News / Ekol Logistics takes control of port of Triest's ro-ro terminal operator

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Fast-growing multimodal Turkish logistics firm Ekol has bought a 65% stake in Europa Multipurpose Terminals (EMT), the ro-ro terminal operator in the Italian port of Trieste, its main European gateway.

Ekol’s ro-ro shipping subsidiary, Alternative Transport, operates four weekly services between the Haydarpasa terminal in Istanbul to Trieste, and one a week to the French Mediterranean port of Sete.

Trieste has also acted as its intermodal hub for Europe, with 44 weekly train services running from there to Cologne and Ludwigshafen in Germany, and ...