Turkey

MSC carrying aid to Turkey

Turkish Airlines Cargo put Turkey on the map for air cargo, but companies like MNG Airlines and Air Anka are adding to the competition.

This week: CMA CGM donates 12,000 turkeys, Gopuff donates $100,000 to fight food insecurity and supports rapper Quavo’s turkey drive, and SC Ports’ employees donate their Thanksgiving gift cards to a local food bank.

2006: Istanbul-based freight forwarder Advance International has made use of international agency plans to re-establish reliable landbridge routes between the two continents.

“The EU stands ready to help,” said the President of the European Parliament about the deadly earthquake in Turkey and Greece.

The Mediterranean Sea has become a hotbed of conflict as Turkey and Greece clash over oil, and that is putting BCOs in a difficult spot.

TIRPORT’s marketplace allows companies to manage, report and track loads during their truck hauls.

The fake Oral-B toothbrush heads, which arrived at Philadelphia airport from Turkey, were likely made in “unsanitary facilities with substandard materials,” U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.

The Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation ordered the revocation of export licenses linked to violators of the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act.

President Trump directed the removal of sanctions against the Turkish defense and energy ministries on Oct. 23.

The Trump administration said the Turkish government satisfied the five-day ceasefire commitment in northern Syria.

The Trump administration takes aim at financial assets of Turkish government agencies and officials linked to military strikes in Syria, but Congress may legislate broader sanctions in the days ahead.

The Graham-Van Hollen sanctions bill would cut off Turkey from U.S. military equipment and parts, as well as target foreign support of the country’s oil and gas production used by its armed forces.

Resit Tavan, owner of Istanbul-based Ramor Dis Ticaret Ltd., will spend 27 months in jail for conspiring to export U.S. marine equipment to Iran.

The lira is down more than 40% this year, battered by concerns about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization member’s political and economic stability and a continuing trade tensions with the U.S.

TIRPORT, a startup from Istanbul, understands the Turkish freight market potential and believes it can bring change to a system that urgently needs a revamp to stay ahead of the times.