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[ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE] INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENTS

Borusan Lojistik

Port Site

Expansion Investment

We carried out port site expansion work to lion. With this investment which also be
create a safer storage area for the clients effective in growing our market share, we
in terms of occupational safety and client increased the number of Ro-Ro lines to 5
property in addition to fulfilling the neces- by adding another one in October 2016.
sity to increase the vehicle site capacity at

Borusan Port due to growing vehicle in- Borusan Port that focuses on preserving
dustry. natural resources and being sustainable in
all its operations and offered services was
Vehicle capacity at the port increased by entitled to obtain ‘Green Port’ certificate Borusan Lojistik
40% as a result of the project which we upon document and site controls conduct- WPP* Logistics
built closed, backfill storage on 28,5 thou- ed by Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs
sand m2 area with a budget of USD 3 mil- and Communication in 2016. (*WIND POWER PLANTS)

Wind power has become one of the most to reasons such as opening new roads.
crucial channels to reach clean energy.
We focused on heavy freight investments We accomplished 10 sets of turbines
to solve energy sector issues by devel- transportation in 2016 for Fuat WPP. We

oping beneficial and distinctive solutions. carried 30 rotor blades from 300 meters of
We commissioned our rotor blade adaptor sea level to 1,100 meters. We eliminated
project, which makes a huge difference in approximately 10,000 trucks load of exca-
transportation of Wind Power Plants, as a vation thanks to this technology. In addi-
first in Turkey with a USD 2 million invest- tion, we preserved ecological balance by
ment. We expanded our heavy vehicle pool preventing more than 100 thousand m soil
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and increased our service capacity by in- loss.

vesting in new 8 and 10 axle trailers, 6x4
tow trucks and rotor blade adaptor. Our first-year target is to carry 40 WPP
turbines of our 7 turbine producers. Also,
Through blade adaptor technology, we can we aim to carry 300 units of rotor blades
carry rotor blades with a 50 degrees an- and towers each annually in the WPP ex-
gle from the ground, turning them 110 de- port market originated by the increase in
grees right or left. Hence, we reduce cost of the number of local producers in parallel to
building roads and minimize idle time due sectoral development.

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