Atakas Port, a branch of the Atakas Group, is a modern general-cargo and bulk cargo gateway in the Mediterranean, located in İskenderun, Hatay, Turkey. It was designed to support Turkey’s Mediterranean, Central Anatolia and Southeastern Anatolia trade flows with a handling capacity of 10 million tons per year.
The port’s infrastructure includes:
- A quay length of 716 meters, with a width of 35 meters.
- Berthing depth (draft) ranges from 9 meters to 27 meters, enabling accommodation of large vessels including Capesize and Super-Post-Panamax types (e.g. up to 350 m LOA with ~19.5 m draft)
- The port can serve up to 8 vessels simultaneously.
- Customs bonded area: 170,719 m²; non-bonded area: 67,000 m²
- Heavy lifting equipment such as Gottwald HMK 7608 cranes (140 ton), Gottwald HSK 7528 (125 ton), Sennebogen 880 EQ, plus various loaders, forklifts and support equipment.
With its capacity, deep draft, and modern equipment, Atakaş Port is positioned to handle large scale cargo operations—including project cargo and bulk imports/exports—making it a strategic maritime hub in southern Turkey.
