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Yilport volumes up 18% in H1

Yilport Holding's 22 owned terminals worldwide handled 2.5m teu in the first half of 2021, registering a growth of 18% compared to the same period in 2020.

Michele Labrut, Americas Correspondent

September 7, 2021

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Yilport's global portfolio also recorded 5.47m tonnes of general cargo volume, a 13% growth compared to the six months of 2020.

Yilport's facilities moved 1.79 m cubic metres of liquid cargo, 3% more than the first six months of 2020.

The Turkish company recorded a consolidated revenue growth of 19% compared to 2020.

By geographical area, the terminals of Gebze, Gemlik, Solventas and Rotaport in Turkey handled 631,000 teu, 2.46m tonnes of general cargo and 1.77m cubic metres of liquid cargo in H1 2021.

In the Nordic region, Yilport Gävle, Yilport Oslo and Stockholm Nord handled a total of 260,100 teu and 862,700 tonnes of general cargo in the first half of 2021 and in Iberia, the terminals had a volume of 593,300 teu in container handling and 1.34m tonnes of general cargo between January and July.

In the Latin America region, Yilport terminals handled 292,000 teu and 804,200 tonnes of general cargo in the first half of 2020.

Yilport Holding globally operates 22 ports and marine terminals, of which five are in Turkey, seven in Portugal, two in Spain, two in Sweden, one in Norway, one in Malta, one in Italy, one in Peru, one in Ecuador and one in Guatemala. Yilport also manages six dry terminals, five in Turkey and one in Sweden.

About the Author

Michele Labrut

Americas Correspondent

Michèle Labrut is a long-time Panama resident, a journalist and correspondent, and has continuously covered the maritime sector of Central & Latin America.

Michèle first came to Panama as a press attaché to the French Embassy and then returned to the isthmus as a foreign correspondent in the 1980s.

Author of Seatrade Maritime's annual Panama Maritime Review magazine and of several books, Michèle also wrote for Time magazine, The Miami Herald, NBC News and the Economist Intelligence Unit. She has also collaborated in making several documentaries for the BBC and European and U.S. television networks.

Michèle's profession necessitates a profound knowledge of the country, but her acumen is not from necessity alone, but a genuine passion for Panama.

In 2012 she was awarded the Order of Merit (Knight grade) by the French Government for her services to international journalism and in 2021 the upgrade to Chevalier grade.

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