Container Impasse in Kayseri Industry

The container impasse in Kayseri industry: Postponement of the opening at Boğazköprü Logistics Village to 2017, Arkas Transport's transportation of the container park at OSB to Mersin increased the transportation problems in Kayseri industry. Some industrialists had to rent containers from Mersin said.
The opening of the Boğazköprü Logistics Village, where the artisans of Kayseri were hoping, remained in another spring. General Directorate of State Railways started to be established in 2009 in the logistic village, due to the prolongation of land expropriation process, construction work has been hampered, so the opening may hang next year.
The delay of the logistics village and Arkas Transport's dismantling of the container park in OSB and moving it to Mersin left the industrialists in Kayseri in a difficult situation. Logistics village; Kayseri, İncesu and Mimarsinan OIZs were established at the junction point of Kayseri - Mersin and Kayseri - Ankara railway lines near Oymaağaç village to bring the products of the companies operating in the Kayseri Free Zone to the domestic and foreign markets. In the logistic village built on an area of ​​approximately 1 million square meters and containing a container park, some of the loading ramps and service units were completed and put into service. It was reported that the logistics village, which was previously announced to be opened in 2015, but whose construction works were delayed due to the prolongation of land expropriation, can only be opened in 2017 if the deficiencies are eliminated.
Halis Ozkaya, chairman of the board of directors of Incesu OSB, said that the delay in the logistics village put the companies that are producing in the city into trouble. Özkaya, de When the State Railways Administration started the construction of the logistic village, we were happy as every industrialist who shipped products. However, the construction of 2 and 3, which was said to be over the years, has delayed the industrialists. Arkas opened its container park in Kayseri at the time of the construction of the logistic village. It was good. The industrialist who had difficulty in the transport of goods was considered relatively relieved. However, the company took the containers to Mersin. I mean, it got harder. Industrialists suffering from transport, now renting containers from Mersin is trying to do its job, "he said.
'Shipping problems affected businesses one-to-one'
Kayseri OSB Manager Ali Yaprak, the transportation problem in their own region is affected by the enterprises that produce production by stating that er Arkas Shipping-Transport, approximately 7 year has served in our region. The company has been operating on its own 7 bin 200 square meter area with its container services and the tools and equipment used in the transportation works. The fact that the park is at the main entrance of the OSB was an important advantage for the businesses here. With the removal of the parking space occurred, Park he said.
Mehmet Ozkantar, Manager of Kayseri Free Zone, emphasized that it is important to provide easy access to the market. Için Kayseri is easily accessible to Mersin Port. This also applies to some other export points. When we look at the question from this point of view, the importance of Boğazköprü Logistics Village has come to light. Dan
Its goods and cargo capacity will reach 1.7 billion tons
According to the information given, infrastructure investments will be completed with the introduction of the Boğazköprü Logistics Village industrial goods produced in the region will be easily accessible to the export ports, and Kayseri's capacity to transport goods and cargo out of the province, will increase to 1.7 billion tons. Due to the prolongation of the land expropriation process, the construction works have been carried out gradually in the logistic village, with the ramps and the majority of the service units. Loading and transport services in the parts of the village, which have been completed, have been carried out by the private sector for a while. Bogazkopru Logistic Village to work with full capacity to make the work done, after the opening of the private sector to be more useful to be operated by the business sector and transport companies learned that contacted.
“We have been supporting our customers in Kayseri for 16 years without interruption”
Arkas Logistics made a statement on the subject, Assistant General Manager Onur Göçmez, said: "As an organization believing that the future of Turkey in Anatolia; We continue to provide on-site service to our customers with our 10 team of people in Kayseri, which is one of the leading cities in Anatolia. Arkas Logistics has been providing railway, warehousing, road and forwarding services in Kayseri since 2000. While we are using another company's warehouse in Boğazköprü train station, we have been going to Keykubat train station in Kayseri Organized Industrial Zone for the last four years and we have continued without interrupting our activities. At Keykubat we continue to support our customers in Kayseri with our railway and highway transportations to ports at the already existing terminal on the 7000 square meter railway connection. We are planning to continue our growth in Anatolia. Anadolu