Borusan Port is a service provider in a hinterland that expands rapidly with a broad range of product groups and boasts a strategic location in the Gemlik Region. Borusan Port is the only Turkish port can be serving in 3 different segments, general cargo, container and vehicle handling with substantial market shares.

Operating in multiple segments enables the company to deliver 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 is positioned as an integrated solution provider for customers with experience in steel & iron businesses in the general cargo segment by seamless customer experience with the capabilities of equipment & terminal area, customer integrations with strong IT systems and continuous improvement approach in process management.

As a trusted & boutique service provider in the container segment, a customer-centric approach, high berthing and equipment availability, customer integrations, and strong IT systems enable it to differentiate by customer touch & service quality in its region.

As Turkey's third biggest port in the vehicle handling segment, Borusan Port's dedicated customer and account responsible approach, coupled with real-time and integrated information flow, as well as flexible operation ability to customer demand fluctuations proactively guide the main customer.

Key Industries and Sectors Served

Automotive & Automotive Spare Parts
• One of the worldwide bases of automotive manufacturing
• 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

2020 Business Results
• Borusan Port handled 2.9 m tons in general cargo, 176 k TEUs in container, and 218 k units in vehicle handling.
• Borusan Port maintains to be the market leader in general cargo thanks to the located this hinterland, long term operational experience and competence and its special equipment.
• Wind power investments and incentives that have recently soared in Turkey, as in the rest of the world, allowed the company to handle 25 thousand tons project cargo.
• The only port in Turkey providing services in three different segments that have their own unique dynamics with substantial market shares, Borusan Port accounts for 85.5% in the general cargo market and 57.8% in the vehicle handling market in the Gemlik Region. As for the container segment, it holds 21.3% of the market share.

Business Volumes
General Cargo: 2.9 million tons
Container: 176 thousand TEUs
Vehicles Handled: 218 thousand units

Successful Digital Transformation Underway
As successful digital transformation efforts are underway, Borusan Port has moved equipment and hand-held terminals to Android and fully revamped its technology and infrastructure. It has also introduced 3D addressing systems to labor-intensive areas where smart automation could be deployed. Meanwhile, the company serves with a world-class IT infrastructure with NAVIS SPARCS N4, a software program preferred by global terminals in container operations.

"BOPSNET", specially designed to port special requirements by the in-house IT team, is a software program that allows traceability and instant reporting from the moment of entry into the port. As a result, customer-specific integrations have been made, positioning Borusan Port as a strategic business partner generating solutions for its customers.

In an attempt to tackle the ongoing pandemic COVID-19, Borusan Port initiated a process that will enable case maps to be accessed in case of possible cases. Having deployed this software to help employees remain in a safe social distance with heavy equipment and one another by this means the company contributed notably to occupational safety.

Firm Steps Towards Sustainability
Borusan Port has set "Affordable and Clean Energy" – Goal 7 among the 17 Sustainable Development Goals under the United Nations Development Program - as its main theme. One of Turkey's first ports with Green / Eco Port certification in Turkey, Borusan Port decreases carbon footprint every year although handling volumes increase. Reducing carbon emissions by 5% to 10% within the next three years is a priority for the company. In addition, Borusan Port started generating energy with its solar power system, which became operational as a pilot project in the port area in 2020.

Contributing to Borusan Holding's "Equal Borusan" movement, Borusan Port conducts activities geared towards "Gender Equality", one of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Contributing to Borusan Holding's "Equal Borusan" movement, Borusan Port conducts activities geared towards "Gender Equality", one of the Sustainable Development Goals. Borusan Port, which sees ensuring gender equality as a corporate responsibility in all areas, is today the port with the highest female employees in operations compared to other ports in the Gemlik Region.

Borusan Port, which sees ensuring gender equality as a corporate responsibility in all areas, is today the port with the highest female employees in operations compared to other ports in the Gemlik Region.

Measures Taken to Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ports have played a significant role in ensuring the continuity of the supply chain in the face of the challenges brought along by the COVID-19 pandemic that hit the world. Besides it being a public health issue, the pandemic has had an economic and social impact and many industries had to suspend or stop their operations. However, maritime operations continued with no interruption and the share of sea transport has grown to ensure the continuity of supply chains.

While keeping operations up and running during these trying times, Borusan Port created safe working areas for all employees and stakeholders with the motto, "I protect my employees, my business and my stakeholders” since the first period of the epidemic. Borusan Port has determined the health of its employees as a top priority while continuing to provide uninterrupted service delivery thanks to its strong digital infrastructure.

Borusan Port continues to take measures for hygiene and health, for common use areas, for visiting and travel planning, for working order and meeting order, and for material and supply planning in order to ensure business continuity. Measures for hygiene and health include measurement of fever at the entrances to the port, daily disinfection of field, office and construction equipment, placing disinfectants in all areas and using disinfection cabinets made in-house by the maintenance team. Actions taken for common use areas include the cancellation of fingerprint systems at the port entrance and cafeteria, restriction of the use of dressing rooms, reduction of capacities in the service and cafeteria, and the abolition of the use of common items such as computers and mice. Borusan Port, which also restricts the acceptance of visitors, ship personnel, agents and customers to the port area, prevents possible risks by ensuring that ship personnel enter and exit the port areas with agency vehicles and by carrying all the paperwork to digital platforms. On the other hand, Borusan Port aims to comply with the new order working norms and to reduce the risk by switching to hybrid working model for other roles except field roles and holding the meetings on online platforms with re-planning the working and meeting arrangements.

Global Occupational Health and Safety Standards
Borusan Port declared the 2020 operating period the "Cultural Transformation in Occupational Health and Safety", whilst organizing an "OHS Motto Contest" to help employees at all levels internalize this culture. A huge number of field staff joined the contest, which chose "Make Your Work Safe, Take Your Life Safe" as the motto to be used throughout the year. In line with this motto, the Occupational Health and Safety and Environment Department held regular meetings with field staff under the heading "Talks For Safety”. This represented an OHS model that given a consider all voices from the field and taken action accordingly.

Occupational safety rules that play a critical role to prevent occupational accidents have been communicated with under the title "10 Basic Safety Rules" for employees’ awareness-raising purposes. BOS on site tours were initiated with operational managers to minimize unsafe behavior, one of the major causes of occupational accidents.

In addition to all legal health and safety requirements, Borusan Port has issued Port OHS and Environmental Management Guide for providing port suppliers a healthier and safer working area. Borusan Port delivered a total of 7,351 hours of Occupational Health and Safety Training in 2020, meeting legal requirements and demonstrating an important development that makes a difference in the sector by increasing employee awareness.

Contribution to Community
• COVID-19 support packages were delivered to employees' parents who are over 65 years of age
• Under the "Auction for Good" project, raised funds via Borusan Araç İhale and Lokman Hekim Health Foundation for the families of healthcare workers who lost their lives on the frontlines during the pandemic
• Sharing the products purchased in the "Auction for Good" project with the children in the Gemlik Care Home
• Presenting gifts to children at the Gemlik Care Home during Eids
• Providing hygiene support to Gemlik Borusan Primary School
• Taking part of "What's on the Hanger" project
• Repairing the metal garbage containers used at the port; sending them to the schools in the Gemlik Region to raise children's awareness on recycling
• Establishing blue lid collection points at 10 locations for delivery to the Spinal Cord Paralytics Association of Turkey

Future Objectives
Borusan Port will maintain its existing market share in its three segments where it demonstrates a holistic logistics approach in port management. Sustaining its position as a distinctive port in its region thanks to its long-standing experience in general cargo, terminal area, equipment, strong IT infrastructure, and 3PL, as well as customs integrations.

Meanwhile, Borusan Port will maintain and cement its position as the only port that can handle all project cargo loads in the Gemlik region and its adjacent hinterland and therefore remain the preferred destination in this area. As for the container segment, Borusan Port will remain as a trusted boutique service provider to global lines in its region through tapping into its continuous and fast operations and scale independent customer approach.

In vehicle handling segment, Borusan Port aims to serve as the only export port for main customer by providing complementary terminal services besides loading, discharging, and storage services.

Alongside all these goals set for better service delivery, Borusan Port will continue sustainability activities throughout the year, while intensifying efforts for a better future and working to generate benefits for society.