Five big consortia compete for Bosphorus bridges

Five large consortia, including major Turkish holdings, have applied for the privatization tender for the Bosphorus bridges, highways, and the service facilities, management facilities and toll facilities therein. These will be tendered as one package for the 25-year management rights, as daily Hurriyet reports. The following are the consortia that have applied for the tender: Vinci Concessions Holding, Zorlu Holding-OHL Concessions Joint Venture, Nurol Holding-MV Holding-Alsim Alarko Industrial Institutes and Commercial Construction-Fernas Construction Joint Venture, Autostrade Per l'Italia-Dogus Holding-Makyol Construction Industrial Tourism and Commerce-Akfen Holding Joint Venture, and Koc Holding-UEM Group Berhad-Gozde Venture Capital Investment Partnership Joint Venture.