Port profile · TRMER
Mersin
Mersin is a medium coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Mediterranean Sea, in Türkiye. Its UN/LOCODE is TRMER. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Mersin offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Mersin
What members see for Mersin, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Mersin, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Mersin right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Mersin day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Mersin and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Mersin offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Slipway
- Large
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Mersin, as the nautical port index records them. Depths are not shown: the index gives them as broad bands for one point in the port, too coarse to plan a call on.
Approach
- Shelter
- Fair
- Entrance restrictions
- Heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Port state control at Mersin
Inspections of foreign ships carried out at Mersin, counted per year.
| Year | Inspections | Detentions | Detention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 33% |
Over the last two years an inspection here found 8.2 deficiencies on average. Most often found: certificates & documentation, safety of navigation, pollution prevention, emergency systems, fire safety.
See which ships were inspected and detained at Mersin, and what was found.
Ports near Mersin
Other Türkiye ports on the same stretch of coast.
- TasucuTürkiye · TRTAS
- TorosTürkiye · TRTGT
- BotasTurkey · TRBOT
- IskenderunTürkiye · TRISK
- AlanyaTürkiye · TRALA
- AntalyaTürkiye · TRAYT
- SamsunTürkiye · TRSSX
- SinopTürkiye · TRSIC
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Questions about Mersin
What is the UN/LOCODE of Mersin?
The UN/LOCODE of Mersin is TRMER.
Is pilotage compulsory in Mersin?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Mersin as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Mersin?
Yes. Mersin offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Mersin a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Mersin.
How many port state control inspections are there in Mersin?
6 port state control inspections were recorded in Mersin in 2025, and 2 of them ended in a detention.
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