The Chairman of Board Ergun Arıburnu inspected Tanger Med Port
OMSAN will set sail for world’s seas through ports

OMSAN Logistics, one of the greatest actors of logistics industry, took action to find a port similar to Tanger Med to make Türkiye to a “super logistics hub”. Also, all port opportunities around the world are now in OMSAN Logistics’ radar.
OMSAN Logistics, one of the flagships of OYAK , has gone into action both to realize its own growth plans and make Türkiye a logistics hub of its region. The fact that logistics, one of the leading industries OYAK will focus in the next 5 years, is one of the greatest mainstays of OMSAN being on the eve of making strategic decisions. OMSAN will be the haven of OYAK in the world arena with its desire to be first a regional and then a global power.
In the focus of the growth plan of OMSAN, lies the strategy of having a say at the world ports. For this purpose, Ergun Arıburnu, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of OMSAN paid a first visit to Tanger Med Port in Morocco, which has become the largest port of the Mediterranean Sea and is among the largest 20 ports in the world.

“A must-have project for Türkiye”

Signalling the new investments and visioner steps that will bring Türkiye’s logistics capacity to the next level in the world league, Arıburnu told that Türkiye has the potential to found a “logistics super hub” similar to Tanger Med thanks to the Türkiye’s increasing trading volume of Türkiye, particularly of Marmara Region, the Türkiye’s growing exports of automotive and railway-seaway integration. “Türkiye has the potential to found such a hub under the leadership of OMSAN,” said Arıburnu, noting that such a hub is a must-have project for Türkiye, which aims to be the “Logistics Base” of its region.

Arıburnu emphasized that Türkiye is OYAK is the most dynamic powers of Turkish economy, using the expressions “No doubt, such great visions and projects must be led by powerful organizations like OYAK. We desire to found a port like Tanger Med. Because, currently, we, with our Japanese partners, operate the Port Yarımca, which is one of the largest and most precious ports of Türkiye. We have an unparalleled experience. The transformation led by OYAK is the strongest corporate will that will bring our nation to the target. We want to make use of this and similar projects. Our radar is on for any opportunity that will knock our door in the world,”

Logistics is not a choice but a vital necessary

“Today, what determines the competition is not cost but speed, integration and supply chain safety. That is why it is a strategical must for Türkiye to invest in integrated ports, powerful maritime, and railway integration. Therefore, it is now not a choice but a vital necessity for the national economy,” said Arıburnu, pointing the importance of logistics industry for nations, and underlining that logistics and potential are now the determinant of the national competitive power in the production and trade processes.
Conveying his analysis of and impressions on Tanger Med, the Chairman Arıburnu said: “the economic volume of more than 17 billion dollars formed by an industrial and logistics area of 5 thousand hectares in total, a developed investment area of 3 thousand hectares, and more than one thousand and 400 investors shows very clearly why Tanger Med has won the world league”, using the expressions: “While world trade is being reshaped, this structure at the intersection of Africa, Europe and the Middle East is not only a port but a strategical platform that change the regional power distribution in production and logistics. Here has the largest automotive production capacity of Africa and the Middle East, offering an integrated production ecosystem with its electronic, textile, aviation and agricultural industries. The power of global connections is the corner stone of this success. Access to more than 180 ports and 70 countries, capability to arrive China in 20 days, Rotterdam in 3 days and the America in 6 days placed this structure in the centre of the global supply chain.”

“Türkiye will be the junction point of global trade”

Underlining that Tanger Med is the right and realistic model for Türkiye in every aspect, Arıburnu finished his words, saying “In fact, what we see here a concrete model of how big leap forwards a nation can take when it turns production, logistics and global connections into a single strategy. This model. This model shows strong parallelism with the Türkiye’s vision of being a logistics base. What all strategies that we pursue, from the Middle Corridor and Zengezur Corridor to the Development Road and our port investments correspond to in the field can be clearly read here. Türkiye is on the verge of a new age in logistics with its geopolitical advantages, the long-term investments of OYAK, OMSAN’s multi-modal operational power, the infrastructure investment of 300 billion dollars made by Türkiye in the last 23 years and its growing export economy. The logistic rise of Türkiye is an undeniable fact now. Our country will be a junction point pf the global trade thanks to the right investments, integrated ports and smart logistic networks.”