Port of İzmir

The Port of İzmir (Turkish: İzmir Limanı), alternatively known as Port of Alsancak, is a seaport in İzmir, Turkey. It is situated in the Gulf of İzmir.^[7]

Port of İzmir
Skyline of Bayraklı in İzmir, and Port of İzmir to the right
Location
Country	Turkey
Location	Konak, İzmir
Coordinates	38°26′32″N 27°09′09″E
UN/LOCODE	TRIZM
Details
Opened	1959
Operated by	Turkish State Railways
Owned by	Turkey Wealth Fund
Type of harbour	Natural
Land area	902,000 square metres (9,710,000 sq ft)[1]
Employees	753 (2006)[1]
Chief Executive Officer	Nihat Kaynar
Statistics
Vessel arrivals	2,047 (2018)[2]
Annual cargo tonnage	9,040,779 tonnes (2018)[3]
Annual container volume	610,908 TEU (2018)[4]
Passenger traffic	9,172 (2017)[5]
Net income	₺383.2 million (2018)[6]

History

İzmir was an important port of the Ottoman Empire and the first quay was constructed in 1869. The port was constructed between 1955 and 1959.^[1][8] Its first operator was Turkish State Railways. In 1960 it was acquired by DenizBank (a state-owned bank responsible for maritime business). On 1 January 1989 it was handed back to Turkish State Railways.^[9] In 2007 it was privatized. But because of legal reasons the privatization was halted. In March 2017, it became a sister port of the Port of Miami.^[10] In 2018 the port infrastructure was included in the Turkey Wealth Fund.^[11][12]

Technical details

The total land area is 902,000 square metres (9,710,000 sq ft).^[1] The total quay length is 3,386 metres (11,109 ft). With this length the quay serves for 18 ships. The average depth is 11 metres (36 ft).^[13]

Business

According to 2018 figures, the number of marine vessels which visit the port is 2,047. The total trading size in the same year was 9 million tonnes.