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Dec 20 '10, 19:57
Kavkaz-Samsun rail ferry service launched
The Port Kavkaz-Port Samsun interna...
seagull Dec 20 '10, 19:57
Kavkaz-Samsun rail ferry service launched
The Port Kavkaz-Port Samsun international rail ferry service was launched on Dec.16, 2010, the Maritime Engineering Bureau press service said.
The line was launched thanks to an agreement between the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Transport and Communication of Turkey on arrangement of mixed international railway-ferry communication through the ports of Samsun and Kavkaz. The agreement was signed on May 14, 2010 in Ankara during the visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in the Republic of Turkey.
The shipments on the service will be carried out by two ferries (Smat and Feruz) of project CNF03.01 of shipping company Black Sea Ferry Investment (RZD / Russian Railways holds a 51% stake, 49% of shares owned by Reserve Capital Enterpising Corp.’s President Hokim Matchanov).
The CNF03.01project ferry was designed at Marine Engineering Bureau and built to the Russian River Register class M-JV 3.5 with all the requirements of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. The vessels are intended for transportation of rail cars and Ro-ro cargo, international containers, dangerous goods of 1.4S, 2, 3, 4.1, 4.2, 5, 6.1, 8, 9, and oversized cargo.
Ship dimensions: LOA - 150.32 m, LBP - 140.31 m, BOA - 22 m, design breadth - 21 m, depth - 7,15 m, DWT - about 6,500 at LWL draft 3 80 m. The ship specifications allow to operate at the port of Kavkaz, the port of Samsun and Poti port (Georgia) to provide shipments on Russia - Turkey, Russia – Armenia service.
The class ferry is capable to accommodate 64 heavy trucks, 106 20-foot containers. The ship is featured by the Russian standard gauge, and the European standard gauge. The cargo deck is designed to deploy rail cars weighing up to 97 tons. Endurance - 15 days. Crew - 16 people. Total number of seats - 23.
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Kavkaz-Samsun rail ferry service launched
The Port Kavkaz-Port Samsun international rail ferry service was launched on Dec.16, 2010, the Maritime Engineering Bureau press service said.
The line was launched thanks to an agreement between the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Transport and Communication of Turkey on arrangement of mixed international railway-ferry communication through the ports of Samsun and Kavkaz. The agreement was signed on May 14, 2010 in Ankara during the visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in the Republic of Turkey.
The shipments on the service will be carried out by two ferries (Smat and Feruz) of project CNF03.01 of shipping company Black Sea Ferry Investment (RZD / Russian Railways holds a 51% stake, 49% of shares owned by Reserve Capital Enterpising Corp.’s President Hokim Matchanov).
The CNF03.01project ferry was designed at Marine Engineering Bureau and built to the Russian River Register class M-JV 3.5 with all the requirements of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. The vessels are intended for transportation of rail cars and Ro-ro cargo, international containers, dangerous goods of 1.4S, 2, 3, 4.1, 4.2, 5, 6.1, 8, 9, and oversized cargo.
Ship dimensions: LOA - 150.32 m, LBP - 140.31 m, BOA - 22 m, design breadth - 21 m, depth - 7,15 m, DWT - about 6,500 at LWL draft 3 80 m. The ship specifications allow to operate at the port of Kavkaz, the port of Samsun and Poti port (Georgia) to provide shipments on Russia - Turkey, Russia – Armenia service.
The class ferry is capable to accommodate 64 heavy trucks, 106 20-foot containers. The ship is featured by the Russian standard gauge, and the European standard gauge. The cargo deck is designed to deploy rail cars weighing up to 97 tons. Endurance - 15 days. Crew - 16 people. Total number of seats - 23.
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Jul 24 '10, 8:44
The operating rights to the Samsun Port in Turkey's Black Sea region are transfe...
Vsevolod Jul 24 '10, 8:44
The operating rights to the Samsun Port in Turkey's Black Sea region are transferred to the Cey Group for $125.2 million. Speaking at the signing ceremony in Ankara on Tuesday, Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek criticizes the long legal process required for such privatizations. Transport Minister Binali Yıldırım says the right to operate the Bandırma Port will also be sold soon
PORT SALE: Government officials and executives of the Cey Group, including Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek (fourth from L) and Transportation Minister Binali Yıldırım (second from R) pose during the signing ceremony for the transfer of the operating rights of the Samsun Port. AA photo
PORT SALE: Government officials and executives of the Cey Group, including Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek (fourth from L) and Transportation Minister Binali Yıldırım (second from R) pose during the signing ceremony for the transfer of the operating rights of the Samsun Port. AA photo
The Turkish government has sold the rights to operate the Samsun Port in the Black Sea region for 36 years, marking another step in its ambitious privatization program.
The rights were sold to the Cey Group for $125.2 million, which the company paid in cash. A signing ceremony was conducted for the sale in Ankara on Tuesday.
Top government officials who spoke at the ceremony criticized the legal hurdles that they say are preventing them from selling off state assets more quickly. The State Council has a mandatory 60-day period in which to convey its opinion on the privatization of privileged assets on a case-by-case basis, Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek said, noting that “in practice, it may take two years” or even longer.
Addressing journalists at the Rixos Hotel, Şimşek said the tender to sell the port was conducted in May 2008, but its operation is only being transferred to private hands now.
Port services are considered privileged assets under the Constitution, so their sale must thus be approved by the State Council.
“This is a big waste of time. If this period was not so long, [the government] would not have borrowed as much as 125 billion Turkish Liras,” Şimşek said. “Maybe the Samsun Port would also have been in a better situation now. I hope that privatizations will be conducted faster from now on.”
In order to better compete with neighboring countries, the minister added, Turkey needs better ports, which, in turn, requires the private sector’s involvement. “Otherwise, foreign trade would be conducted through neighboring ports,” he said. “Since 2001, we have managed to increase the capacity of Turkish ports fourfold.”
New investments in docks
With Tuesday’s signatures, the Cey Group will start a 36-year period operating the Samsun Port. A company organized within the group, Samsunport-Samsun International Port Management, plans to invest $32 million in the port. Cey Group Chairman Ali Avcı said the company had received a loan of $125.2 million from the state-owned Vakıfbank.
“The Samsun Port is a key hub for booming trade with Black Sea nations. We aim to revise the port and increase trade volume,” the Anatolia news agency quoted Avcı as saying. “We want this port to be among the best ports in Turkey and to be the transport center of the Black Sea.”
Turkey has 174 ports and docks, 25 of which are public, 27 municipality-owned and 122 operated by private companies. Nearly 85 percent of Turkey’s foreign trade is conducted through ports.
A similar sale of operating rights was previously conducted at the Mersin Port, on the Mediterranean, Transport Minister Binali Yıldırım noted. “In 2007, the port processed 644,000 containers,” he said. “Despite the crisis, the figure rose to 855,000 containers last year. In load terms, 2007’s 14 million tons increased to 15.3 million tons in the same period.”
Before 2008, the Mersin Port employed 1,128 workers; after the sale, that figure rose to 1,560, Yıldırım added.
The operating rights of the Mersin Port were sold for $750 million.
The minister said he believed Samsun’s export volume, which rose from $30 million to nearly $700 in seven years, will further increase with private-sector involvement. He added that operating rights for the Bandırma Port, near Istanbul, will also be transferred to the private sector soon.
The operating rights to the Samsun Port in Turkey's Black Sea region are transferred to the Cey Group for $125.2 million. Speaking at the signing ceremony in Ankara on Tuesday, Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek criticizes the long legal process required for such privatizations. Transport Minister Binali Yıldırım says the right to operate the Bandırma Port will also be sold soon
PORT SALE: Government officials and executives of the Cey Group, including Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek (fourth from L) and Transportation Minister Binali Yıldırım (second from R) pose during the signing ceremony for the transfer of the operating rights of the Samsun Port. AA photo
PORT SALE: Government officials and executives of the Cey Group, including Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek (fourth from L) and Transportation Minister Binali Yıldırım (second from R) pose during the signing ceremony for the transfer of the operating rights of the Samsun Port. AA photo
The Turkish government has sold the rights to operate the Samsun Port in the Black Sea region for 36 years, marking another step in its ambitious privatization program.
The rights were sold to the Cey Group for $125.2 million, which the company paid in cash. A signing ceremony was conducted for the sale in Ankara on Tuesday.
Top government officials who spoke at the ceremony criticized the legal hurdles that they say are preventing them from selling off state assets more quickly. The State Council has a mandatory 60-day period in which to convey its opinion on the privatization of privileged assets on a case-by-case basis, Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek said, noting that “in practice, it may take two years” or even longer.
Addressing journalists at the Rixos Hotel, Şimşek said the tender to sell the port was conducted in May 2008, but its operation is only being transferred to private hands now.
Port services are considered privileged assets under the Constitution, so their sale must thus be approved by the State Council.
“This is a big waste of time. If this period was not so long, [the government] would not have borrowed as much as 125 billion Turkish Liras,” Şimşek said. “Maybe the Samsun Port would also have been in a better situation now. I hope that privatizations will be conducted faster from now on.”
In order to better compete with neighboring countries, the minister added, Turkey needs better ports, which, in turn, requires the private sector’s involvement. “Otherwise, foreign trade would be conducted through neighboring ports,” he said. “Since 2001, we have managed to increase the capacity of Turkish ports fourfold.”
New investments in docks
With Tuesday’s signatures, the Cey Group will start a 36-year period operating the Samsun Port. A company organized within the group, Samsunport-Samsun International Port Management, plans to invest $32 million in the port. Cey Group Chairman Ali Avcı said the company had received a loan of $125.2 million from the state-owned Vakıfbank.
“The Samsun Port is a key hub for booming trade with Black Sea nations. We aim to revise the port and increase trade volume,” the Anatolia news agency quoted Avcı as saying. “We want this port to be among the best ports in Turkey and to be the transport center of the Black Sea.”
Turkey has 174 ports and docks, 25 of which are public, 27 municipality-owned and 122 operated by private companies. Nearly 85 percent of Turkey’s foreign trade is conducted through ports.
A similar sale of operating rights was previously conducted at the Mersin Port, on the Mediterranean, Transport Minister Binali Yıldırım noted. “In 2007, the port processed 644,000 containers,” he said. “Despite the crisis, the figure rose to 855,000 containers last year. In load terms, 2007’s 14 million tons increased to 15.3 million tons in the same period.”
Before 2008, the Mersin Port employed 1,128 workers; after the sale, that figure rose to 1,560, Yıldırım added.
The operating rights of the Mersin Port were sold for $750 million.
The minister said he believed Samsun’s export volume, which rose from $30 million to nearly $700 in seven years, will further increase with private-sector involvement. He added that operating rights for the Bandırma Port, near Istanbul, will also be transferred to the private sector soon.
Jul 24 '10, 8:44
Port of Samsun eyes Viking project, to join soon
Port of Samsun, the largest in...
Vsevolod Jul 24 '10, 8:44
Port of Samsun eyes Viking project, to join soon
Port of Samsun, the largest in Turkey may join the Viking project in the near future. The issue is scheduled for discussion of government delegations of four countries – Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus and Turkey, Ivan Liptuga Vice - President of FIATA (International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations) said at the 2nd meeting of the industry representatives during the Day of International Freight Forwarders.
Port of Ilyichevsk (Ukraine, Odessa region) ferry service to Turkish Samsun could be a "starting point" for the expansion of the Viking project, said Ivan Liptuga.
Earlier, Ukraine and Turkey have sealed the intergovernmental draft agreement on organization of direct international freight rail and ferry service line.
The Viking shuttle train, Odessa (Ilyichevsk) - Minsk (Kolyadichi) - Klaipeda has run from February 2003.This is a joint project for development of Baltic Sea - Black Sea freight traffic. The agreement was signed by the heads of Transport Ministries of Belarus, Ukraine and Lithuania. In two months of this year the train carried 8,265 containers.
Port of Samsun eyes Viking project, to join soon
Port of Samsun, the largest in Turkey may join the Viking project in the near future. The issue is scheduled for discussion of government delegations of four countries – Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus and Turkey, Ivan Liptuga Vice - President of FIATA (International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations) said at the 2nd meeting of the industry representatives during the Day of International Freight Forwarders.
Port of Ilyichevsk (Ukraine, Odessa region) ferry service to Turkish Samsun could be a "starting point" for the expansion of the Viking project, said Ivan Liptuga.
Earlier, Ukraine and Turkey have sealed the intergovernmental draft agreement on organization of direct international freight rail and ferry service line.
The Viking shuttle train, Odessa (Ilyichevsk) - Minsk (Kolyadichi) - Klaipeda has run from February 2003.This is a joint project for development of Baltic Sea - Black Sea freight traffic. The agreement was signed by the heads of Transport Ministries of Belarus, Ukraine and Lithuania. In two months of this year the train carried 8,265 containers.
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