Yilport selected for Sjursøya container terminal

The Port of Oslo has chosen the Turkish logistics and industrial company Yilport Holding as the new container terminal operator of the Sjursøya container terminal in the port.

Yilport won the bid against four other international port operators and will take over operations either later this year or in early 2015, with a 20 year concession and the option for a 10 year extension.

This will be the second Scandinavian facility in which the Turkish company will have an interest, having acquired an 80% stake in the Gävle Container Terminal, the second largest and one of the most effectively run container terminals in Sweden in May 2014.  Yilport operates two container terminals in Turkey and also has a 50% stake in Malta Freeport Terminal.