Port · TürkiyeEastern Mediterranean36.79° N · 34.64° E
Mersin
Mersin is one of the largest container ports on Türkiye's Mediterranean coast and the main gateway for transit cargo to Iraq and the region: the MIP terminals, a bulk and general cargo quay, and an anchorage off the breakwater. For a claim it means the Mersin commercial court, the Mersin enforcement office and the Mersin harbour master.
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Articles cited checked against the official text of the legislation · 17 September 2026
Position36.79° N, 34.64° E
- Court of the portTCC art. 1355
- Competent court
- Commercial court of first instance at Mersin — the court of the place where the vessel is anchored, moored or berthed (TCC art. 1355)
- Enforcement office
- Mersin enforcement office; execution must be requested within three business days of the order (TCC art. 1364)
- Harbour master
- Mersin Harbour Master's Office (Liman Başkanlığı); notified of an arrest at once by the enforcement officer (TCC art. 1366)
- Terminals
- Mersin International Port (MIP): container, general cargo and bulk terminals
- Anchorage
- Mersin anchorage off the breakwater; a vessel at anchor is arrested by the court of the anchorage place
- Nearest airport
- Adana (ADA), about an hour by road; Çukurova (COV) also serves the region
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Typical matters at this port
Ship arrest at Mersin
Creditors' claims secured before the vessel sails.
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Damage, shortage and delivery disputes at the terminals.
Read more →PSC detention
Objection route for vessels detained after inspection.
Read more →Pollution fines
Security and release after an administrative fine.
Read more →Crew wages
Unpaid wages and repatriation from vessels in port.
Read more →Casualties
Collision and grounding in the approaches.
Read more →Notices for Mersin
Notice 01/202617 September 2026
Port State Control: the Implementing Regulation of 20 September 2025 is in force — objection within one month, to the Administration, not by the agent.
Read →Notice 02/202617 September 2026