A ferry route that will be launched on May 26 between İzmir's Çeşme Port and Greece's Chios Island, allowing for the transportation of heavy commercial vehicles, is expected to increase trade between Turkey and Greece.
At a press conference yesterday on board the Chios, the vessel to be used on the new route, İzmir Chamber of Commerce (İZTO) Chairman Ekrem Demirtaş stated that the chamber expects the trade volume between Turkey and Greece to increase by $2 billion within the next two years, a goal, he said, to which the new ferry route will contribute. The ferry has a 190-passenger capacity and can carry six trucks and 20 passenger vehicles.
Metin Akdurak, whose company is partnered with Ege Birlik Taşımacılık, the firm that will operate the ferry, said the trade between the two countries was $300 million 10 years ago and reached nearly $3 billion last year. He noted that this trade volume could be increased further by establishing trade channels to Greek islands along with the mainland.
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