RAILWAYS IN TURKEY HACER UYARLAR Board Member of UTIKAD

UTIKAD UTIKAD – Association of International Forwarding and Logistics Service Provider National and International Transportation: Road, Air Sea, Rail and Combined Transportation Logistics Services NGO with approx. 400 members and 50,000 direct employment 95 % of Air Transport 70 % of Road Transport 60 % of Sea Transport 20 % of Rail Transport carried out by our members in Turkey

TURKEY “As a Strong Bridge Links Continents Geographically, Culturally And Economically” Gateway From / To : Europe C.I.S. Black Sea East Mediterranean Gulf North Africa

Turkey is A Young Dynamic Country With Significant Growth Potential TURKEY’s ECONOMY Turkey is A Young Dynamic Country With Significant Growth Potential 17th Largest Economy on the World 6th Largest Economy when compared with EU Countries

RAILWAY NETWORK in TURKEY Total Lines: 12.008 km (Convantional+High Speed)

RAIL TRANSPORT Total length of the railways 12.008 km 26,7 % is electrified 33,9 % is signallized Private companies can operate own wagons Monthly block train departures has reached to 5700 1000 block trains for international operations 13 block train routes to Europe

RAILWAYS INVESTMENTS in 2013 Railway Investment is Increasing Million TL

ROAD RENEWAL 1000 km line was renewed in 2013 2003 1000 km line was renewed in 2013 Within 10 years 6.525 km of line was renewed Lines to be renewed Lines renewed 2013 OLD NEW

LOGISTICS CENTERS IN TURKEY - TCDD Gelemen/Samsun Yeşilbayır/İstanbul Halkalı/İstanbul Köseköy/İzmit Kars H Bozüyük/Bilecik Gökköy/Balıkesir Sivas Palandöken/Erzurum Hasanbey/Eskişehir Uşak Boğazköprü/Kayseri Kemalpaşa/izmir Türkoğlu/K.maraş Mardin Kayacık/Konya Habur Denizli/Kalkık Yenice/Mersin In Service First Part is completed Under Construction

‘Hasanbey-eskişehir Logistics was Opened on 19 March 2014’ HASANBEY-ESKIŞEHIR LOGISTICS CENTER ‘Hasanbey-eskişehir Logistics was Opened on 19 March 2014’

RAILWAYS PROJECTS in TURKEY Kars-Tiflis Bakü Railway Balo Project Van Lake Train Ferry Tekirdag –Derince Train Ferry Samsun – Kavkaz Train Ferry Batı Ro-Ro – Train Ferry Service Varna Poti Mersin

BALO PROJECT “Great Anatolian Logistics Organizations Project” UTIKAD: Shareholder of BALO “Great Anatolian Logistics Organizations Project” Weekly 3 mutual block train departures by March 2014

TRANSPORT MODES WITHIN BALO PROJECT The containers coming from Istanbul and neighbourhood by railway and from Derince by Vessel are treated in terms of their destinations in BALO Europe Consolidation Center.

INNOVATIONAL FEATURES OF BALO PROJECT To collect the shipments in Anatolia by railway To achieve a new route that passes Bandirma Tekirdag by train ferry To give start scheduled block train services from 10 different points to Europe To use 45’HC containers

KARS - TBILISI – BAKU RAILWAY PROJECT The foundation of the part in Turkey was laid on 24 July 2008 92% realization of the project in Turkish side was achieved It is planned to complete the project within 2015

VAN LAKE TRAIN FERRY

TEKIRDAG - DERINCE TRAIN FERRY In order to make the transport from Agean and Marmara regions to Europe and v.v. through the shorter corridor between the ports of Tekirdağ; Derince and Bandırma, train ferry operation will be realized.

SAMSUN – KAVKAZ TRAIN FERRY Varna Poti Mersin Combined transport will be able to be made from Turkey to Russia Ukraine, CIS countries and Middle East

Train Ferry Transportation by the Freight Forwarders’ Companies: EXPERIENCES OF FORWARDING & LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDERS WITHIN TURKEY REGARDING THE MFT Train Ferry Transportation by the Freight Forwarders’ Companies: “Batı Ro-Ro – Train Ferry Service” Every 10 days on regular basis for Train Ferry Service Between Derince - Odessa / Poti

MARMARAY PROJECT “Marmaray was opened on 29 October 2013 and 21 Million 353 Thousand 339 Passengers have been transported in 6 months after opening” Rail tunnel under Bosphorus Marmaray project will provide a continuous communication between the Asian with European continents Linking Europe rail network to Middle East and CIS

CONTENTS A RAIL BRIDGE BETWEEN ASIA & EUROPE There is approx. 75 Billion $ transport volume between Europe and Asia Far East Asia The Central and North Asia Samsun-Kavqaz Kars-Tbilisi-Baku Marmaray Lake Van Crossing Tekirdağ-Muratlı Kurtalan- Nusaybin- Iraq Kars-Nahcevan-Iran South East Asia North Africa The Middle East

INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY PROJECTS via TURKEY VIKING TRAIN SILK WIND TRAIN

VIKING TRAIN PROJECT The Black Sea is connecting with the Baltic Sea by the “Viking Train” The connection of the Viking Train will be able to be established to Mediterranean, Europe, Middle East and Central Asia via Turkey. It is targeted to connect Europe to Middle East and Cental Asia through TRACECA Corridor in the shortest way. Lastly Bulgaria joined the Viking train route.

VIKING TRAIN PROJECT “Viking Train”, is an important combined transport project which connects the seaports of Klaipeda, Odessa and Illıchevsk between the Baltic Sea & Black Sea and lastly Bulgaria by the railways. The Advantages of the Viking Train Low transport price Scheduled train movements, short transit times Secure transport, load safety through the route Facilitation of the customs and border crossing procedures Establishing a connection between the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea by the transport systems Reducing the negative effects to the natural environment

SILK WIND BLOCK TRAIN Route: China - Kazakhstan - Caspian Sea - Black Sea Countries: China Kazakhstan Azerbaijan Georgia Turkey

TRACECA “The New Silk Road” Aim of TRACECA Strengthening of economic relations, trade and transport communication in the regions of the Black Sea basin, South Caucasus and Central Asia owing to active work based on political will and common aspirations of all member-states Member Countries: Armenia Azerbaijan Bulgaria Georgia Iran Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Moldova Romania Tajikistan Turkey Ukraine Uzbekistan

DRAFT COMBINED TRANSPORT LEGISLATION ‘’Draft Combined Transport Legislation’’ serves as a model in Europe General Directorate of Transport of Dangerous Goods and Combined Transport aims to improve and regulate combined, intermodal and multimodal transport in Turkey UTIKAD makes a huge contribution to prepare this legislation Planned Validity Date : in 2014

CONTACT DETAILS ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL FORWARDING AND LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDERS President : Mr. Turgut ERKESKİN General Manager : Mr. Cavit UĞUR E-mail Address : utikad@utikad.org.tr Web Site : www.utikad.org.tr Phone : + 90 212 663 62 61 Fax : + 90 212 663 62 72 Address : Senlikkoy Mahallesi, Saci Sokak, No:4/F, Florya 34153 Bakirkoy – Istanbul / TURKEY

Thank You Hacer UYARLAR Board Member of UTIKAD