In this study, the kinetics studies of mercury (II) ion transport through a bulk liquid membrane system which contains calix[4]arene nitrile derivatives (5,11,17,23-Tetra-tert-butyl-25,27-bis-(2-cyanobenzyloxy)-26,28-dihydroxycalix-[4]arene (membrane I) and 25,27-bis-(2-cyanomethoxy)-26,28-dihydroxycalix-[4]arene (membrane II) as a membrane were investigated at different temperatures and stirring rates. The kinetics was analyzed by means of a kinetic model involving two consecutive irreversible first order reactions. The parameters such as transport rate constants, membrane entrance rate, k 1, and the membrane exit rate, k 2, and the maximum values for membrane entrance and exit values J d max and J a max were determined for the experimental data. It was found that both membrane entrance and exit rate constants increase with temperature. The activation energies were found as 6.96 ± 0.15 and 6.91 ± 0.15 kcal/mol, for ligand membranes I and II, respectively. These activation values indicate that the transport process for both membranes is controlled by species diffusion.