Port Operations / Services:

• Port Operations / Services:

• • 16 ports (operating rights) have been privatized.
  • 50 per cent of exports and 59 per cent of imports were transported via ports in 2004.
  • There is a need to analyze the efficiency improvement after privatization.
  • Relatively high red-tape and customs procedures are reported to remain.
  • Mersin Port, which accounts 11 per cent of exports processing, has been transferred to a foreign Turkish consortium in 2007.