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Amid high marine terminal competition, Robert Yuksel Yildirim sees opportunities in Gulfport, Mississippi, and other less flashy markets to propel the Turkish company he runs to the top 10 among global terminal operators and counter carrier pressure by partnering with other operators that lack container line backing. Promising to invest hundreds of millions of dollars at the <a>Port of Gulfport</a>, <a>Yilport Holding</a> is looking for a 50-year concession with a 49-year extension, Yildirim told JOC.com at Turkey’s inaugural International Maritime Summit in Istanbul in March. Yilport, which is part of his conglomerate <a>Yildirim Group</a>, signed a memorandum of understanding with...

Yilport, which signed a memorandum of understanding with the Mississippi State Port Authority in February, is promising to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the state’s Port of Gulfport, for which it sees serving a distinct purpose.&nbsp;

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