Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications

of the Republic of Turkey

2nd Meeting of the Working Group on Dry Ports

-Dry Ports Structuring in Turkey-

Bülent SÜLOĞLU

Head

DG for Dangerous Goods and Combined Transport

Bangkok, 14-15 November 2017

THE CONCEPT OF DRY PORTS

Rising container flows, Crowded terminals at sea-port areas,

Prolonged dwell times for containers, Neccessity to expand,

Expansion is too costly due to prices for land

UNECE Definition: a Dry Port is simply « an inland terminal which is directly linked

to a maritime port.»

The objectives of dry ports are to enhance the maritime business…

Another definition that captures the essence of the concept of Dry ports;

« An inland intermodal terminal directly connected to seaport with high capacity

transport mean, where customers can leave/pick up their standardised units

as if directly to a seaport.»

It is a maritime-centric issue!!!

THE EVOLUTION OF DRY PORTS CONCEPT IN TURKEY

A platform further promote rail-based freight operations (rail-centric)

The idea is to increase the share of rail transport services dedicated

to seaports

In 2016, total cargo transported via rail amounted to 29 million tons of

which 10 million tons were hauled in containers.

2023 Targets: 76 million ton cargo to be transported by rail.

LOGISTICS CENTERS/INTERMODAL FREIGHT TERMINALS

21 logistics centers with rail connections enabling freight shift from road to rail.

8 out of 21 are functioning for the time being.

Additionally 34 million ton capacity and 10 million m2 stocking and handling

area for container transport

NATIONAL TRANSPORT MASTER PLANHOW TO APPROACH DRY PORT CONCEPT

• National Transport Master Plan (NTMP) process started in October 2015 and isexpected to complete by the end of the current year 2017.

• How Dry Ports are being handled within the process of NTMP?

• Dry ports must be connected by rail.

• Dry ports are designed to handle unitized Cargo.

• Dry ports are Customs-bonded.

• Dry ports are inland container depots relieving container ports fromcongestion.

In Turkey, to optimize their use and create synergies for economic growth, theyshould be combined, where possible, with:

Existing OSB (Industrial zones)

Existing and future TCDD Logistic Centers

THE LOGIC OF DRY PORTS AND THE POTENTIAL LOGISTIC

CENTERS TO BE ASSIGNED AS DRY PORTS

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BOLOGNA FREIGHT VILLAGE BOLOGNA FREIGHT VILLAGE

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Sektör

Kamu

BOLOGNA FREIGHT VILLAGE BOLOGNA FREIGHT VILLAGE

Özel

Sektör

KamuKamu SektörüHALEP

Güllük

Sincan Yerköy

Karasu

Ereğli

KartalSapancaHalkalı

Turgutlu

Torbalı

Manavgat

Alanya

Aliağa

Karkamış

HaburUlukışla

Boğazköprü

Polatlı

Gemlik

Nusaybin

Cizre

Narlı

Hanlı

Mürşitpınar

ANKARAESKİŞEHİR

KAYSERİ

KONYA

ERZİNCAN

İSTANBUL

İZMİR

BALIKESİR BURSA

AFYON

UŞAKMANİSA

KARAMANANTALYA

BARTIN

TRABZON

KARS

MALATYA

ELAZIĞ

DİYARBAKIR

MARDİN

GAZİANTEP

AYDIN

ADANA

MERSİN

ADAPAZARI

EDİRNE

ŞANLIURFA

SAMSUN

ERZURUM

BİLECİK

Kurtalan

Halkalı/İstanbulKöseköy/İzmit

Kemalpaşa

Yenice/Mersin

Türkoğlu/K.maraş

Yeşilbayır/İstanbul

Ambarlı Port Kocaeli Bay Ports

İzmir Port Çandarlı Port Mersin Port

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BOLOGNA FREIGHT VILLAGE BOLOGNA FREIGHT VILLAGE

Özel

Sektör

Kamu

BOLOGNA FREIGHT VILLAGE BOLOGNA FREIGHT VILLAGE

Özel

Sektör

KamuKamu SektörüHALEP

Güllük

Sincan Yerköy

Karasu

Ereğli

KartalSapancaHalkalı

Turgutlu

Torbalı

Manavgat

Alanya

Aliağa

Karkamış

HaburUlukışla

Boğazköprü

Polatlı

Gemlik

Nusaybin

Cizre

Narlı

Hanlı

Mürşitpınar

ANKARAESKİŞEHİR

KAYSERİ

KONYA

ERZİNCAN

İSTANBUL

İZMİR

BALIKESİR BURSA

AFYON

UŞAKMANİSA

KARAMANANTALYA

BARTIN

TRABZON

KARS

MALATYA

ELAZIĞ

DİYARBAKIR

MARDİN

GAZİANTEP

AYDIN

ADANA

MERSİN

ADAPAZARI

EDİRNE

ŞANLIURFA

SAMSUN

ERZURUM

BİLECİK

KurtalanTürkoğlu/K.maraş

Mersin Port: ▪ 4 rail tracks with 550 meters long

▪ 33 RTG

▪ 14 Reach Stacker

TURKOGLU LOGISTICS CENTREIs this a good example to be assigned as dry port in the light of

criteria introduced in E/ESCAP/DP/WG(2)/4 ?

250 km.

190 km.

İskenderun Port: ▪ 3 rail tracks with 550 meters long

▪ 16 RTG

▪ 6 Reach Stacker

TURKOGLU LOGISTICS CENTRE (CONT’D)Is this a good example to be assigned as dry port in the light

of criteria introduced in E/ESCAP/DP/WG(2)/4 ?

❖ 22 rail tracks with maximum

length of 550 metres (?) (660 m.)

❖ Axle load : 22.5 tonnes (ok!)

❖ Double-carrigeway road

connection (ok!)

❖ Internal roads’ width are 17 m.

(ok!)

❖ Container Yard Capacity: 45.000

m2 (ok!)

❖ 1 RMG and 1 reach stacker

(handling capacity limited to 10.000

TEU)

• No customs clearance facilities

• Generally serving domestic transport with bulk commodities and textile

• Turkoglu logistics centre was built by public sector (Turkish State Railways).

However, outsourcing of operation through a contract would be an option for the

future.

TARGET: %30 of road freight over 300 km should shift to other modes such as

rail or waterborne transport by 2030, and more than 50% by 2050

TEN-T in Turkey - Railways Network

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

Bülent SÜLOĞLU

Head

DG for Dangerous Goods and Combined Transport

Turkish Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and

Communications