Özet:

The port of Aliaga is located in Çandarlı Gulf. The port has a strategic importance in terms of geographical position both nationally and internationally. The natural environmental factors and industrialization have been effective on establishment and development of the Port of Aliaga. The piers built for the purpose of carrying the specific loads of industrial companies at the beginning, has now turned out to be a common port which a wide variety of goods are loaded as a result of the increasing industrial and port services day by day. In the port of Aliaga, there are 36 piers belong to 12 industrial companies. The total length of the piers is approximately 8.849 meters long. A world-class service has been provided with the modern technical equipment in those piers. The annual shipping capacity of Aliaga Port is 9.999 ships per year. Among the Port premises, the piers of Tüpraş, Habaş and Petkim have stood out in terms of the total weight of goods loaded and discharged. The Ship Breaking Recycling Yard- being the only ship recycling premise of our countrylocated in Port area, has a distinct importance. The Port of Aliağa has been ranked the third among the ports in the country in terms of total cargo tonnage handled and vessel traffic. Today, the Port has become the alternative to Izmir port, even it has been much more developed functionally. Despite all these traits of it, The Aliağa Port has not been widely-known. In this study, the subjects such as the geographical position of Aliaga Port, characteristics of its natural environment, the establishment and development of it, goods loading, its rank among our country’s ports, its hinterland, its effects upon Aliaga province, its connection to industrial sector, the problems limiting the improvement of the port and the proposed solutions for them. The study is aimed at contributing to the importance of the Port across the country and promotion of it through a geographical perspective

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