The meeting was held by General Secretary of UTIKAD and Head of Combined Transportation and Railway Working Group; Hacer Uyarlar, members of working group, General Manager of UTIKAD; Cavit Uğur and executive board. They exchanged their views about the project.
Mr İşteermiş pointed out that BALO Project is very important for Turkey in order to reach its export target 2023. He also added as following: “ UTIKAD is the only non governmental organization joined BALO from the logistics sector. The partnership and contribution of UTIKAD for BALO Project has a vital importance for us since is the highest representative of Turkish transportation and logistics sector. The industry -related knowledge, experiences, and the support of UTIKAD will provide important contributions to get succeed.
Hacer Uyarlar underlined that Utikad will continue its efforts in order to complete Turkey’s logistics structure in accordance with international standarts and added that “UTIKAD gives very importance to this project so it became a partner of BALO in order to transport West and Central Anatolian goods to Europe and increase the foreign trade capacity of Turkey.With all members, UTIKAD is ready to support BALO Inc.
04/12/2013 BALO was Viking Rail Operator
BALO was officially Viking Train Operator at the annual meeting of the Viking Train Operator.
14/11/2013 BALO, attended to Logist Eurasia Fair
6. Logistics industry, transportation, loading, unloading, stacking, storage and vehicles, equipment, systems and technology fair was held in Tüyap Beylikdüzü Fair and Convention Center on 14-17 November.
12/11/2013 BALO, South Marmara Region Presentation Meeting
BALO was held Bursa presentation meeting in Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry on 12 November.
Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Lithuanian Railways and BALO in the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey on 11 September 2013.
18/07/2013 Soft Company completed the software program made special to BALO
Soft Company completed the software program made special to BALO and delivered it on July 2013, Thursday in head office in Izmir.
15/07/2013 Celebi Bandirma Port Authorized Persons Visited BALO
General Manager of Bandirma Celebi Port Captain Mr Ozgur Durmacalis and Marketing Manager Ms Burcin Yalazan came to BALO Izmir head office.
11/07/2013 Visit to Ports of Cerkezköy, Edirne, Kapikule, Tekirdag
General manager Mr Huseyin Isteermis and Operation Manager Mr Erkan Aksoy have visited Ports of Cerkezköy, Edirne, Kapikule, Tekirdag regarding to operations which will start on September.
03/07/2013 After the Settlement Express Interfracht Visited BALO in Izmir
Mr Erik Regter, the Chairman of RCA, Mr Claus Michael Jul Hansen, the Head of Operator, Mr Ahmet Cay, the Head of South-Eatern Europe, and Mr Ercument Gucuyener as Managing Director visited BALO
19/06/2013 Visit to Duisport and Inspections for Terminals in Germany
The authorities of BALO visited Duisport and inspected the rail terminals for block train transportation to Germany.
18/06/2013 5th Board of Directors Meeting of 2013
BALO will start its trsansports on August by decisions taken in 5th Board of Directors Meeting in Izmir Head Office.
