Yilport records 2016 throughput growth

The Turkish Yildirim Group’s port operating and logistics subsidiary Yilport Holding has recorded a 5% year-on-year growth to 3.9m teu in its gross container volumes last year.

Volumes at the company’s terminal in Turkey, Yilport Gebze, went up by 6% year-on-year to 400,000 teu in 2016.

Growth was also registered at Yilport’s Nordic terminals, especially following the company’s acquisition last year of the remaining 20% shares in the Gävle Container Terminal (GCT), Sweden, where volumes grew by 18% to 202,000 teu.