Dubai - Mubasher: DP World on Saturday announced that its subsidiary in Yarimca, Turkey, has been officially opened for business with a capacity of 1.3 million containers covering 460,000 square metres.
The new terminal is one of the biggest in Turkey, the Dubai port operator said in a statement, adding that the Yarmica port "[enhances] Turkey’s connectivity with Europe and Asia and enabling trade from the heartland of its most industrialised region, Izmit Bay."
"DP World Yarimca is the first infrastructure project in Izmit Bay to be run by an international operator, and the first in the country to use remote controlled gantry cranes with automated gate operations featuring a vehicle appointment system for faster processing. It also has fast scanner x-ray machines, the first of their kind in Turkey that can scan 120 containers every hour," the statement highlighted.
The inauguration ceremony was carried out by the President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with the attendance of senior government officials and executives of DP World.
“DP World Yarımca will reduce costs and increase competitiveness of industrial and trading companies located in our region,” said the Turkish president.
Meanwhile, DP World Group chairman and CEO, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem noted that Turkey and the UAE share a unique heritage. "We are bridges to the world, at the crossroads of world trade, trading nations built on a strong partnership and with a common bond – our vision. The vision of our leaders is to develop and innovate, to embrace change and to explore smarter ways of doing things," he added.
