Hisarcıklıoğlu: “We will crown our cabotage celebrations with maritime successes”
01.07.2011 / Ankara
In his celebratory message for July 1st, Cabotage Day, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu pointed out the maritime successes achieved in recent years in our country, surrounded by seas on three sides, “In this field, we are one of the world’s countries whose star is shining. This is as it should be, too.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated in his message:
“A government’s right to carry passengers and cargo between its ports is its most natural and important right. In our country surrounded on three sides with seas, we declared sovereignty and independence in our coastal waters in 1926 with the declaration of the Cabotage Law and paved the way for important advances in this field.
This year, like every year, on the 1st of July we proudly celebrate this right and the fact that it has opened the way for the development of our seamanship.
The Turkish maritime sector has achieved significant success in both transportation and ship building.
We are aiming at very large numbers for the 100th year of our republic in terms of increasing exports and economic growth. We must enhance our ship construction industry, maritime transportation and ports in order to achieve these goals. As the Turkish private sector, it is our unflagging conviction that our nation will come together to reach all economic and social aims.
It is with these thoughts and feelings that I, on the behalf of the Turkish private sector, congratulate the Maritime and Cabotage Day of all our nation and maritime workers, you have my sincerest respect and affection.”
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