MARITIME TRADE 5 July 2007. Osman Özçelik interview ahead vast

Çebi Denizcilik A.Sh. General Manager Engin Özçelik explained that with the extension of the Martaş Port Pier for another 100 meters, Capesize dry bulk carriers can easily dock at Martaş with a full load.
Captain Çebi Denizcilik A., Who pointed out that the daily scrap evacuation for Iron and Steel Industry facilities exceeded the limit of 10,000 tons.Sh. Engin Özçelik, General Manager, said that they carried out an average of 15,000 tons of billet iron and steel finished product loading per day for iron and steel finished product loading. Özçelik noted that Martaş is a very important port for the export of iron and steel products manufactured at the Kaptan Iron and Steel Industry factory, as well as dry bulk ships belonging to the import of scrap iron and steel belonging to the Kaptan Group of Companies.

evacuation of 10 thousand tons of scrap
Engin Özçelik reminded that Martaş is open to third-party companies and said that the share of services in this area is about 20 percent of the total Martaş port activity. Stating that increasing the annual handling capacity of Martaş is inevitable given the increase in import and export cargoes, Özçelik announced that an intensive effort has been made to serve at full capacity by the end of this year due to the fact that the annual capacity has reached 2.5 million tons. Stating that the daily scrap evacuation continues as a total of 10 thousand tons and more, Engin Özçelik gave the following information;”I must say that an average of 15,000 tons per day is loaded as the production of Kaptan Demir Çelik Industrisi. We also intend to increase the share of services provided to ships or cargoes owned by third-party companies in Martaş.”

Kaptan Iron and Steel Industry and Trade of Kaptan Group of Companies. The iron and steel factory represented by AŞ, Kaptan Metal Foreign Trade and Transport INC, Çebi Denizcilik ve Tic. AŞ, Çebi Enerji Üretim A.Ş., Nur Shipping and Trade. Emphasizing that AŞ and Martaş Port Facilities consist of AŞ, Engin Özçelik said about port investments; “We have completed all our investment projects to ensure that Martaş Port can respond to the freight demands of the day and the future in the most effective way, and the work we have been carrying out with official authorities since last year was completed before April.”

Çebi group of companies investments in various industrial and trade sectors of iron and steel as an example of a joint study with the captain of a Japanese group showed significant improvement, indicating that the Vast Ozcelik, it is still in the project phase of the study, if approved by both parties, except shipping, could be invested in other areas, he added..