en.Wedoany.com Reported - Medlog Gemicilik has added the 200-meter-long, 2,553 TEU container ship MED Antalya to the Turkish merchant fleet, bringing its Turkish-flagged vessels to 13. Meanwhile, Asyaport Port in Tekirdağ Province has become Turkey's first facility to receive a Green Port certificate.

The Green Port certificate award ceremony and the flag-raising ceremony for the MED Antalya were held at Asyaport.

Hızır Gökçe Gülelçe, Technical Manager of Medlog Gemicilik, noted that the company, a vessel-owning entity operating under the MSC Group, now has a total of 13 Turkish-flagged ships after the addition of the MED Antalya, with a combined capacity of 23,000 TEU. He also mentioned that the MSC Group operates over 1,000 container ships globally.

Besim Dönmez, Operations, Construction, and Infrastructure Manager of Asyaport, stated that after completing work to reduce carbon emissions and the port's environmental impact, the facility obtained the Green Port certificate in accordance with regulations from Turkey’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure. Ünal Baylan, Director General of the Turkish Maritime Authority, presented the certificate to Asyaport Chairman Ahmet Soyuer.

Subsequently, Recep Soytürk, Governor of Tekirdağ Province, presented a plaque to Medlog Lojistik Chairman Emre Soyuer, and the Turkish flag was raised on the MED Antalya. Soytürk noted that Tekirdağ Province has 14 organized industrial zones and 3 industrial zones, with approximately 199,000 industrial workers, including 7,500 engineers. The province's export volume was $13.2 billion in both 2024 and 2025, and it has one airport and three ports, with Asyaport ranking first in Turkey for container handling volume. He also revealed that the Tekirdağ Province logistics center project has been underway for about three years, with the site selected and meetings held with relevant ministries and industrial zones.

Medlog Gemicilik is recognized as the company responsible for vessel operations under the MSC Group.

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