In the 90’s, ports of Istanbul were not enough for importers and exporters expectations due to the lack of investments. At 1996,  Port and Ship Company went in action as the first company in Arkas Holding to invest in the port sector to find a solution in Istanbul, Turkey’s most important import gateway.

 

Limar; with the dynamism of the private sector, it reached a total business volume of 441 ships and 197,899 TEU’s in 1998 by providing regular container lines, fast, safe and economical port services to importers and exporters.

 

Limar which is developing with Turkey, signed a long-term contract with TCDD, the operator of Izmir and Mersin ports, in order to support the renewal of the equipment of these ports and to contribute to the improvement of service quality. Within the framework of this contract, two mobile cranes in Izmir port and one mobile crane in Mersin port were put into service in 2002. After the privatization of Mersin Port, crane service was continued with a mutual agreement with the port operator organization. 

 

As of August 1, 2004, the Ambarlı region activities of Limar were included in Marport and Limar Kumport Terminal started to serve as Marport East Terminal. Limar is currently serving in Izmir at TCDD Izmir Port; in Aliaga at TCE Aegean and Socar Ports; in Gemlik at Gemport, Rodaport and Borusan Ports; in Kocaeli at Evyap, DP World and Limas Ports; in Mersin MIP Port; in Istanbul at TCDD Haydarpasa Port; in Iskenderun Limak Port and in Samsun at Samsun Port.