- Port of Haydarpaşa
The Port of Haydarpaşa, also known as the Port of Haidar Pasha ( _tr. Haydarpaşa Limanı) is a general cargo
seaport ,ro-ro andcontainer terminal , situated inHaydarpaşa, İstanbul at the southern entrance to theBosphorus . The port is operated by theTurkish State Railways (TCDD) and serves a hinterland which includes the country's most industrialized areas.It is the biggest container port in the Marmara Regioncite web |url=http://www.cerrahogullari.com.tr/ports/PORT%20OF%20HAYDARPASA%20(TCDD).htm |title=Ports of Turkey - Port of Haydarpaşa |work=Cerrahoğulları Shipping ] and with an annual cargo volume exceeding six million
metric tons (MT), is Turkey's third biggest port after Mersin and Izmir. [cite journal |url=http://www.mmf.gazi.edu.tr/journal/2004_4/437-442.pdf |first=M. Emin |last=Baysal |coauthors=Mehmet Uygur and Bilal Toklu | title=A Study of the Relative Efficiency of TCDD Ports, using Data Envelopment Analysis |year=2004 |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=437–442|journal=J. Fac. Eng. Arch. Gazi Univ. |language=Turkish]History
Port construction was commenced by the Anatolian Railways Company on
April 20 ,1899 . The Company operated the port until the newly establishedTurkish Republic purchased it onMay 24 ,1924 . OnMay 31 ,1927 , the port's administration was handed over to the Turkish State Railways, which is controlled by the Ministry of Public Works and Settlement.On
February 5 ,1953 , an extension project for the Port of Haydarpaşa was undertaken. The first part of the extension was completed in 1954 and the remainder in 1967. [ [http://www.tcdd.gov.tr/liman/haydarpasa.htm TCDD Haydarpaşa Limanı] tr icon]Port facilities
The Port has 21
berth s alongside two largepier s. The berths are specialized for particular port industries, with one for motor boat servicing at 150 m length, two for dry bulk cargo (430 m long), 8 large size berths for general cargo (between 160 and 334 m), 3 midsize general cargo berths (between 50 and 97 m), two ro-ro terminals (141 and 164 m) and finally 5 container terminals (between 295 and 350 m). The depth of water at thequay s varies between 5 and 10 m. The vessels in the port are protected by two breakwaters from all kinds of effects caused by the weather and sea.Sea crafts of the port comprise 3
tugboat s up to 2500 HP and 2 mooring watercrafts.Container terminal
Total container handling capacity of the five container terminals is 1,200 vessels a year. [cite web |url=http://wowturkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26364 |title=(TUR-C8.32) - TCDD Limanları - Haydarpaşa Limanı |first=Zafer |last=Yenidünya |work=Wow Turkey |date=2006-06-12 |language=Turkish] Operations are carried out by 4 quayside
gantry crane s of 40 tons capacity, 18 rubber tired transtainers (40 tons capacity), 9 reach stackers (25 to 42 tons) and 8 empty containerforklift s (8 to 10 tons). 9 shore and yard cranes (3 to 35 tons), 6 mobile cranes (5 to 25 tons), 8 standard and 30 small masted forklifts are also available. Another facility available at the terminal is the provision of reefer facilities for refrigerated containers.The space for container terminal is nearly 100.000 m² with a holding capacity of TEU|6,000|first=yes. The annual handling capacity of the Port is TEU|144,000. A container freight station of 3,600 m² is available behind the container quay. In addition to the open storage area of 313,000 m² and covered area of 21,000 m², there exists a container land terminal outside the port in Göztepe for stacking the empty containers. It covers an area of 55,000 m² with a holding capacity of TEU|52,800. [cite web |url=http://www.tcdd.gov.tr/tcdding/haydarpasa_ing.htm |work=Turkish State Railways |title=Haydarpaşa Port ]
Container loading and unloading, and custom clearance are made in the terminal at the port.
Ro-ro terminal
The newly built ro-ro terminal can accommodate 360 vessels per year, and handle 410,000 tons of cargo, 65,000 trucks and 60,000 cars a year. There are daily ro-ro services between the ports Haydarpaşa and
Trieste ,Italy andConstanţa ,Romania .General cargo handling equipments
At the port, 1,134 general cargo ships can be serviced a year. The floating crafts comprise one
floating crane of 250 tons capacity, 17 shore and yard cranes (3 to 35 tons), 17 mobile cranes (5 to 25 tons), 67 general cargo forklifts (2 to 5 tons), one loader, 6 tractors, 25 trailers (40 tons), 10 trailers (20 tons) and twoweigh-bridge s of 100 tons capacity.Bulk handling facilities
Two berths serve the dry bulk traffic of up to 79 vessels a year. A
grain silo of 34,000 tons capacity belonging to the Turkish Grain Board (TMO) is available and has a conveyor connection with the quay.Rail ferry terminal
The
rail ferry terminal and ferries are operated betweenSirkeci and Haydarpaşa, the two sides of Bosphorus. Each of the three rail ferries with 480 tons capacity can transfer 14rail carriage s.Port navigation
Pilotage is compulsory for berthing and unberthing and anchoring. The service is provided by the Turkish Maritime Administration (TDİ) round the clock. Pilots meet vessels west of a line passing through the light on the breakwater of Kumkapi Fishing Boat Harbour on the European side ofMarmara Sea .Towage, not necessary for the vessels up to 2,000
GRT , and mooring boat is compulsory and arranged by pilot. The service is provided by the Port Authority round the clock.Future project
A tourism project is envisaged to evaluate land and achieve urban transformation, which came up 2003, foresees that Haydarpaşa will contribute to economic, cultural and social life through the station, port and hinterland. Haydarpaşa will be left inactive after the completion of the
Marmaray Project [cite web |url=http://www.ubak.gov.tr/ubak/en/proje.php |work=Republic of Turkey-Ministry of Transport |title=A Century Old Dream, The Maramaray Project Has Been Implemented... ] and removal of the port to thePort of Ambarlı , the second biggest port of Istanbul. [cite web |url=http://www.arkitera.com/v1/haberler/2003/12/01/ |title=Haydarpaşa Taşınıyor |date=2003-12-01 |work=Arkitera |language=Turkish ]ee also
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Bagdad Railway
*Haydarpaşa Terminal
*Marmaray References
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