The construction of the future duisport’s bimodal terminal in Kartepe, 150 kilometres southeast of Istanbul, Türkiye, is entering its final stages. The first trains and trucks should start rolling in at the beginning of 2025, the company said.
The first construction phase of the facility, named Railport, started in September 2023. Duisport is cooperating with Arkas Holding, one of Türkiye’s largest container operators. “The joint project for transshipment between rail and truck is being built specifically on the future southern Silk Road”, duisport underlined.
Now that the ground has been drained and prepared, over the next eight weeks, six kilometres of rail tracks will be laid in the terminal area, which covers an area of 26,5 hectares equalling 37 football fields. “With a double-digit million sum, the Railport project is duisport’s largest foreign investment”, the company added.
