Port · Turkey

Port of Istanbul

The Port of Istanbul in Turkey is a tracked Evergreen discharge port on bexy, with 635 tracked arrivals, most often from China, Belgium and Hungary, and 385 shipments loaded for export.

Arrivals
635
Departures
385
Median planned port-to-port
—
Top origins
5

Location

UN/LOCODE
TRIST
Coordinates
41.02° N, 28.97° E
position in the UN/LOCODE list, to the nearest minute
Time zone
Europe/Istanbul

Code from the UNECE UN/LOCODE list (release 2024-2), matched by bexy to the city and country in Evergreen's record. A port spans many berths: a position stands for the port or its city, not a terminal.

About the Port of Istanbul

Cargo bound for Istanbul is most often loaded at Shanghai, Xiamen, Qingdao and Xingang.

Containers loaded at Istanbul most often sail to Greece, Italy, China and Morocco.

Track an Evergreen (EGLV) shipment through Istanbul by its Bill of Lading or container number on bexy for the vessel, voyage, port milestones and container status — free, with no account needed.

Arrivals at Istanbul

Where cargo for Istanbul comes from
Origin country Shipments
China [CN]619
Belgium [BE]9
Hungary[HU]5
Lithuania[LT]1
Turkey[TR]1
Loading ports feeding Istanbul
Port of loading Shipments
Port of Shanghai [CN]382
Port of Xiamen [CN]91
Port of Qingdao [CN]78
Port of Xingang [CN]59
Port of Antwerp [BE]9
Port of Ningbo [CN]7

Departures from Istanbul

Top destinations from Istanbul
Destination country Shipments
Greece [GR]169
Italy [IT]22
China [CN]20
Morocco [MA]19
Israel [IL]15
Malaysia [MY]14

Recent shipments bound for Istanbul

Frequently asked questions

Where is the Port of Istanbul?
The Port of Istanbul is a container shipping port in Turkey. bexy tracks 1,020 shipment legs moving through it.
Where does cargo arriving at the Port of Istanbul come from?
Cargo discharged at Istanbul most often comes from China, Belgium, Hungary and Lithuania, loaded mainly at Shanghai, Xiamen, Qingdao and Xingang. Origins are the place-of-receipt countries on the Evergreen (EGLV) Bills of Lading tracked on bexy.
Where do shipments from the Port of Istanbul go?
The most-tracked destinations for cargo loaded at Istanbul are Greece, Italy, China and Morocco.
How busy is the Port of Istanbul?
bexy tracks 385 export and 635 import shipment legs at Istanbul. These are the Evergreen (EGLV) shipments on record, not the port's total throughput.
How do I track a shipment to the Port of Istanbul?
Enter the Evergreen (EGLV) Bill of Lading or container number on bexy to follow the vessel, voyage and each container from departure to arrival — free, with no login.

635 shipments arriving

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Up to 5 port pages on bexy with a known position within 500 km, nearest first, measured as the crow flies, not by sea.

Aggregated from 1,020 tracked shipment legs · data refreshed Oct 19, 2026 · how these figures are built.

Cite this page

bexy, "Port of Istanbul — Shipments & Routes", data as of 2026-10-19, n = 1,020 tracked shipment legs. https://bexy.io/ports/istanbul

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