# Izmir (TR IZM)

**UN/LOCODE:** TR IZM  
**Country:** Turkey  
**Water Body:** Aegean Sea; Mediterranean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Large  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Natural)  
**GPS:** 38.4333, 27.1333

The code TR IZM marks Izmir, historic Smyrna and the leading container port on Turkey's Aegean coast. Its Alsancak terminal offers seven container berths, around 1,050 metres of quay and roughly 13 metres of depth, for an annual capacity near 1.165 million TEU. Actual box throughput has fallen sharply, from about 390,300 TEU in 2022 to roughly 261,900 TEU in 2023, reflecting the draught and capacity limits of an inner-city port. Alongside containers it handles breakbulk and, via reefer plugs, temperature-controlled farm exports — figs, raisins, olive oil and citrus from the Aegean hinterland. State railway TCDD runs the port under the sovereign wealth fund TWF; a long-planned privatisation stalled when talks with AD Ports of the UAE ended without a deal in February 2025, with Turkish investors since in the frame. Direct rail and motorways link the western Anatolian hinterland. For deep-draught mega-boxships or bulk parcels, shippers turn to Aliaga (Nemrut Bay) or the southern port of Mersin.

## Transit Times & Routes

- [Istanbul → Shanghai](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/istanbul-shanghai)
- [Istanbul → Shenzhen](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/istanbul-shenzhen)
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- [Istanbul → Busan](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/istanbul-busan)

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*Freight Academy — Seaport Profile: [https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/izmir-port-tr-izm](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/izmir-port-tr-izm)*

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