The Chairman held a meeting with the CEO of Tiryaki
The Chairman met on 26th of June with Suleyman Tiryakioglu,CEO of Tiryaki.
Tyriaki is a turkish company that is in the Agro-business sector. They operate in 40 ports all around the globe, have a 2 billion USD turnover and 4 million tons sales volume.
Tiryaki currently utilizes both the Doraleh Multipurpose Port (DMP) and SDTV Bulk Terminal for its operations in Djibouti. In the past year alone, Triyaki chartered 18 vessels to discharge approximately 400,000 metric tons of wheat, 50,000 metric tons of sugar, and 20,000 metric tons of soybean through these two port facilities.
Building on this operational base, Tiryaki has expressed a strong interest to set further its footprint in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean region. As part of this strategy, the company is considering an investment of USD 40 million in Ghoubet Port to develop a bulk logistics platform for Djibouti’s natural resources such as salt and perlite.
Tiryaki intends to capitalize on its established commercial presence in the North American market, aiming to create downstream outlets and value chains for Djiboutian salt and perlite exports.