Automotive Exports – November 2017

Monthly automotive aftermarket magazine
Eurasia Tunnel Deserves
Global Achievement Award
Eurasia Tunnel Wins One More Award Eurasia Tunnel has been deserved for
Global Road Achievement Award by the International Road Federation (IRF)
Linking Asia and Europe
under seabed with doubledeck
highway tunnel, Eurasia
Tunnel has been deserved for the
big award which is offered by the
International Road Federation (IRF)
in the construction methodology
category of Global Achievement
Awards. Samil Kayalak, deputy
Director General of Infrastructure
Investments of the Turkish Ministry
of Transport Maritime and
Communication; Başar Arioglu,
Chairman of the Board of Eurasia
Tunnel and Sungjin Lee, Director
General of Eurasia Tunnel joined
the award ceremony held in
Dubai. Having tendered by the
Infrastructure Directorate General
of the Turkish Ministry of Transport
Maritime and Communication and
built by Build-Operate-Transfer
model by Eurasia Tunnel Operate
Construction and Investment Inc.
(ATAS) Eurasia Tunnel raises its
number of international awards
with every passing day.
In order to encourage and support
development of road networks
across the world, the International
Road Federation choses successful
names which ensure infrastructure
technology development with
excellent and innovative projects
with “IRF Global Success Awards”
holding every year. This year at
the end of evaluation, Eurasia
Tunnel, of which construction and
operation processes are tracked
with interest in the entire world,
has been deserved the big award
in the category of ‘Construction
Methodology’.
Samil Kayalak, Deputy Director
General of Infrastructure
Investments of the Turkish Ministry
of Transport Maritime and
Communication; Başar Arioglu,
Chairman of the Board of Eurasia
Tunnel and Sungjin Lee, Director
General of Eurasia Tunnel got the
award at the ceremony held in
Dubai.
Exemplary transport technology
for the world
Eurasia Tunnel features an
exemplary across the world with
its state-of-the-art-technology,
super engineering study, a unique
deployment straddles the two
continents, its route passes Istanbul
strait under 106 meters depth
and operation concept in the
international standards. Together
with approaching roads including
a route totally 14,6 kilometers,
Eurasia Tunnel’s 5,4 kilometers part
composed of double-deck tunnel
underneath seabed. Eurasia has
been finished 8 months earlier than
the planned time without being
experienced any accident.
Thanks to the tunnel saving worth
TL160 million will be provided per
annum, so the emission amount
will be reducing 82 thousand tons.
During intensive foggy weather, in
emission rates, fuel consumption
and vehicle maintenance costs
will lower due to reduction of 100
minutes trip period to 15 minutes.
16 NOVEMBER 2017