# Arkas Container Transport

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'''Arkas Container Transport''' ('''Arkas Line''') is a Turkish [shipping company](/source/shipping_company), founded in 1902.

==Overview==
The company operates 44 vessels, between owned and chartered.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.tradewindsnews.com/shipyards/arkas-confirms-boxship-orders/1-1-1207032|title=Arkas confirms ships order |date=16 January 2017 |website=Tradewinds |access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref>

The fleet includes 40 [container ships](/source/container_ships) and 4 bunker barges,<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/turkeys-arkas-bunkering-sumitomo-corporation-signs-agreement-on-lng-bunkering/|title=Arkas bunkering |date=2 June 2015|website=JOC.com |access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref> employing over 7,300 staff globally, regularly calling [ports](/source/ports) located in 23 countries.

The main services provided to customers are from Turkey and Europe to the Black Sea, East Mediterranean, West Mediterranean, North Africa and West Africa.

A number of collaboration and partnership agreements are in place with other shipping lines such as [China COSCO Shipping](/source/China_COSCO_Shipping),<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.tradewindsnews.com/boxships/arkas-cosco-team-up-for-reefer-service/2-1-441427|title=Arkas-COSCO team up for reefer service |date=11 October 2018 |website=Tradewinds|access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref> [Evergreen](/source/Evergreen_Marine_Corporation)<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.joc.com/maritime-news/container-lines/evergreen-line/evergreen-arkas-launch-new-mediterranean-service_20150602.html|title=Evergreen-Arkas launch new service |date=2 June 2015 |website=JOC.com |access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref> [Yang Ming](/source/Yang_Ming_Marine_Transport_Corporation),
[Hapag-Lloyd](/source/Hapag-Lloyd), [Grimaldi Group](/source/Grimaldi_Group).

Long-term representation and agency services have been established in Turkey for Lines such as [Pacific International Lines](/source/Pacific_International_Lines), [Hamburg Süd](/source/Hamburg_S%C3%BCd), [Atlantic Container Line](/source/Atlantic_Container_Line), [Ethiopian Shipping Lines](/source/Ethiopian_Shipping_Lines).

Since 1989, Arkas also has a logistic division for trucking and [rail transport](/source/rail_transport),<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.raillynews.com/2020/04/arkas-logistics-makes-railway-transports-with-contactless-operation-motto/|title=Arkas makes railway transport contactless |date=16 April 2020 |website=Raillynews.com |access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref> plus one for [air cargo](/source/air_cargo).

==See also==
*[List of largest container shipping companies](/source/List_of_largest_container_shipping_companies)
*[Messina Line](/source/Messina_Line)
*[Ocean Network Express](/source/Ocean_Network_Express)

==References==
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{{Commons category|ARKAS Line}}

==External links==
*[http://www.arkasline.com.tr/ Official website]
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Category:Privately held companies of Turkey
Category:Turkish brands
Category:Container shipping companies
Category:Companies based in İzmir

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