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June 2008 no : 8 / 302
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| Two Arkas companies win awards from Lloyd’s List
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Lloyd’s List handed out Shipping Awards to winners in the Turkish shipping world this year for the second time. Arkas Anadolu Logistics is declared the Shipping and Logistics Company of the Year, while EMES was pronounced the Liner Shipping Company of the Year. |
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Tekirdağ’s Akport Port now has access to its first regular container line.
In April, Arkas’ shipping company EMES added the port of Tekirdağ to its services to the Black Sea and Spain. |
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Autoport, the first car terminal in Turkey to serve multiple brands of cars, will begin operations in June. With capacity for handling 400,000 vehicles annually, Autoport will employ expert staff and advanced technology to provide manufacturers and exporters with dependable service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. |
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With a trade volume of over 1 trillion dollars and per capita income of over 33,000 dollars, France has the third largest economy in the European Union (EU) after Germany and Great Britain. Now that the number of its members has increased to 27 countries with the inclusion of Bulgaria and Romania, the EU controls 31 percent of world trade with a market of 450 million affluent residents. |
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On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of its founding, Dokuz Eylül University School of Maritime Business and Management presented Lucien Arkas, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Arkas Holding, with a plaque expressing gratitude for Arkas’ contribution to maritime education. |
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Business partners of Brisa, a company owned by Sabancı Holding, presented their efforts to improve processes at the 22nd Brisa Conference on Improvement, where a team from Arkas described how they cut Brisa’s logistics expenditures in half. |
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The railway has made a significant contribution to the development of the city of Mersin, which has a port that enables Turkish industrial and agricultural products to be shipped to foreign markets. Sea and rail connections make this city very strategic for logistics. However, in spite of the importance of cargo shipments, the passenger train station is quite humble. |
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Arkas Transport increased the number of trucks in its fleet to 416 with the addition of 31 Renault Premium tractor purchased in 2008, thus making a total investment of 15 million dollars in vehicles and equipment over the past three years. |
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| German logistics companies visit Schenker Arkas and Marport
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