Agency at Turkish ports

Attending agency at Turkish ports, loading and discharging cargo operations at all ports in Marmara , Black Sea and Mediterranean for over 3 decades, has provided us with some great insights into how local shippers, receivers, stevedores, surveyors and port officials operate and how we should be prepared helping ship’s master and managers to overcome quickly and efficiently whatever problem would like to arise.
Please feel free to contact us for your inquiries, Pro-forma D/A, Port restrictions, Loading/discharging rates, Port condition and general info concerning agency at Turkish ports.

 

 

Ports served

Black Sea ports:

♦ Bartın

♦Erdemir (Karadeniz)

♦ Ereğli)

♦ Giresun

♦ Hopa

♦ Ordu

♦ Rize

♦ Samsun

♦ Tirebolu

♦ Trabzon

♦ Zonguldak TTK Port

Marmara Sea ports:

♦ Alemdar,  

♦ Ambarlı, Istanbul Province

♦ Akcansa Ambarli

♦ Alemdar Port

♦ Ambarli Armaport

♦ Ambarli Mardas

♦ Ambarli Soyak

♦ Bandirma

♦ Derince

♦ Diler, Hereke

♦ Gemport

♦ Haydarpaşa, Istanbul

♦ Kumport

♦ Martaş, Marmara Ereğlisi

♦Sedef, Dilovası

♦ Tekirdag (Akport)

♦ Zeytinburnu (aka Zeyport)

Aegean Sea ports:

♦Dikili

♦Güllük

♦Izmir

♦ Nemrut Bay

South Mediterranean ports:

♦ Alanya

♦ Antalya

♦ Iskenterun

♦ Mersin

♦ Isdemir

♦ Taşucu

 

 

Our Agency at Turkish ports

The following services are offered to ships of any other flag except the Cyprus flag.

-Main agency for loading or discharging cargoes

-Protecting agency 

-Crew change

-Smooth sign on/off of the majority of nationalities.

-Crew medical attendance, if needed

-Cash to master

-Clearance and Delivery onboard the vessel of spare parts or other consignments

-Supply of stores: Deck, Engine cabin, provisions, bonded stores, anti piracy stuff

-Supply of Fresh water, bunkers, lubricants, chemicals, etc.

-Supply of BA Charts & Nautical publications

-Garbage removal

-Disposal of sludge, slops, sediments, oily water, ashore via tank barge

-Coordinate & follow up repairs onboard the ship carried out by local workshops

-Underwater hull inspections and cleaning

-Surveys of any type, on/of hire bunker & condition survey, draft surveys, etc.

∗ We do not charge protecting agency fees for attending ship’s items and only the actual cost of the offered services. Same is valid also for the vessels calling at any one port under the attendance of the agent of the time charterer.

 

Special Agency Services

We may assist ships arriving with serious handicaps missing anchor, malfunction of navigation systems, etc, that otherwise would not be allowed to enter a port or would experiencing long time delays and high costs, to overcome the problem quickly and efficiently. Contacting us well in advance of ship’s ETA is crucial for successful handling of the problem.      

 

Safeguarding of ship’s interests

Our port captains follow up closely ship’s movements from arrival to departure 24/7 keeping all involved parties timely informed with ships’ transit prospects, entering and exiting time, always standing by to assist the master with required documents, inspections, etc if and when required.

 

Sulphur content of ships’ marine fuel oil

Regulations of reduction of sulphur content of ship’s fuel oil are adopted at Turkish ports according to the instructions of IMO.

Sulphur content in bunkers

Restrictions applied to vessels approaching Crimean ports

Vessels which have called recently at a Crimean port will not be allowed to call at any one of the Turkish ports.

Departing port clearance will not be granted to vessels with destination to any one of the Crimean ports.
Agents are committed to provide evidence of the following:
Official documents proving the last ports of call before ship’s approaching a Turkish port.
Official documents proving that the next port of call will not be a Crimean port.
Ship’s trade documents would not contain anything related to a previous or future port call at a Crimean port.
Turkish Port Authorities will be enforcing these rules strictly checking arrival and departure documents, log books as well as other info including VDR and AIS data.

Restrictions applied to Cypriot flag ships

Cypriot flag vessels are not allowed to approach at any one of the Turkish ports.