İskenderun Harbor is a

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harbor of Turkey. It is at in

İskenderun İskenderun ( ar, الإسكندرونة, el, Αλεξανδρέττα "Little Alexandria"), historically known as Alexandretta and Scanderoon, is a city in Hatay Province on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Names The city was founded as Ale ...

, Hatay Province.

History

The harbor project goes back to 1911 when the construction was planned by the

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administration of Haydarpaşa during the

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. But because of the

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difficulties, the project could not be realized. The inner harbor was constructed by the French government between 1918-1937 when the city of İskenderun was under French rule. After the proclamation of the

Hatay Republic Hatay State ( tr, Hatay Devleti; french: État du Hatay; ar , دولة هاتاي ''Dawlat Hatāy''), also known informally as the Republic of Hatay ( ar , جمهورية هاتاي ''Jumhūriyya Hatāy''), was a transitional political entity t ...

and the merging to Turkey in 1939, the harbor was incorporated into the Turkish State Port Authorities. The harbor was rebuilt and enlarged in 1953, 1956, 1964 and 1972. On 20 December 2004 the infrastructure was handed over to Limak Company as part of the privatization program. A large fire broke out at the port on 6 February 2023 after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake. The port received extensive structural damage and operations ceased in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake. Many shipping containers also toppled during the earthquake; the blaze was thought to have been started by a toppled container.

Technical details

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History

Technical details

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