INTERMODAL - Combined Transport and Logistics System Magazine






ALIŞAN ACHIEVES 20 PERCENT GROWTH Alışan Lojistik continues to update its restructuring in 2011 in line with the global market requirements and by providing the most practical solutions and best channels to its customers, thanks to its specialized team.

ANKARA LOGISTICS BASE PREPARES FOR SECOND PHASE First phase of Ankara Logistics Base, the first logistics base of Turkey, started operations on 8 February 2010. Provisions are made for the second phase, where domestic transport companies will start operations in June 2011.

NEUTRAL INTERMODAL SOLUTIONS FOR TURKISH FORWARDERS Intercontainer Austria offers a stable service through an intermodal train running through Germany/Austria, Hungary, Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Turkey in both directions and offers a stable service in order to connect Germany and Austria with Turkey.

FROM THREE VISIONARY ENTREPRENEURS TO 1.800 EMPLOYEES Lütfi Aygüler, the Chairman of Balnak Logistics, underlined that future of logistics sector is combined -or in other words- intermodal transportation, and added: “Long distances will surely be covered via sea or railway.”

GROWTH IS THE MOTTO OF BORUSAN LOJİSTİK “We aim to grow in strategic locations both domestically and abroad and to accelerate our growth by using our available know-how. Our goal is to be one of the top 3 companies that offer international transportation services by 2015,” says Kaan Gürgenç.

CEY GROUP AIMS TO BE THE FIRST NAME COMING TO MIND Stating that Cey Group delivers high performance in producing rational projects, meeting sector demands, reaching total quality standards and providing customer satisfaction oriented services, Ali Avcı says; “Our primary aim is to be the first name coming to mind in our sector.”

ICL RECORDS 200 PERCENT GROWTH IN THREE YEARS Having the capability of providing any imaginable kind of global-scale logistics service, ICL grew by 200 percent in the last three years. The company started 2011 with 29 percent growth, while this rate is aimed to be at 40 percent level by the end of the year.

GREEN LOGISTICS THROUGH MULTIMODAL SOLUTIONS İnci Logistics moves towards becoming the first choice of the companies that aspire after a green world, by offering efficient multimodal services, which make use of different modes of transport in integration and sequence.

MATRIX LOGISTICS CONTINUES FAST GROWTH “Our firm, which would grow every year at least by 50 percent except 2009, the year of crisis, achieved 70 percent turnover increase in the second half of 2010 thanks to the recovery in commercial vehicles, automobile and construction sectors,” says Burak Savaşan.

OKURA DOUBLES WORKING CAPACITY Okura, having its expertise in project transportation, underwent a successful year by increasing their working capacity and turnover by 100 percent in 2010. Okura repeated their success also in the first quarter of 2011.

OMSAN OFFERS ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS TO THE BUSINESS WORLD Omsan Lojistik controls its intermodal transportation operations with 340 swap body containers and 205 rail cars based at a 13.000-sq m bonded and non-bonded terminal parallel to the İzmit Köseköy railroad.

ICL AND POLAR XP OPENS NEW WAREHOUSE ICL and Polar XP are going to further improve their operations with the help of the new 10-thousand-sq m warehouse opened at Tuzla Leather Industrial Zone, on the Asian side of İstanbul.

MANDATORY DIGITAL TACHOGRAPH POLICY: A NEW ERA FOR ROAD TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES The objective of digital tachograph usage enforcement by law is to apply the strict rules in international transport and to monitor the integration in a better way. Tachographs allow the information from the vehicle to be written on paper.

LARGER BUSINESS VOLUME THROUGH NEW COLLABORATIONS Arabacı comments, “Turkey, getting ready for the future with a significant infrastructure, will be at a very different point in four or five years. Next two or three years will be a very good period for the global players to invest in Turkey.”

TETNAK HAS GLOBAL AMBITIONS Successfully managing the global economic crisis period, Tetnak strengthened its service flow and infrastructure even further. The company continued its growth in 2011 in line with customer needs and takes firm steps forward becoming a global company.

“INCREASE IN FUEL PRICES DETERIORATED MARKET BALANCE” Transuniverse General Manager Eşref Aydınlı explains that they enjoyed 10 percent growth in 2010. According to Aydınlı, profit rates fall down despite increase in business volume.

TURKISH CARGO AIMS AT 62 PERCENT MARKET SHARE IN 2011 With cargo services to 170 destinations through online flights and an additionally more than 26 points where freighters serve, Turkish Cargo increased cargo shipment volume by 32 percent in 2010, in comparison to the previous year, and reached 330 thousand tons.

TÜRKER GROUP ASPIRES AFTER SECTOR LEADERSHIP Continuing investments in 2010, Türker Group of Companies moves forward to becoming sector leader by expanding storehouses and warehouses in various regions, enlarging its fleet and further improving technology utilization in logistics so as to meet every sector’s needs.

U.N RO-RO INTERESTED IN ALL LINES EX-TURKEY Gümüşoğlu states that they do not have plans for any lines that are outside of the Mediterranean basin or is not ex-Turkey. “We are interested in all north, south and westbound RO-RO lines. We will launch Istanbul-Constanza line in the upcoming days,” says Gümüşoğlu.

ULUSOY ENTERS BULK CARRIER MARKET Ulusoy entered into Bulk Carrier market and purchased two bulk carriers. The company also ordered two Kamsarmax vessels, each with 80.000 dwt, to be delivered by June 2011.

SMART SOLUTIONS FOR TRANSPORTING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES Vega`s success in the commercial vehicle industry is closely related with Turkey and the company started its operation in Turkey in 1992. Vega today is moving more than 10.000 commercial vehicles to/from Turkey and has a significant market share.