Guides

How surveys and port services work in Turkish ports, written for owners, charterers, traders and survey companies.

Surveys

• Draft survey in Turkey: how it works, how long it takes, what to prepareHow a draft survey is done in Turkish ports, who may carry it out, how long it takes, and what the ship and the parties should prepare. With links to authorized surveyors by port.
• On/off-hire and hold condition survey in Turkey: what is checked and why it mattersWhat an on-hire or off-hire survey records, how holds are inspected for cleanliness and damage, which cleanliness standards apply, and how to avoid disputes at delivery and redelivery.
• Bunker survey in Turkey: quantity on board and bunker deliveriesHow bunker quantity surveys and bunker delivery surveys are done in Turkish ports: soundings, temperature and density corrections, sampling, and the usual causes of short deliveries.
• Damage survey in Turkish ports: ship damage and cargo damageHow ship damage and cargo damage surveys are handled in Turkish ports: who appoints the surveyor, what is recorded, why timing matters, and how joint surveys reduce disputes.
• Tally and cargo supervision in Turkish ports: loading and dischargeWhat a tally clerk and a supervising surveyor do during loading and discharge in Turkish ports, what the outturn report contains, and how it protects buyers, sellers and owners.

Cargo quality

• Scrap quality inspection in Turkey: HMS grades, foreign material, hold-by-hold reportsHow imported ferrous scrap is inspected at discharge in Turkish ports: grades such as HMS 1, HMS 2 and shredded, foreign material and oversize, radiation checks, and hold-by-hold reporting.
• Coal inspection in Turkey: sampling, analysis and safety at dischargeHow imported thermal and coking coal is sampled and analysed at Turkish ports, what the contract parameters mean, and the self-heating and gas checks done in the holds.
• Grain inspection in Turkey: wheat, corn and oilseeds at dischargeHow imported wheat, corn, barley and oilseeds are inspected at Turkish ports: hold condition, sampling, quality tests, insects, fumigation and the plant health checks that come with them.
• Fertilizer inspection in Turkey: urea, DAP, potash and ammonium nitrateHow bulk fertilizer is inspected at Turkish ports: physical condition, caking and moisture, sampling for nutrient content, and the extra controls on ammonium nitrate.
• Iron ore and mineral inspection in Turkey: sampling, assays and moisture limitsHow iron ore and other ores and minerals are inspected in Turkish ports: sampling, chemical assays, size distribution, and the moisture limits that keep fine ores safe to carry.

Other port services

• Underwater camera survey in Turkey: when it is needed and who may do itWhen a ship needs an underwater hull and propeller inspection in a Turkish port, what the diver records, and the Ministry of Transport certificate a company must hold to do it.
• Hull thickness measurement in Turkey: class surveys and who may measureWhy ships need ultrasonic thickness measurement of their steel, when classification societies require it, how it is done, and which companies in Turkey hold the Ministry certificate.
• Ship agents in Turkey: what they do and how a proforma disbursement account worksWhat a ship agent does in a Turkish port, the difference between owners', charterers' and protecting agents, and what goes into a proforma disbursement account.
• UGK authorization in Turkey: which inspection company may inspect which cargoWhat the Turkish Ministry of Trade authorization for inspection companies means, how the customs tariff chapters on it work, and how to read it before appointing a surveyor.

Port guides

• İstanbul port guide: terminals, cargoes and surveysThe terminals of İstanbul, the kind of cargo they usually handle, and practical notes for surveys and port calls.
• Aliağa and İzmir port guide: terminals, cargoes and surveysThe terminals of Aliağa, the Nemrut Bay and İzmir and the kind of cargo they usually handle, with practical notes for surveys and port calls.
• Mersin port guide: terminals, cargoes and surveysThe Port of Mersin and the other terminals on the Mersin coast, the kind of cargo they usually handle, and practical notes for surveys and port calls.
• Kocaeli and İzmit Bay port guide: terminals, cargoes and surveysThe terminals of the İzmit Bay, from Gebze and Dilovası to Körfez, Derince and Gölcük, the kind of cargo they usually handle and practical notes for surveys.
• Zonguldak and Ereğli port guide: terminals, cargoes and surveysThe ports of the western Black Sea coast around Zonguldak and Karadeniz Ereğli, the kind of cargo they usually handle and practical notes for surveys.
• Iskenderun port guide: terminals, cargoes and surveys in the Iskenderun BayThe terminals of the Iskenderun Bay and what they handle, from scrap and steel to fertilizer and containers, with practical notes for surveys and port calls.
• Gemlik port guide: terminals, cargoes and surveysThe terminals of Gemlik, the kind of cargo they usually handle, and practical notes for surveys and port calls.
• Bandırma port guide: terminals, cargoes and surveysThe terminals of Bandırma, the kind of cargo they usually handle, and practical notes for surveys and port calls.
• Tekirdağ and Marmara Ereğlisi port guide: terminals, cargoes and surveysThe terminals of Tekirdağ and Marmara Ereğlisi, the kind of cargo they usually handle, and practical notes for surveys and port calls.
• Çanakkale port guide: terminals, cargoes and surveysThe terminals of Çanakkale, the kind of cargo they usually handle, and practical notes for surveys and port calls.
• Samsun port guide: terminals, cargoes and surveysThe terminals of Samsun, the kind of cargo they usually handle, and practical notes for surveys and port calls.
• Antalya port guide: terminals, cargoes and surveysThe terminals of Antalya, the kind of cargo they usually handle, and practical notes for surveys and port calls.
• Güllük port guide: terminals, cargoes and surveysThe terminals of Güllük, the kind of cargo they usually handle, and practical notes for surveys and port calls.