The shipping platform

Location: Giresun is located on the Black Sea coast, approx 70nm W of Trabzon. General overview: The port is mainly an overspill port for when Trabzon and Hopa become congested. The port of Giresun comprises of 2 areas, the inner harbour and the outer harbour. The inner harbour is the area contained in the inner side of a line which joins the light at the end of the main breakwater with the light at the end of the auxiliary breakwater. The outer harbour is between the port boundary and the inner harbour boundary. The most important export item of the port is barite mineral. Traffic figures: Approx 2,000,000t of cargo handled annually. Load line zone: Summer. Max size: LOA 250m, draught 8.0m, 8,920DWT.