Arkas Holding currently operates in 24 countries with 59 offices, 14 of which are in Turkey. Headquartered in Izmir, Arkas is an international holding that has 8300 employees working in its 66 companies.
Arkas has been building a fleet of vessels since 1996 which currently comprises of 50 container vessels and is Turkey’s largest container operator. The fleet also includes 1 bulk carrier and 6 bunker barges. Arkas Line is providing liner container services in the Mediterranean, Black Sea, West Africa and North Europe. It is the only Turkish company among the world’s top 30 largest container/liner operators according to Alphaliner, the world renown shipping research company.
Arkas is a partner (Hapag Lloyd, Yang Ming and Tarros SPA) or a representative (Hapag Lloyd, Yang Ming, Tarros, Grimaldi Lines,) of 10 prominent global shipowners in Turkey.
Some group companies of Arkas Holding that offer services in different sectors are as follows: Arkas’ subsidiaries in the automotive sector, Arkas Automotive and Volcar; Arkas Insurance that offers insurance services; Arkas Tourism that provides domestic and international travel services; Kristal Oil; Lucien Arkas Vineyards; Technogym The Wellness Company’s Turkey Distributor AVV; Arkas Bunkering that provides bunkering services to vessels; Arkpet; Arkasair that offers VIP plane services; its information systems company Bimar; Still Arser that offers smart handling equipment, software and services; C.A.R. that offers professional monitoring and consulting services to the automotive manufacturing sector; and PonceBloc, a company that produces lightweight construction elements for the construction sector.
