Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications of The Republic of Turkey

Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications
of the Republic of Turkey
Improving Transnational Transport Corridors in

the OIC Member Countries
Bülent SÜLOĞLU
Head of Department
DG for Dangerous Goods and Combined Transport
Ankara, 18 October 2017
Ministry of Transport Maritime Affairs and Communications
AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT MADE BETWEEN 2005-2016 THROUGH

PUBLIC AND PPP FINANCIAL SCHEMES
ROAD 47 Billion $
RAIL 14 Billion $
MARITIME 1.2 Billion $
AIR 4 Billion $
Comm. 8.4 Billion $
TOTAL: 74,6 Billion $

ROAD NETWORK
Motorway Projects
East-West Axes
North-South Axes
 Total of 67,403 km road network which is made up of 2,542 km (3,8 %)

motorway, 31,073 km (46,2%) state road, and 33,788 km (50%) provincial
road as of August 2017.
 Turkey aims to increase the length of dual carriageway network to 26,037

km in 2017, 30,000 km in 2019, and 33,250 km in 2023.
 The dual carriageways comprise 37.5% of our total road network, they
provide service for approximately 80% of the transportation (vehicle–km)
in our network.
RAIL NETWORK
Total Rail Network: 12.466 The standard gauge of the track is 1435
mm on all the network.
High Speed Lines: 1.196
95% of the network being at 22.5 axle pressure standard.

DOMESTIC BLOCK FREIGHT TRAIN OPERATIONS
INTERNATIONAL BLOCK CONTAINER TRAIN
OPERATIONS
Block Train: Port of Tekirdağ- Europe (Sopron)
POLAND
GERMANY
CZECH REP.
SLOVAKIA
1.492 KM
Sopron
AUSTRIA Budapest
HUNGRY ROMANIA
Zagreb
BOSNIA&
HERZEGOWINA
SERBIA Sofia
BULGARIA
Tekirdag Port
TURKEY
- Two round–trip journeys in a week between Tekirdağ and Sopron
- In Sopron, cargo are being distributed various locations (Post-haulage operations)

Block Train: Çerkezköy- Europe (Sopron)
GERMANY
POLAND
1.649 KM
CZECH REP.
SLOVAKIA
Sopron
Budapest
AUSTRIA
HUNGRY
Zagreb ROMANIA
BOSNIA&
HERZEGOWINA
SERBIA Sofia
BULGARIA Cerkezkoy
TURKEY
- Two round–trip journeys in a week between Çerkezköy and Sopron

- In Sopron, cargo are being distributed to various locations in Germany (Post-
haulage operations)
Kosekoy-Tehran-Almaty Container Block Train
- The line initiated by Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) in 2002.

- The main cargo types transported on this corridor are: construction materials,
cleaning supplies, electronic durables.
Kosekoy-Tehran-Islamabad Container Block Train
- Test train departed from Islamabad in August 2009 and it took 13 days to arrive in Istanbul.
- Total of 14 commercial trains operated on this corridor.

- Due to natural disaster occured in Pakistan, relief materials like blankets, shelter houses,
foodstuffs, diapers etc. were transported in 475 containers with 15 container block trains.
Cologne-Çerkezkoy Semi-Trailer Block Train
- Special pocket wagons carrying semi-trailers. The whole journey takes five days.
- Two regular round-trips executed weekly.
-Total of 60 journeys made so far with 897 wagons carrying 1245 semi-trailers on
this railway corridor.
THE RE-ORGANIZATION OF TURKISH STATE RAILWAYS
MARITIME TRANSPORT
 In terms of tonnage, more than 85% of Turkish

Foreign trade is carried by maritime sector.
 The number of total ports in Turkey is 210, 172

of them are open to international ports.
 80-85 % of container transport is operated by

private and privatised ports.
 Ambarlı, Mersin, Derince and İzmir are the

main ports in which the handling of containers
is performed in high volumes.
 Public sector has port investment plans such as

Çandarlı Port (4 Million TEU Capacity), Mersin
Port Container Terminal (20 Mil. Tons/Year)
and Filyos Port (25 Million Ton/Year) are
ongoing.
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT IN TURKEY
FACTS AND FIGURES

- Dominant road transport sector with a share of 75% in
domestic transport and 43% in international transport
- Regular International Ro-Ro Lines to Italy, France, Russia,

Romania, Ukraine, Regular Domestic Ro-Ro line in Marmara
Sea
- Use of Ro-La by Turkish Trucks in Corridor IV and Corridor

X (through Hungary, Austria, Slovenia, Germany)
- No Ro-La in domestic transport
- Block ContainerTrains (135 Domestic, 14 International per day),
- Rail Ferry services (Marmara Sea, Black Sea, Lake Van)
- Build of Logistics Centers (Located in 19 different regions)
- Privatised Ports, Private ports and new container ports to be

constructed (Çandarlı-Nort Agean Sea, Filyos-Western Black
Sea, Mersin- Medditerranean)
- General Directorate for Dangerous Goods and Combined

Transport Established on 1st November 2011
Tripoli
Ambarlı Mersin Çeşme Ambarlı Pendik Mersin Mersin Mersin İskenderun
RO-RO
Toulon Trieste Trieste Trieste Trieste Alexandria Port Said Tripoli Port Said
Alexandria
Port Said
YURTDIŞI BAĞLANTILI RO-RO HATLARI
Zonguldak- Haydarpaşa-
Skadovsk Ilyichevsk
Taşucu- Samsun-
Girne Novorossiysk
Constanta
Zonguldak- Samsun-
Yevpatoria Kavkaz
Zonguldak- Trabzon-
Odessa Tuapse
Magusa Derince-
-Mersin Ilyichevsk
Samsun- Pendik-
Gelendzhik Constanta
Trabzon-
Samsun-
Gelenzhik
Tuapse
RO-RO
TRAIN F.
RO-RO LINES IN MIDDLE EAST REGION
NODAL POINTS/LOGISTICS CENTERS/INTERMODAL FREIGHT TERMINALS
Istanbul Strait Tube Tunnel Project
(Marmaray Project)
Railway tracks in both sides of

Istanbul Strait will be connected to
each other through a railway tunnel
connection under the Istanbul Strait.
This Project is one of the major

transportation infrastructure projects
in the world at present. The entire
upgraded and new railway system
will be approximately 76 km long.
This project will complete the

missing link and connects China with
London by providing uninterrupted
railway journey together with Kars-
Tbilisi-Baku Railway Project.
THIRD BRIDGE ON ISTANBUL STRAIT
(Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge)
-Double track railway line which

connects each side of Istanbul
- Railway passage on the bridge is

directly linked to new railway trunk
line all the way to Bulgarian Border
to be built with EU funds.
- It is expected that congestion

across the Strait will be eased and
the missing link for railway is
completed through land bridge.
KARS-TBILISI-BAKU RAILWAY PROJECT
High level commitment of 3 states

(Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey).
4 million tonnes freight volume per year
Inauguration of the line performed in 2017

CASPIAN SEA CROSSINGS
- Tripartite Committee formed among

Turkey, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan in
order to enhance intermodal operations
in Caspian Sea.
- Some measures put into force to

facilitate road+maritime combined
services:
- Transit costs for trucks passing
through Azerbaijan cut in half,
- The fee for Baku-Turkmenbashi
Ro-Ro operations reduced by %25
Still outstanding problems that need to be addressed and sorted out!! Such as;
• Transparent time table and regular Ro-Ro services (Shuttle services to be deployed)
• Additional discount on Ro-Ro fees so as to make the route competitive against alternative
land corridors (Iran and Russia)
• Driver visa facilitation process and electronic pre-declaration system (for customs)
• Additional road permits, reduce in transit fees and customs simplification
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Bülent SÜLOĞLU
Head
Turkish Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and
Communications

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Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications

of the Republic of Turkey

Improving Transnational Transport Corridors in

AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT MADE BETWEEN 2005-2016 THROUGH

MARITIME 1.2 Billion $

Comm. 8.4 Billion $

TOTAL: 74,6 Billion $

 Total of 67,403 km road network which is made up of 2,542 km (3,8 %)

 Turkey aims to increase the length of dual carriageway network to 26,037

95% of the network being at 22.5 axle pressure standard.

- Two round–trip journeys in a week between Tekirdağ and Sopron

- In Sopron, cargo are being distributed various locations (Post-haulage operations)

- Two round–trip journeys in a week between Çerkezköy and Sopron

- The line initiated by Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) in 2002.

- Total of 14 commercial trains operated on this corridor.

- Two regular round-trips executed weekly.

 In terms of tonnage, more than 85% of Turkish

 The number of total ports in Turkey is 210, 172

 80-85 % of container transport is operated by

 Ambarlı, Mersin, Derince and İzmir are the

 Public sector has port investment plans such as

FACTS AND FIGURES

- Regular International Ro-Ro Lines to Italy, France, Russia,

- Use of Ro-La by Turkish Trucks in Corridor IV and Corridor

- Block ContainerTrains (135 Domestic, 14 International per day),

- Rail Ferry services (Marmara Sea, Black Sea, Lake Van)

- Build of Logistics Centers (Located in 19 different regions)

- Privatised Ports, Private ports and new container ports to be

- General Directorate for Dangerous Goods and Combined

Railway tracks in both sides of

This Project is one of the major

This project will complete the

-Double track railway line which

- Railway passage on the bridge is

- It is expected that congestion

High level commitment of 3 states

4 million tonnes freight volume per year

Inauguration of the line performed in 2017

- Tripartite Committee formed among

- Some measures put into force to

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