performance and efficiency.”
Stating that they are working to increase port performance and efficiency by adopting sustainable growth strategies in port operating strategies, QTerminals Antalya Port General Manager Özgür Sert said, “As QTerminals Antalya, we manage a high level of container traffic. Global container traffic is increasing every year. As a port, we make a difference with loading/unloading, mooring/beaming, filling/unloading services. From a logistics management perspective, ports; It plays a vital role between land and sea based logistics activities. The port management sector has a significant place in the economic structures of countries, as it constitutes an important part of the production process and the effects of significant investments on the economy. As QTerminals Antalya, we have an annual acceptance capacity of 1,500 ships, 4 million tons of general and bulk cargo, and a container handling capacity of 350,000 TEU. Since the majority of international trade is carried out by sea, port operations have an important place in global trade. “Ports stand out in today’s conditions as they are no longer just areas for loading and unloading cargo, they have become an important element of the logistics center structuring.”
Adding that QTerminals Antalya is a multi-purpose port offering cruise, container, general cargo, bulk cargo, project cargo, drilling coastal base and military ship services, QTerminals Antalya Port General Manager Özgür Sert said, “We are one of the ports with the highest development potential in Turkey. We are the largest organized port on the coastline between Izmir and Mersin, which is approximately 700 nautical miles long. QTerminals Antalya is a high-capacity commercial port with a dominant position in export traffic due to its hinterland located on the west coast of the city. The port is connected to important industrial and tourism centers such as Burdur, Isparta, Konya, Mersin, Denizli, Muğla and Afyonkarahisar by highways. “As a port, we are positioned as an important regional turnaround center for cruise operations,” he said.
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