When completed, the new $400m container terminal in Aliağa, Izmir will add 1.5m teu of “sorely needed” capacity in the region, and will be the largest in western Turkey.
The move will open Izmir up to 10,000teu container vessels for the first time, and represents “a complete change in Izmir’s role in the global logistics chain,” according to APM terminals Izmir md Mogens Larsen.
“The ordering of these cranes will ensure that APM Terminals Izmir can deliver efficient, reliable and safe operations for these new services, as well as for the larger inter-European trade in Izmir,” Larsen added.
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