Port of Haydarpaşa
| Port of Haydarpaşa | |
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Port of Haydarpaşa | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Location | Haydarpaşa, Istanbul |
| Coordinates | 41°00′12″N 29°00′50″E / 41.00333°N 29.01389°E |
| UN/LOCODE | TRHAY |
| Details | |
| Opened | 1899 |
| Operated by | Turkish State Railways |
| No. of berths | 21 |
| No. of piers | 2 |
| Port operations director | Musa Sırt |
| Container | 1,200 vessels/year at 5 terminals |
| Ro-ro and ro-pax | 360 vessels/year |
| General cargo | 1,134 cargo ships/year |
| Statistics | |
| Website http://www.tcdd.gov.tr/home/detail/?id=273 | |
The Port of Haydarpaşa, also known as the Port of Haidar Pasha (Turkish: Haydarpaşa Limanı) or the Port of Istanbul, is a general cargo seaport, ro-ro and container terminal, situated in Haydarpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey at the southern entrance to the Bosphorus, near Haydarpaşa Station. It is operated by the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) and serves a hinterland which includes the country's most industrialised areas.
It is the largest port in Istanbul, and the second-largest in the Marmara Region, after Ambarlı. With an annual cargo volume exceeding six million metric tons (MT), it is Turkey's fourth-biggest port after Mersin, Ambarlı, Istanbul and Izmir.