STRATEGIC BUSINESS PARTNER WITH THE INTEGRATED LOGISTIC APPROACH

Strategically located at Gemlik Bay with ideal captive location serving the large, fast-growing, and diversified hinterland Borusan Port is the only Turkish port serving in 3 different segments; general cargo, container, and vehicle handling with substantial market shares.

Operating in multiple segments enables us to result in high resilience, high capacity utilization, and high financial performance. Today in Marmara Region, Borusan Port is the 1st biggest general cargo, 3rd biggest vehicle handling and 8th biggest container terminal in terms of volume handled.

Strategic Positioning

Borusan Port position as an integrated solution provider to customers with experience in steel & iron business in general cargo segment by seamless customer experience with the capabilities of equipment & terminal area, customer integrations, and strong IT systems and continuous improvement approach in process management.

As a trusted & boutique service provider in container segment, scale-independent customer-centric approach, berthing and crane availability, continuous and fast operation, liner& customer integrations and strong IT systems enables us to differentiate by customer touch & service quality in our region.

Our dedicated customer and account responsible approach in vehicle handling segment, and real-time and integrated information flow, flexible operation ability to customer demand fluctuations proactively guides the main customer.

Key Industries and Sectors Served

Automotive & Automotive Spare Parts

• One of the worldwide bases of automotive manufacturing
• Includes 60% of Turkey’s total auto manufacturing

Flat Steel and Steel Pipes

• Manufacturing of iron-steel alloy tube-pipe-profiles, metals, casting and other products

Textile

• Produces 75% of all synthetic yarn

Wood, Paper and Furniture

• Includes Turkey’s 1st furniture and wood products organized industrial zone

Mines-Marble, Chrome, Zinc, Manganese

• One of the leading Turkish bases for marble production

2019 Figures

Borusan Port handled 3 million tons general cargo, 206 thousand TEUs container, 267 thousand units vehicles in 2019.

General Cargo:

45.4% of 2019 revenue

• Type of goods carried include hot and cold rolled coils, spiral pipes and conventional pipes

Container:

36.3% of 2019 revenue

• Majority of the container throughput is O&D

Vehicle Handling:

18.2% of 2019 revenue

• Type of goods handled comprise mostly passenger cars, light commercial vehicles and high & heavy equipment

Sustainability in Borusan Port

As one of the first Green Ports in Turkey, Borusan Port decreases carbon footprint every year although handling volumes increase. In three years’ perspective, we aim to decrease our carbon emission by 10%.

CFS Area Renewal Project of Borusan Port

To increase safety at the port, the CFS area lay-out has been renewed. Best practices were benchmarked, and traffic flow, stuffing and stripping areas have been redesigned to shorten the walking distance and to improve security and safety in 2019.

Overhead Bridge Crane Investment of Borusan Port

Within the scope of ‘affordable and clean energy’ goal, Borusan Port invested in 4 OBCs both in the bonded and unbonded area with the storage capacity of 160 thousand tons. New OBC storage areas allow us to operate with electricity instead of diesel oil. 3D positioning systems implemented on OBCs by 2019 enabled us to digitalize the work queue system and improve safety by providing an unmanned working environment.

Women Empowerment

As Borusan Lojistik, we take the responsibility of a fragile societal issue like achieving gender equality by supporting its women employees as a matter of company policy, promoting gender equality, and providing infrastructure and financial support to enable women in other sectors of society to participate in professional life. Thus, we increased the number of site employees, especially Borusan Port. First time in 2019, we have employed 2 drivers in Port - Ro-Ro operation.

Borusan Port currently has 506 employees. To support gender equality in sustainable development goals, Borusan Port has the highest women number of site employees in Gemlik Ports.

Digital Initiatives of Borusan Port

State-of-art IT systems:

Borusan Port’s both in – house developed and world based recognized operational systems BOPSNET and NAVIS are integrated with customer systems. Besides, Borusan Port also provides real-time monitoring and booking tracking for customers via Borusan Port Mobile Application and Borusan Port Web Portal. Being fully integrated with customer systems.

Our 2020 vision is to renew technology & infrastructure need for ease of doing business to and provide efficiency by smart automation with low costs in labor-intensive operations.