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ALE-s 4,300-tonne capacity AL.SK190 crane installed a


600-tonne vacuum tower and an 800-tonne crude column at the Star Aegean refinery project in Aliaga, Izmir province.


ports, calls got cancelled, trucks destined to various locations in Russia were sent back to Turkey, export and import formalities got delayed, Turkish seamen were disrespectfully treated, some Russian insurance companies stopped providing P&I for Turkish shipowners, trade between Russian and Turkish companies stopped and all this resulted in many uncomfortable situations and monetary loss.” A year later, things “seem to have got back to normal for now”, she hoped. In fact, Eldener believes that Russia and


Turkey “need each other badly... We need Russian oil and gas as well as raw materials such as coal and timber, and Russians need


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our food items and our beautiful sun and sea for their holidays.” Of course, Turkey has had its own


political crisis in the last few months, with a failed military coup in July 2016 having led to a crackdown on opponents to the country’s president, Tayyip Erdogan.


Keeping busy Against this uncertain backdrop, there remain some large-scale projects that are sustaining businesses. For example, Atakan Ertan at Turkey Pilot Car highlighted the construction of a new bridge at Çanakkale. Kaan Aydın, Bati Group project executive, elaborated: “The Turkish


government is planning to build a bridge at the end of the Marmara Sea, close to Çanakkale. It will be one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. There is also another project that was initiated by the Turkish government in 2011 to build an artificial sea-level waterway connecting the Black Sea and the Marmara Sea. It aims to minimise shipping traffic in the Istanbul Strait. The project is intended to be completed, on the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Turkish Republic, in 2023.” With regard to new transport links under


the Bosphorus, one tunnel is almost complete and another is being tendered.


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