In Turkey , as of 1st of July 2019, the Ministry of Transport made it compulsory to obtain accreditation. As per Ministry regulations ,
all freight forwarders should be accredited , otherwise there are severe penalties.
For example, if a Freight Forwarder operates without licence, they will have to pay TL 15,000.- per each transaction they make (each invoice), which would amount to Hundreds of Thousands of USD and would probably cause bankrupt of many Freight Forwarders. This could affect WCA , Lognet and Marcopolo agents cooperating with unlicensed Freight Forwarders in Turkey.
We as MARE have obtained our accreditation as from 11.07.2019
Please be informed accordingly.