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September 2018
M. Cahit Turhan
“Our route: being a leader in maritime
industry” * 18
Turkish shipyards at full capacity
With its rapid growth, Turkish boat and yacht building industry draws the attention
of the whole world with its workforce and high-quality products. Especially Tuzla,
Antalya Free Zone, Bodrum and Fethiye have become a brand known all over the
world with mega yachts and wooden boats they produce.
Tamer Kıran
“Turkey builds ships for
600 years” * 06
Turkish boat and yacht building
industry has been growing rapidly
since 1980s. Today, it is among the
world’s leading manufacturers. The
boat manufacturing in Turkey
is concentrated particularly in
Marmara Region (Istanbul-Tuzla,
İzmit and Bursa), Aegean Region
(Izmir, Muğla-Bodrum, Marmaris)
and Mediterranean Region (Antalya
and Mersin).
Tuzla is still maintaining its
leadership in the industry with its
shipyards where large commercial
vessels are built, and is the starting
place of production in Turkey.
At the same time, Antalya Free
Zone attracts the attention of the
whole world with mega yachts and
Bodrum with gulet-type boats used
as long shore cruiser for long time.
in the industry, fabrication production
is often realized for boats
up to 15 meters, and job-order
production for boats of 15 meters
and above. Despite the lack of a
clear definition of mega-yachts,
motors or sailing boats of 30 meters
and above are generally defined
as “mega-yachts”. However,
in line with the demands * 12
Albayrak: Turkey to continue
taking steps within free market
rules
Turkey’s Treasury and Finance
Minister Berat Albayrak has said
Ankara will continue taking steps
within the rules of the free market.
“All of our private sector has
displayed a very decisive stance.
I would like to say here we will
continue to take steps within the
rules of the free market. We will
protect our Turkish Lira,”
* 06
Murat Kıran
“We expect stability” * 08
Trademark of Muğla:
‘’Mavi Yolculuk”
(Blue Cruise) * 44

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NEWS
Turkish Maritime industry turns
the crisis into an opportunity
Hakkı Şen
General Publishing Director
YEAR: 16 September 2018
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newspapers of Vira Publication
Group published in English, will
meet its international readers once
more with its mission of promoting
the Turkish Maritime industry and
the Maritime activities.
Our newspaper which attracted
great attention in Hamburg SMM
and Boot Düsseldorf fairs will
continue its positive understanding
of journalism adopted with a
view to eliminate the pessimistic
perception associated with our
Turkish flag on the white list
White, Grey and Black Lists were announced for 2015 to 2017 of Paris
Memorandum. Turkey maintained its position in the White List.
White, Grey and Black Lists
were announced for the period
2015-2017 based on the results
of the inspections of Paris
Memorandum which was
established by the member
countries of Paris Memorandum
for the purpose of establishing a
common understanding regarding
inspections of port state status
of the member countries.
Accordingly, Turkey maintained
its position in the White List.
A total number of 1133 inspections
were conducted on the Turkish
Flag ships in the region of
Paris Memorandum during the
respective period. According to
the inspection figures of Paris
Memorandum for the year 2015 to
2017, 59 ships were detained as a
result of these inspections. Turkish
flag continued to be included in
the white list at the end of 2017
according to these data.
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and evaluations made taking
into consideration the number
and percentage of the ships
periodically inspected and held in
the ports of the member countries
of Paris Memorandum whose
majority are from the European
country and to attract attention
to the safe environment.
Solidarity: the basic
principle of seaman
Even if storm clouds cover the
sky over the seas, Vira Publication
Group always prefers using a
language of union and solidarity
with a proactive outlook towards
the future, instead of adopting
a language of uneasiness. It is
because the basic principle of
seaman is always solidarity
even if there is an atmosphere of
Union countries. Inclusion of
Turkish flag in the White List
adds another value to the Turkish
Maritime sector and provides a
commercial advantage for the
Turkish flag ships.
Inspections concentrates on the
substandard ships along with the
effectivity of the new inspection
regime (NIR) that entered into
force in the Paris Memorandum
region on January 1, 2011 and
consequently, the frequency of
inspection of this type of ships
has been increased. Turkish Flag
Turkish Maritime industry is able to
increase its competitive power and
efficiency by turning the crisis into an
opportunity.
rebellion on board from time to
time. Although seamanship is a
difficult and tedious profession,
everybody in this industry knows
that remedies are endless at sea. I
hope that the spirit of solidarity
will come to light in both of these
ships especially cruising in the
Paris Memorandum region and
their operators must take all kinds
of necessary safety measures and
fairs and this spirit will manifest
itself in all areas of maritime
ranging from shipbuilding to
maritime media, to sea tourism
to sea transport. May you have
a clean sea and a good fortune!
be prepared for all inspections at
the highest level in order not to
be affected by the new regime
negatively.

NEWS
4
Our route: being a leader in maritime
industry
“Our ministry has not only supported infrastructure in
maritime, but also backed up this industry in all respects every
time. In order to relieve the global financial crisis, the support
from Credit Guarantee Fund has been provided and the scope
of incentives for ship investment has been extended so as to
support both our shipyards and ship owners.”
M. Cahit Turhan
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure
All of the major civilisations on
earth are associated with maritime.
Especially, Mediterranean Basin,
which also includes our country,
makes up the mother lode of the
world’s common knowledge.
To tell the truth, what makes
our existence in this geography
meaningful is our capability of
having a feeling for sea. Therefore,
our history, culture and habits have
strong smell of sea; all have the
colour of sea. Besides, how we see
the sea is not independent from
how we see ourselves.
However, as you know, this
country witnessed the years
when the sea and maritime were
forgotten. Even in our poetry,
we see the verse “Those fish,
living in the sea, yet not aware
of it”. And, we did not know the
sea, despite living in a country
whose sea border is three times
longer than its land border and
which is known as a “peninsula”.
Here, I will not talk about the old
days and the forgotten days. We
experienced those days altogether.
Nevertheless, today our maritime
industry has experienced great
progress thanks to the vision of
our Honourable President, son of
a seaman as well, and initiatives
of our Ministry. It has reached
up a crucial position in the
international arena.
When we analyse the status of
our maritime in the recent period,
we observe that the capacity of
Turkish Mercantile Navy has
achieved nearly 75 percent more
growth than the world’s mercantile
navy in the last 10 years in spite of
the global crisis occurred in 2008.
In this globally depressive period,
we are witnessing altogether that
our Ministry has successfully
realized numerous projects, legal
regulations and infrastructure
investments. Hence, we have
managed to enter the 1st league
in 16 years. We have moved from
the black list to the white list. In
world’s yacht production, we have
become a brand, and provided
significant and efficient services
with our marinas, ports and
build-operate-transfer models.
Furthermore, we have achieved
to be among the world’s leader
countries in maritime industry
by meeting the EU standards.
We have enabled Turkey to turn
its face back to the sea, and being
able to use the advantages of a
land surrounded by the sea on
three sides.
Likewise, the Turkish mercantile
navy has climbed to the 15th place
in the world which was the 19th
in 2002. Considering the fact that
30 countries lead 94 percent of
the world, being the 15th in this
respect is quite important. Our
ports have stated to work with a
high capacity. The load amount
handled in our ports increased
from 189.4 million tons in 2003
to 471.2 million tons in 2017,
showing an increase by more
than 2 times. While foreign trade
transportation was 149 million
tons, it increased to 347 million
tons, again rising by 2 times. Also,
the nominal value of the seaway
in the total foreign trade amount
of our country increased nearly 5
times compared to the year 2003.
It rose from 57 billion dollars to
228 billion dollars. The amount
of containers handled in our
ports increased from 2 million
492 thousand TEUs to 10 million
TEUs.
Moreover, among the sectors
having a higher added value and
requiring advanced technology,
Turkey has made the most
significant progress in shipbuilding
industry. The number of shipyards
has risen to 78, which was 37 in
2003. And the established capacity
of these shipyards has reached to
4.5 million DWT. In our shipyards,
our market share in maintenance
and repair has also increased.
Turkey has become the 3rd yacht
producer in the world.
Besides our physical infrastructure
in maritime, we also rely on our
human force. In order to have
the required trained personnel
in our maritime industry and
to guarantee the future of our
maritime, a number of regulations
have been made to not only
increase the number of naval
education institutes, but also to
increase their quality. Today,
our seamen over 110 thousand,
trained and skilled in their subject,
serve both in our country’s and
the world’s maritime.
Our ministry has not only
supported infrastructure in
maritime, but also backed up
this industry in all respects
every time. In order to relieve the
global financial crisis, the support
from Credit Guarantee Fund has
been provided and the scope of
incentives for ship investment has
been extended so as to support
both our shipyards and ship
owners. In addition, easement
rights of shipyards have been
regulated. Design support has been
provided for ship investments. In
short, our maritime has been saved
from stormy passages in the last
16 years. We take the justifiable
pride in reconciling our people
with their seas, promoting rapid
growth and strengthening of the
maritime industry. We know that
sea always pays back. If you get
one step closer to it, it will get five
steps closer to you. However, we
are aware of the fact that we still
have a lot to do. And w are capable
of doing it. We are working more
to prevent our maritime industry
from going back to those black
days. Our route is clear; to be the
leader in the maritime industry.
It is not a dream as long as we
believe, wish and work with
determination.
Wind of 3 million dollars from sea
The project of ‘Renewable Energy
Resource Areas (YEKA)’, first
wind farms of Turkeycomes to an
end. The head of TÜREB, Mustafa
Serdar Ataseven said “ We expect an
investment more than 3 million dollars”.
The head of Turkish Wind Energy
Association (TÜREB), Mustafa
Serdar Ataseven answered the
questions of the journalists about
the wind farms to be installed in
sea. Stating offshore regulations
were published in official gazette,
Ataseven said: “The offers will
end on October 23. Coastal areas
of Saros, Gelibolu-Şarköy and
Kıyıköy were nominated. We
specified the capacity as 1200
MW. First phase is 840 MW.
The rest will be completed in 72
months from the contract date.
The rate of turbine unit will be
6 MW because it is required to
be applied by new technology. 60
percent of the turbine equipment
will be local. 80 percent of local
engineers will be required to be
employed. The term of the licence
will be 30 years. For eligibility, a
letter of guarantee in the amount
of 100 million dollars will be
demanded.”
Ataseven said there is an interest
in offshore from many countries
of the world such as Germany,
Denmark, India, China, South
Korea and Japan.

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6
Turkey builds ships for 600 years
“Hamburg SMM
maritime fair is
one of the biggest
shipbuilding fairs
of the world. And
Turkey, as one
of the countries
having a say in
building specific
ships, is ready to
present its unique
contribution to
the fair this year.”
Turkey is contributing to the
global maritime industry by
participating in all kinds of
events related to the maritime
industry. Our country especially
cares about participating in major
congresses, conferences and fairs
of the world. For this reason, we
will try to provide our contribution
by participating in the events in
Tamer Kıran
İMEAK Chamber of Shipping Chairman
the Hamburg Fair which will be
organized between September 4-7.
The Hamburg SMM Fair is
one of the world’s biggest and
long-lasting shipbuilding fairs
organized every two years to
bring together the world’s seamen,
helping different segments of the
industry to cooperate with each
other. Therefore, it is always an
important meeting venue for us.
The Turkish shipbuilding
industry has become a brand
with its specific ships built for
the European countries. With
its quality, speed and price
advantages, Turkey is one of the
most preferred countries by our
European peers in ship and yacht
building.
Turkey’s success in shipbuilding
is actually not new. It has made
many important achievements in
shipbuilding for centuries. Haliç
Shipyard, for instance, is one of the
oldest shipyard of the world and is
still offering ship maintenance and
repair operations. Therefore, this
success of Turkey in shipbuilding
is not a coincidence. It is the result
of a knowledge accumulated for
centuries.
Turkish shipbuilding is an industry
which always develop and renew
itself and value innovation and
university&sector collaboration
to offer seamless service to the
world’s seamen. It has become
a major player especially in
specific sea vessels. And the
breakthroughs of our shipyards in
defense industry have proven the
capabilities of Turkish shipyards.
Our shipyards both produce new
sea vessels and take significant
measures for life and property
safety. And the environment is
another priority for the Turkish
shipbuilding industry. For this
reason, they take important steps
towards building green ships.
Moreover, Turkey is also
recognized for timely and smooth
delivery of special ships to not
only European countries, but also
to many countries in the world.
And with this sensitivity and care,
our country continues to build
fast and quality ships to world’s
seafarers.
Albayrak: Turkey to continue taking steps within free
market rules
Turkey’s Treasury and Finance
Minister Berat Albayrak has said
Ankara will continue taking steps
within the rules of the free market.
“All of our private sector has
displayed a very decisive stance.
I would like to say here we will
continue to take steps within
the rules of the free market. We
will protect our Turkish Lira,”
Albayrak said at a symposium in
Ankara marking the anniversary
of the ruling party’s foundation
on Aug. 14.
“Such attacks are risks for all
countries in global financial
markets. Everyone sees that
the U.S. dollar lost credibility,”
Albayrak added, referring to the
rapid fall of the lira after United
States President Donald Trump’s
decision to double tariffs on
aluminum and steel on Turkey
amid a deepening crisis between
the two sides over the continued
detention of American pastor
Andrew Brunson.
Albayrak also said fighting
inflation and current account
deficit are main priorities to
establish a “much stronger Turkish
economy.”
Berat Albayrak
Treasury and Finance Minister
Turkey’s Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak has
said Ankara will continue taking steps within the rules of the
free market.
The Turkish minister will address
foreign investors on Aug. 16.
According to Demirören News
Agency, a teleconference will
be organized in coordination with
Citibank, Deutsche Bank, DOME
Group and HSBC.
Some 1,000 foreign investors,
particularly from the United
States, Europe and the Middle
East, are expected to join the
meeting, which is scheduled to
be held at 4 p.m. Istanbul time.
The call for global investors,
which will be held ahead of the
publication of Turkey’s Medium
Term Program, will be hosted by
David Lubin, Chief Emerging
Markets Economist of Citi
Research, the organizers said in
a statement.

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NEWS
8
“We expect stability”
“We have achieved a local production rate of 60-70 percent thanks to the progresses that we have made in
the last years. Our goal is to reach 100 percent local production. With MİLGEM project that we realized
under the leadership of our President, Turkish shipbuilding industry has broken down many bias.”
Murat Kıran
Chairman of Turkish Shipbuilders’Association (GİSBİR)
As one of the oldest nongovernmental
organisations,
we keep working hard with
our philosophy of realistic
determinations and demands
in the areas related to Turkish
shipbuilding industry. For me,
the meaning and value of the
statement “The one who controls
the seas also controls the world” is
very important. The shipbuilding
industry is one of the basic
investment instruments of heavy
industry and is also a strategic
industry since it has close and
inevitable link with the defence
industry which utilizes advanced
technologies. A shipbuilding
industry functioning according
to the international norms has a
special position for each country
in terms of military, commercial
and social aspects. The significance
of shipbuilding industry is
indisputable for Turkey as well. In
the next 10-year conjuncture, we
predict that the demand and supply
gap evolve to the direction of supply
and demand equilibrium as a result
of the number of shipyards closed
due to the crisis in the world. In this
case, we expect that the shipyards
able to be efficient in terms of
investment and production cost
will survive and earn money; and
for Turkey, the use of our available
unutilised production capacity will
increase depending on formation
of political stability in our region.
Today, the employment effect of
the Shipbuilding Industry which
directly employs nearly 30,000
people can be figured by 100,000s
when side-industry is taken into
consideration. In our industry,
we pay close attention to the use
of domestic materials of high
quality in the production process.
Even if we have achieved home
production rates of 60-70 percent
with the progresses that we have
made in the last years, we wish and
aim to achieve 100 percent home
production. We know and believe
that the more we increase our home
production, the more indirect
positive effect the industry will
have in our country’s employment.
Among the advantages that make
Turkish shipbuilding industry
prominent in maintenance and
repair sector include infrastructure
and technology, number of
shipyards, delivery period and
capacity of production in terms
of quality, flexible labour force,
our flexibility regarding customers
requests, availability of shipyards
simultaneously building new ships
and performing maintenance
and repair operations, diversity
in product range, our strategic
geographical location with flight
distances of 3 hours to 52 countries,
classification societies, equipment
manufacturers, the number of our
floating docks, being a powerful
country of the region in shipbuilding
industry, the support of iron &
steel industry, availability of ship
recycling industry, experience
with universities and educational
institutions, and sufficient and
skilled human source.
Today, the Turkish shipyards are
modern and advanced in technology,
has the necessary international
certificates and is capable of
building different types of ships.
Our shipyards have responded to
the decrease in new shipbuilding
demands after the worldwide crisis
in shipbuilding industry in 2008
by following a flexible strategy.
Turkish shipbuilding industry
has specialized in various types
of vessels including petroleum
tankers, chemical tankers,
handysize and handymax tankers,
load and container ships, ships with
heavy lifting equipment, wind farm
supply vessels, multi-purpose ships,
platform support ships, military
and coast guard ships and fishing
boats, research vessels, towing
boats, mega yachts, niche market
boats such as supply and offshore
boats. I can say that as a new trend
in the world today, Green Ship has
become important in new builds.
Our shipbuilding industry builds
these green ships and also pays
great attention to protect the
environment in its production areas.
Turkish shipbuilding industry
conducts maintenance and repair
projects under the fleet agreements
signed with various world’s leading
and public firms of shipping line
operations. In order to successfully
sign such fleet agreements, you
have to pass the inspections,
including not only technical but
also occupational health and safety
and administrative requirements
that are specified by the UK based
The Oil Companies International
Marine Forum (OCIMF). These
inspections are conducted within
the range of norms accepted
worldwide and our shipyards
manage to enter to the list of
approved vendors following these
inspections.
Besides all, I would like to draw
your attention to the fact that we
ensured that significant amount
of foreign currency stays in our
country thanks to our capability of
producing military/merchant ships,
primarily for defence industry,
with lower costs in our private
shipyards, which were previously
supplied from abroad by paying
large amount of foreign currency.
Considering the military and coast
guard projects, another specialty of
Turkish shipbuilding industry, we
can say that those ships are now
produced in Turkish shipyards and
some of them are even exported,
as well. To have an advanced naval
force is also one of the common
qualities of developed countries in
the world. Today, at the point where
we stand as Turkey, our MİLGEM
project, which was supplied by the
Turkish shipbuilding industry to
Turkish Naval Forces under the
leadership of our President has
broken down many prejudices. We
have 9 shipyards which build or are
building different types of military
support ships such as Landing
Platform Dock (LPD), coast guard
search and rescue boats, modern
patrol boats, LCT and LST (landing
ships), submarine mother rescue
vessels, rescue and tow ships and
logistic support ships and exporting
some of those ships. As you know,
in order to renew our coaster fleet,
The Coaster Shipping Corporation,
a Public-Private Partnership, was
founded with a 49 percent share
of the Ministry of Industry and
Technology. The Transport and
Infrastructure Ministry will
encourage removal of old ships
from our fleet by wreck incentives.
The Ministry of Economy will
support the project by the Support
Mechanism on Project Basis.
However, it is sure that achieving
this desired goal will be possible
only by properly designing and
conducting the finance model
that the system requires. If this
is achieved, in 2023, the Turkish
mercantile navy will be much
more efficient in sea transportation
and consist of modern and
technologically advanced ships
which are more cost-efficient, more
competetive and safer in terms of
environment and safety of life and
property, and provide high added
value. By using a national design,
domestic materials in high ratios,
light composite materials of high
strength and machines consistent
with the new conventions, Turkish
Mercant Fleet will be able to have
fuel saving eco-ships with modern
and technological superiority. Of
course these ships will be built in
Turkish shipyards with the efforts
of Turkish engineers and workers,
and will directly or indirectly
provide our shipyards and sideindustries
with new employment
areas for at least 30,000 people.
Recently, there has been a rush
of oil and gas exploration in the
seas surrounding our country,
particularly in the Mediterranean
Sea. The geopolitical importance
of this region is a stubborn fact.
We consider the rush in the
Mediterranean Sea is the result of its
strategic location, particularly with
the Suez Channel, and its potential
submerged energy resources. To
be the leader in this region and to
take the maximum advantages of
those energy resources is crucial
for our near future. Within this
context, to contribute to the
creation of the navy that TPAO
(Turkish Petroleum) needs for the
exploration and drill operations for
oil/gas must be the major task of
the Turkish shipbuilding industry.
The offshore platform that we are
planning to build for TPAO is one
of these initiatives. On the other
hand, the modern ships we built
for Naval Forces Command to
defend our rights and benefits in
the region may be considered as
the contributions of the Turkish
Shipbuilding Industry. Surely, we
consider our need for new shipyards
including maintenance and repair
operations in our southern regions
closer to the Mediterranean Sea.
As I stated at the beginning, to
start a positive process for the
maritime is directly associated
with the stability that will be
experienced in the region. Around
our country, which is located at
the centre of Middle East, the
Balkans and Caucasus and at an
important transit point for maritime
lines, the negative economic and
political developments naturally
and directly affect our country.
We hope the developments in these
areas be stable.

9
NEWS
Turkish defense companies on the rise
ASELSAN and TAI (Turkish
Aerospace Industries) continued its
rise in the list of the world’s top 100
defense industry companies.
The number of Turkish companies
in “Defense News Top 100”,
which is recognized as the most
prestigious defense industry list of
the world, has increased to 3. The
company ROKETSAN has entered
the list for the first time this year,
ranking 98th, where ASELSAN
and Turkish Aerospace Industries,
Inc. (TAI) continues moving up.
Domestic defense industry
companies aiming to increase their
competitive edge and economic
magnitudes in the industry with
innovative and original products
also registers their achievements
in international ratings.
The number of Turkish companies
on the “Defense News Top 100”
list rose to 3 this year. This list
is accepted as the world’s most
prestigious defense industry list
and is published by the US based
military publishing company
Defense News magazine by
taking into account the previous
year’s defense sales. ASELSAN,
which entered the list from 93rd
position with the data of the
year 2006 ranked 58th last year
and 57th this year. Increasing
the performance of the projects
undertaken domestically and
abroad, ASELSAN increased its
turnover which was 1.26 billion
dollars in 2015 by 17 percent to
1.19 billion dollars last year.
ASELSAN has achieved this
success with its products and
solutions developed as a result
of its R& D in fields such as
military and civil communication
systems, radar and electronic
warfare systems, electro-optical
systems, avionics systems, defense
and weapons systems, command
control systems and marine
systems. TAI entered the list for
the first time this year from the
83rd position according to the 2011
data. With a genuine interest in
domestic design projects such as
unmanned aerial vehicle ANKA,
helicopter ATAK and HÜRKUŞ,
TAI has produced aircraft for the
leading aircraft companies such as
Boeing, Airbus, Lockheed Martin,
NorthropGrumman, Bombardier
and Leonardo.
The Company which reached
$886 million in 2015 increased
Turkish export by sea increases
According to TUIK
(Turkish Statistical
Institute) data, Turkey has
increased its exports and
a large portion of these
exports was realized by sea.
Exports by sea increased
14.5 percent over the same
period last year.
its turnover by 22 percent last
year to $1.84 billion. With this
development, TAI’s ranking in the
Defense News Top 100 moved to
61st from 72nd.
GREAT SUCCESS OF
ROKETSAN
With its vision of “Being the
leader in rocket and missile
According to the compilation
made from the data of the Turkish
Statistical Institute, Turkey has
increased its exports by 8.2 percent
to 77.5 billion dollars in the first 6
months of this year compared to
the same period of the previous
year and the highest portion of
this export was realized by sea.
Exports by sea increased by 14.5
percent from 38.87 billion dollars
systems”, ROKETSAN has also
been rewarded for its efforts to
reach this goal with innovative
and original products.
Last year, ROKETSAN entered
the list for the first time as 98th
with a turnover of $364 million.
It gave the signals of this success
with its recent performance,
growing about 8 times in turnover
in the last 12-13 years. Although
the share of exports in turnover
changes according to the years,
the average of the last three years
reached 50 percent. The company
is targeting the exports to be at
least 25-30 percent in the long
term.
The company took its place
among the world’s top 100 defense
industry companies as a result of
its product family development as
well as the success it achieved in
foreign markets.
ROKETSAN is aiming to reach a
turnover of billion dollars in 2023.
in the January-June period of the
last year to 44.5 billion dollars
in the same period of this year.
Exports made by rail in the same
period increased by 27 percent
from 282 million dollars to
358 million dollars; exports by
highways decreased by 0.8 percent
to 22.3 billion dollars while the
share of air exports decreased by
7.6 percent to 8.8 billion dollars.

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Environmental services at sea
SEAGULL is a dynamic company steadily developing and widening her services in accordance with the
obvious needs of the sector

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Turkey signs deal to sell 4 MILGEM
corvettes to Pakistan
Pakistan and Turkey signed a contract
for the procurement of four MILGEM
Ada corvettes for the Pakistan Navy.
A presentation was made about the
contract and the four corvettes to be sold
before the signing ceremony. Two of the
corvettes will be built at Istanbul, while
the remaining two will be constructed at
Karachi.
Pakistan and Turkey signed
the contract for the sale of four
Milgem Corvettes. Şuay Alpay,
Deputy Minister of National
Defense and Chairman of Askeri
Fabrika ve Tersane İşletme
Anonim Şirketi (ASFAT),
Yunus Emre Karaosmanoglu,
Deputy Undersecretary of
the Ministry of Defense and
Deputy Chairman of ASFAT,
Ambassador Basat Öztürk,
Assistant Undersecretary of the
Ministry of Defense and Board
Member of ASFAT, Rear Admiral
Erdinç Yetkin, commander of
Istanbul Shipyard, and İhsan
Mustafa Yurdakul, Ambassador
of Turkey in Islamabad attended
the signing ceremony held in the
Defense Production Ministry in
Rawalpindi as representatives of
Republic of Turkey.
A presentation was made
about the contract and the four
corvettes to be sold before the
signing ceremony. During the
presentation, it was stated that the
first talks for the purchase of the
corvettes were made in 2015 and
lasted 12 days, and the contract
was signed in 2017.
It was decided to build two of
the corvettes at Istanbul Naval
Shipyard, while the remaining
two will be constructed at Karachi
Shipyard & Engineering Works.
At the first stage, one corvette
to be built in Istanbul and one
in Karachi will be acquired by
Pakistani Naval Forces in 2023
and the other two corvettes in
2024.
The first corvette will be built
in 54 months from the current
date, with the remaining three
due within 60, 66 and 72 months,
respectively.
The corvettes, which will be able
to cruise uninterruptedly for 15
days, will be 99.56 meters long
and 14.42 meters wide with a
maximum speed of 26 knots.
Milgem type corvettes are capable
of playing an active role in battles,
intelligence gathering, patrol and
search and rescue activities. The
agreement also requires sharing
engineering information and
providing an engineering training
accordingly.
The agreement was signed by
Yunus Emre Karaosmanoğlu
representing Turkey and Major
General Arşad Mahmut,
General Director of Production
of Ammunition of the Ministry
of National Defense and by Rear
Admiral Ather Selim,commander
of Karachi Shipyard representing
Pakistan.

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SafeTmade, along with its constantly
enlarging range of product, broadens its
business segment with new products
SafeTmade, with whom almost
everyone interested in maritime
and safety industry is familiar
with, is known to be a firm in the
sector which has created its own
brand and proved to be a firm of
innovation keeping on enlarging
its area of activity in the world
day by day. SafeTmade becomes
one of the sources of pride to
Turkish navigation through its
export-led production and highquality
products which have been
placed order from the Far East to
America, from Europe to Asia,
all in all, over 45 countries in
the world. Besides, the firm has
consolidated its position by being
accepted to International Life-
Saving Appliance Manufacturers’
Association (ILAMA) in 2013.
In addition to its testing and
production activities in the field
of maritime and safety equipment,
SafeTmade’s involvement in
social responsibility projects,
share of know-how details and
their experiences with the social
organizations, give us the clue
regarding the mission and the
vision the firm has, that is to
say the ethical approach not
being sacrificed to intense work
pressure.
During our quick visit of Captain
Ercan Hacıfettahoğlu in his office,
we got the chance to apprehend
the triggers of the determination
and motivation behind the
innovations and successes of the
firm which achieved to make a
name for itself even before their
third year in the sector. Mr.
Hacıfettahoğlu, expressing his
deep sorrow due to the absence of
Turkish products in the harbours
and on boards in the early days
of his career in the maritime the
sector, says that he had difficulty in
understanding the reasons behind
not manufacturing the simplemechanism
products of which
neither design nor production
is difficult. It was exactly this
situation, Mr. Hacıfettahoğlu
indicates, directed himself to
keep questioning the present
condition of Turkish maritime and
led him to search for solutions to
this problem. It seems that it was
exactly this train of thought that
shaped the voyage of SafeTmade
from its birth up until today:
in this way, the biggest water
bag is followed by Hydrostatic
Release Unit (HRU), and then
SAFETMAN, Safetbeach Fall
Preventer Device (FDP), Pad Eye
Tester and Ex-Proof Torch arrive
respectively.
In this issue of our journal, we had
an interview with Ozan Esin, the
company executive, on the design,
testing and certification processes
of their new products, i.e. Pad Eye
Tester and Ex-Proof Torch.
Could you please mention
briefly your new products
called Pad Eye Tester and
Ex-Proof Torch?
How has the process of decisionmaking
before the production
been shaped? What were the
requirements or deficiencies in
the sector that made you produce
these products?
Within SafeTmade, the decisionmaking
process has always been
shaped through a long journey
which has been flourished by
intellectual and experimental
labour. Both the observations
we make in our participation
in international exhibitions and
the meetings we hold with our
technical team members shape our
innovative projects. As you know,
SafeTmade is already known to
be one of the few manufacturers
of Pad Eye Tester in the world.
The first Pad Eye Tester with 20
tons capacity was followed by
the production of other Pad Eye
Testers with 50-ton and 100-ton
capacities. From our point of view,
limited tonnage production of a
product as important as Pad Eye
Tester regarding the role it played
as a safety equipment appeared to
be an important gap in the sector
which needed to be removed. This
is why we decided to involve Pad
Eye Tester in our range of product.
In addition to these, Ex-Proof
“We had an
interview with Mr.
Ozan Esin, one
of the business
executives of
the firm, about
the firm’s newly
introduced
products, i.e.
Pad Eye Tester
and Ex-Proof
Torch…”
Torch is imported for our
necessities in our country. This
product has high quality but its
price is so expensive and it is not
accessible easily because of its
importation. Aim of SafeTmade
in this manufacture is that cost of
this product is decreased. When
the cost is decreased, Ex-Proof
Torch become more accessible and
usage of it become widespread.
Also, when quality of this torch
is increased and extensity of
usage is provided, competitive
environment with foreign products
is inescapable.
After the manufacture, how
was the test and certification
phase? Which environment
was used to test these
products and by whom?
Before the manufacture phase,
opinions related to torch get
from various companies, a
market research was conducted
and it was determined that which
sector needed the most. We
paid attention that the product
must be customer-oriented and
productivity in every phase of
manufacture must be provided.
ATEX Certificate about usage of it
in various explosive atmospheres
was issued by Institute of Energy
Petroleum that is a notified body
of European Union and is located
in Izmir. However, there is no
test procedure that is valid in
international standards for Pad Eye
Tester. We test these products in
our service area through ensuring
adaptation each other of calibrated
dynamometer and manometers.
Before delivering, every product
is examined in a calibration test
and it is delivered if it passes the
Pad Eye test without any problem
solely.
What do you say about areas
of usage of these products and
how they work?
Both of these products are user
friendly. Pad Eye Tester is worked
with a hand pump to regulate
tonnage and weight and this pump
is delivered to buyer as ready for
use. The only thing to be done is
that the product must be placed
on the pad eye and hand pump
must be worked. The next part of
the work is done by the Pad Eye
Tester itself, and after the test is
over, the user is sure that the pad
eye is tested whether carry the
required load. Pad eye tester plays
a significant role to avoid security
risks about immobilization in
shipboards, oil platforms, cargo
ships etc.
Devices that are used to minimize
risks in hazardous workplaces calls
Ex-Proof devices. Therefore, this
torch can be used in a wide variety
sectors including maritime, mining
or petrochemical industry etc.
Range of ambient temperature of
this product is from -20C to +55C.
The torch body is manufactured
from thermoplastic resins and it
Ozan Esin/ Capt. Encan Hacıfettahoğlu
is corrosion-resistant. There is a
reed switch on its body and its
body composes of an isolation
system that has not any gap on
this. It has 13 hours battery life
and an indicator of low battery
exists. Usage of this torch is quite
user friendly.
When we look at the reference
list of products, we see the
names of many countries
from America to the
Middle East, Europe, Asia
and Africa. How did you get
feedback after products were
introduced to the market?
Are there positive or negative
feedbacks?
As you specify, SafeTmade has a
large customer network all around
the world. Necessity of usage of
the Pad Eye Tester is realized and
its demand increased rapidly. Up
to now, companies that give an
order to us for Pad Eye Tester have
not made a come-back negatively.
On the contrary, these companies
have preferred for their new orders
again and again. This is the source
of pride for us.
Likewise, Ex-Proof Torch already
is sold by distributors of HRU in
the developed network of the
company and they report positive
feedback for Pad Eye Tester.
This torch has high quality and
competitive price, so this cause
that it become more prominent
than its equivalent products.

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Turkish shipyards at full capacity
Turkish boat and yacht building
industry has been growing rapidly
since 1980s. Today, it is among
the world’s leading manufacturers.
The boat manufacturing in Turkey
is concentrated particularly
in Marmara Region (Istanbul-
Tuzla, İzmit and Bursa), Aegean
Region (Izmir, Muğla-Bodrum,
Marmaris) and Mediterranean
Region (Antalya and Mersin).
Tuzla is still maintaining its
leadership in the industry with its
shipyards where large commercial
vessels are built, and is the starting
place of production in Turkey.
At the same time, Antalya Free
Zone attracts the attention of the
whole world with mega yachts and
Bodrum with gulet-type boats
used as long shore cruiser for
long time.
in the industry, fabrication
production is often realized for
boats up to 15 meters, and joborder
production for boats of
15 meters and above. Despite
the lack of a clear definition of
mega-yachts, motors or sailing
boats of 30 meters and above
are generally defined as “megayachts”.
However, in line with the
demands from the market, yacht
manufacturing in Antalya has
gradually shifted towards boats
above 30 meters.
Tuzla: the heart of the
shipbuilding art
It wouldn’t be wrong to say that
foundations of the Tuzla shipyards
were laid by Fatih Sultan Mehmet
(The Conqueror). In 1513, Fatih
built one of the largest shipyards
in the 16th century by bringing
all supplies and equipment
from the Gallipoli shipyard to
the Golden Horn shipyard. In
Istanbul, production of traditional
wooden boat near the Golden
Horn began during Fatih Sultan
Mehmet period and continued
until 1983. Then, today’s Tuzla
was established following the
Council of Minister decision dated
September 22, 1969. With the
decision, Tuzla-Aydınlı Bay was
separated from the “Shipbuilding
and Side Industrial Zone” in 1984.
When all building, repair and
maintenance shipyards moved
from the Golden Horn, Tophane,
İstinye and Kasımpaşa to this
region, Tuzla was established.
Currently, Tuzla accounts for the
Turkish shipyards are having difficulty in meeting orders from
Europe due to high demand. The shipyard’s queue is full until
2022 due to the ship orders received from the most important
marine countries in the world. Denmark, UK, Norway,
Iceland, France, Netherlands and Germany are in line to be
able to buy ships from Turkish shipyards.
Başaran Bayrak
Vice President of Ship, Yacht and Marine Services Exporters Association
weighted portion of the private
sector and shipbuilding capacity in
Turkey. Since 1980s, the heart of
this exclusive art has been beating
in Tuzla thanks to the experience
of hundreds of years in the Golden
Horn.
Tuzla is still Turkey’s most
important shipbuilding center.
Despite the crisis, its production
capacity is increasing. Of course,
this situation causes a shortage of
places in the long term, particularly
in Tuzla, the starting place of
yacht production, accommodating
large shipyards. This shortage
has pushed manufacturers to
search for new fields and many
have turned to Muğla, especially
Bodrum, Antalya, Bursa, Yalova
and Izmit in time.
“Antalya Free Zone,
Turkey’s yacht
manufacturing center”
In the region, the boat building
sector as old as 1998 is
concentrated in the Antalya
Free Zone (EFZ) and has
become one of Antalya’s most
important industries. According
to the Antalya Free Zone data,
the trading volume of the sector
generated within the last decade
has exceeded US$700 million.
According to the information
we received from the Chamber of
Shipping (DTO) Antalya branch,
80 Turkish and international
companies in the region are
performing activities related to
production of yachts and boats.
Only in Antalya Free Zone, there
are 52 companies employing 1276
people operating in production of
different types and sizes of boats,
yachts and mega yachts. The
basic production in Manavgat is
composed of a mixture of classic
wooden boats and steel-wooden
gulets. Following Tuzla, Antalya
Free Zone is currently Turkey’s
most demanded area receiving
most orders in terms of production
of yachts, military ships and
service ships.
Bodrum is special
The tradition of yacht building
goes back 2500 years in Bodrum.
According to the historical
records, it is narrated that
Queen Artemisia of Caria had
the ships she commanded in
the battle of Salamis in 480 BC
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built in Halicarnassus. Carians
and Dorians even had ships
built for the Egyptian pharaohs
in Halicarnassus. Hundreds of
years passed, but the tradition
continues. Bodrum shipbuilders
have not given up building ships
for the Ottoman Navy even though
they lost their heads to this end.
Today’s Bodrum is one of Turkey’s
stars of building boats which
carries out production in a wide
range from modern yachts to the
region-specific gulet style wooden
boats and comes forward with high
quality workmanship.
Although many were closed
aftermaths of the 2008 crisis,
there are still many shipyards
in Bodrum which are trying to
overcome the financial crisis
with repair & maintenance or
“repeat”, meaning renewal of the
existing boats. Of course, despite
the decline, orders still continue.
Bodrum boat builders already
make this statement clear.
Turkey’s ship and yacht
exports are on the rise
The reason for this success
of Turkish shipyards is its
technology-oriented high quality
production. After the 2008 crisis,
shipyard owners lost tanker orders
to the Far East causing the end of
their golden age, so they shifted
to construction of technologyoriented
special purpose ships.
Specializing rapidly in this
area, Turkish shipyards are now
undertaking the projects which
are firsts in their area in the
world. The first tugboat powered
by LNG was built in Turkey and
the construction of the first remote
control ship was done in Tuzla.
On projects such as fishing boats,
river-type vessels, platform supply
vessels, power boats, and seismic
research support vessels; Turkish
shipyards, the preference of
European shipowners, left behind
global giants with the exemplary
technology in offshore wind
turbine support vessels tender
regarded as the trend of the future.
The industry is also specializing
rapidly in military ships. There are
more than 40 ships in the order
book already.
78 percent of the export is made
up of ships and 22 percent is
made up of yacht and boats.
Turkish shipyards are known
around the world especially for
super yacht (24m and above)
building. According to the data
of January of 2017, it maintained

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the 3rd position in Turkey with
a total length of 3,508 meters.
Exporters think that shipbuilding
is one of the two industries with
the highest export along with
automotive. Ship and Yacht
Exporters’ Association (GYİB)
Chairman Başaran Bayrak said:
“Despite the rapid growth, these
numbers are far below our targets.
Once the troubles in neighbouring
countries are eliminated and a
number of security problems are
resolved, the increase in export
will be much faster”.
Altınova Shipyard Entrepreneurs’
Chairman Fazıl Uzun emphasized
that he prefers Turkish shipyards
to China, Singapore, Korea and
Vietnam thanks to the quality
production in Turkey. Focusing
on maintenance and repair works
after the global financial crisis,
Turkish shipyards have reached the
annual capacity of 20 million dwt
in this area. The representatives
of the industry stress that
maintenance and repair with an
annual income of 600 million
dollars should also be regarded
as export.
22 percent of export by
Tersan
Recently focused on special
projects such as fishing vessels
and offshore platform supply
vessels exported to the European
market, Tersan Shipyard has been
the company with the second
highest jump on the latest İSO
500 list. Tersan moved up by 203
ranks on the list compared to the
previous year, taking its place as
the 156th this year. Signing major
shipbuilding projects in northern
Europe, especially in Norway, the
company increased its exports by
77 percent, achieving 22 percent
of exports in the industry alone.
The main slipway of Tersan on
a 220-acre land in Yalova board
is one of the biggest slipways in
Turkey with a length of 200 meters
and a width of 56 meters.
The crane on the slipway has a
lifting capacity of 550 tons. As
soon as the shipbuilding facility
in Yalova was launched, Tersan
headed for maintenance and repair
in the shipyard in Tuzla. This
shipyard has a 130 x 22.5 meter
floating pool. The shipyard aims
to be one of the few shipyards in
Europe with R&D investments,
and its R&D activities include
approved projects such as
horizontal production/ ship
launching line and sliding of
vessels. In the same shipyard,
construction of four ferries with
100 percent battery power is
underway.
In addition to these, three LNGfuelled
and battery powered
hybrid ferries are being built for
a Norwegian logistics company.
The semi-robotic panel line, which
was started in Yalova facilities last
year, the horizontal production/
ship launching line to be
commissioned later this year, and
the Panamax floating pool, which
will be started to manufacture this
year to commission next year, are
the remarkable investments on the
company’s agenda. The company
recorded export of 200 million
dollars in 2016 and currently has
500 employees.
Power ships for Africa
constructed by Sedef
Sedef, one of Turkey’s largest
shipyards, is growing rapidly in
energy and military ship projects.
The shipyard has already taken the
first step for the Landing Platform
Dock (LPD) to be built for the
Defense Industry for 700 million
Euros. Also reaching 900 MW in
construction of power ships, Sedef
Shipyard has delivered the 11th
project to the Karadeniz Holding.
The Karadeniz Powership Onur
Sultan, which is the latest one built
for Karadeniz Holding in Sedef
Shipyard and sent to Indonesia
last June, has an installed power
of 470 MW.
First remote-controlled
ship by Sanmar
Sanmar with shipyards in
Tuzla and Yalova is one of the
world’s largest 10 companies in
construction of tugboats. Sanmar
built the world’s first LNG-fuelled
tugboat for Bukser og Berging
from Norway. The world’s first
remote-controlled ship “Svitzer
Hermod” was also built by Sanmar.
Designed by Robert Allen, the
Svitzer Hermod, was equipped
with Rolls-Royce Dynamic
Positioning System. Sanmar is
one of the two tug companies in
the ‘initiative of testing tugboats’
that was newly established in the
world for certification of bollard
pull capacity to determine the
trends in the industry.
So far, Sanmar Shipyard has
completed 156 tugs, 21 mooring
lines, and 11 pilot tugs and its
total export of tugs to 7 continents
has exceeded 100. Due to rapid
growth, the second phase
investment in Altınova’s new
shipyard was brought forward for
5 years. Delivering 16 pieces in the
first eight months, the company
is going to deliver another 9
deliveries by the end of the year.
Cemre became an example
with offshore wind tribune
support vessels
Yalova based Cemre Shipyard is
making considerable contributions
to export by signing successful
As of June, a total of 381 super
yachts totaling 7,079 meters in
length were sold for $1.9 billion in
the Antalya Free Zone, one of the
world’s top three most important
super luxury yacht centers.
As of the end of 2017, a total of 372
boats with a total length of 6,881
meters and a value of $957 million
were produced and exported as
part of the super luxurious yacht
and boat production that started
in the Antalya Free Zone in 2000.
With nine boats launched in June
this year, the total number of boats
rose to 381, totaling 7,079 meters
in length, while the total sales
value increased to $1.9 billion.
Nine yachts with a value of
$53 million in six months
As of June 2018, a total of nine
boats, including super luxury
yachts, were launched in the
Antalya Free Zone, one of the
world’s three most important
centers in super luxury yacht
projects worldwide especially
in special purpose boats. The
company has a number of
outstanding projects such as
export of fishing boats, rivertype
vessels, platform supply
vessels, seismic research support
ships, ferries, and catamarans
to countries mainly including
Norway, Iceland, Denmark,
and Ukraine. The company
was awarded the world’s largest
ship tenders for construction of
offshore wind turbine support
vessels in 2016. It became the
successful bidder among nearly
35 shipyards from all over the
world for manufacturing service
operation ships for wind farms
on German and French coasts.
The shipyard has already begun
building the ship and it is also
engaged in manufacturing a
couple of the same type of ships
for Denmark. The company’s
turnover for 2016 is about TRY
237 million.
Super luxury yacht exports exceed $1 billion
production and the most important
one in Turkey. Antalya Free Zone
Corp. (ASBAŞ) General Manager
Zeki Gürses stated that the total
length of the nine boats launched
this year was 198 meters and their
total sales value was $53 million.
Sales to five countries
Zeki Gürses said the boats
launched this year were between
13 and 33 meters in length, adding
that these boats were sold to the
Netherlands, the U.K., Oman,
Qatar and the U.S. Gürses noted
that one 18-meter and two 33-meter
boats were sold to Qatar as coast
guard boats. He added that two
15-meter boats were produced as
commercial vessels, one 19-meter
boat was a catamaran, and 26-,
46-, 54- and 60-meter boats will
be launched in July and August.
Year-end target: $150
million
According to Gürses, a total of 30
yachts and super luxury yachts are
expected to be launched by the
end of 2018. “One of these yachts
measure 60 meters, four of them
are over 40 meters, 11 between 24
and 39 meters, and 15 have various
lengths up to 23 meters. By the end
of June this year, the total value
of boats produced and sold in the
Antalya Free Zone exceeded $1
billion. Our target for year 2018
is $150 million.”
Maintenance & repair
revenues: $23.4 million
Gürses stated that in addition to
being a center of super luxury
boat production, the free zone has
turned into a center of maintenance
and repair for such yachts coming
from various countries. “A total of
107 boats have come to the free
zone for maintenance and repair
since 2008. 91 of these boats
have been maintained, repaired
and delivered to their owners,
which brought in $23.47 million
in revenue. 16 of them are still
being maintained and repaired”
Gürses said.

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Another prolific year for DELTA MARINE
Designated as the most reputable
and reliable Turkish ship design
house, Delta Marine have achieved
to obtain very successful results in
efforts on developing ship design
concepts and software products, as
well as improving the engineering
processes in terms of quality and
innovation.
The year of 2018 started with
very promising advances as
the company received from
Class NK, the ISO 9001:2015
Quality Management System
Certification which is the most
modern and updated QMS. After
having the official proof of its highquality
services and products, the
company has also been certified by
Turkey’s Ministry of Defense with
National and NATO Facility
Security Clearance. On the
other hand, Delta Marine’s project
team developing detail design for
Turkish Navy’s TLHD project
received the “Team of the Year”
award by Teknopark Istanbul
R&D Center.
Delta Marine’s ongoing projects
in merchant and naval areas,
are thriving into success stories
one-by-one. The launching of
Lily PG, 7000 DWT St. St. Oil/
Chemical Tanker designed by
Delta Marine and built by RMK
Marine on behalf PGT from UK
has been successfully done in
April 2018. Another joyful news
came in May 2018 from Besiktas
Shipyard who launched Delta
Marine’s design sister vessels
Mia Desgagnés, the World’s first
dual-fuel polar-class chemical
tanker and then her sister Rossi
A. Desgagnés both built on behalf
of Canadian Groupe Desgagnés.
In July 2018, the delivery of
Victoria of Wight, Wightlink’s
new environmentally friendly,
hybrid battery powered,
1200 Pax ferry designed for
the Fishbourne to Portsmouth
voyages, has been one of the
numerous accomplishments.
In naval industry branch, laying
of hull blocks in February 2018
and completion of 100% of
hull blocks in June 2018, for
TCG ANADOLU, Turkish
Navy’s Landing Helicopter
Dock (TLHD) project in Sedef
Shipyard, has been important
milestones. Delta Marine’s
intensive efforts in detail design
have started turn into reality in this
largest naval ship project ever done
in Turkey. Another success story
is developing in Turkey’s largest
naval ship technology transfer
project in a single item, PNS
Moawin, where Delta Marine
provided basic and detail design
services under the agreement
made with the main contractor
STM. This Navy Fleet Tanker
Celebrating its 22 nd year in maritime
sector as a fully independent company,
Delta Marine continues to write success
stories in design, engineering and
consultancy services.
under construction in Karachi
Shipyard, Pakistan, has shown
a very satisfactory performance
in the first part of the sea trials
executed in Arabic Sea. The sea
trials shall continue and every
successful result obtained in each
test marks another milestone of
pride for defense cooperation
between Pakistan and Turkey.
Delta Marine is also very active
in software development and
focuses on ship design and ship
operations. In that sense, Delta
Marine’s new ship loading
software, DeltaLoad[+] has been
released and received the General
Approval for Type 3 functionality
from Lloyd’s Register as of
January 2018. Compatible with
modern hardware and software
technologies, DeltaLoad[+] offers
various enhanced and new features
which will make ship officer’s and/
or ship management staff’s lives
much easier in organizing ship’s
cargo by checking instantly the
vessel’s technical availabilities.
On the other hand, Delta Marine
has been awarded by Turkish
Lloyd with the contract to develop
a new rule software aiming to
improve plan approval capabilities
and performance. This application
will be ready for the use by 2019.
Delta Marine had been using its
in-house developed ship design
software platform NavEng which
offers very good and effective
features to create new concept
designs fast and accurately.
Delta Marine also carries the title
of “academia” for young engineers
and technicians; and is preferred
as a favorite solution partner at
worldwide level as a result of
the continuous improvement
philosophy standing on close
interest for developments in
professional and computer
technologies. The company and its
executives carry the same energy
and enthusiasm like the first day to
provide reliable, innovative, high
quality and responsive services
and products in maritime sector
and to write new success stories
in future.

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Hidrodinamik Shipyard provides repair and
maintenance services to 150 vessels annually
and up to 20 vessels at the same time
Shipyard,
operating in a total
area of 25.000 m²
with 1 floating
dock, 3 slipways
and a pier of
200 m, provides
services to vessels
up To 9.000 DWT
on docking and up
to 30.000 DWT
afloat repair.
Hidrodinamik
Provides repair
and maintenance
services to 150
vessels annually
and up to 20
vessels at the
same time with its
right planning and
successful project
management.
Hidrodinamik Shipyard, operates
in Tuzla, one of the most
advantageous shipyard bases of
the world where the shipyards and
the suppliers are located together.
Shipyard provides repair and
maintenance services for a wide
variety of ships ranging from dry
cargo vessels, tankers, ro-ro ships,
livestock carriers, LPG/LNG
ships to dredgers and offshore
vessels. With a broad service
network it gives service to all
ships wherever they are located.
In line with the motto of “More
than a shipyard”, Hidrodinamik
provides rental services of its
maintenance equipments used in
the shipyard, to be used in other
projects as well.
Cengiz Kasap
20 million DWT repair,
maintenance and
conversion capacity
The facility has a total area of
25.000 m² (5.000 m² indoor
and 20.000 m² outdoor), with 1
floating dock, 3 slipways and a
pier of 200 m. Shipyard provides
services to vessels up to 9.000
DWT on docking and up to 30.000
DWT afloatrepair. Hidrodinamik
Shipyard is providing repair and
maintenance service to around
150 vessels per year and up to
20 vessels at the same time , has
delivered 20 million DWT ship
repair and maintenance since
establishment.
Biggest Jack- up
platform construction
project manufactured in
Turkey
It has finalized the conversion
of 60 projects, 38 newbuilding
and completed the repair and
maintenance of 3182 vessels
until today. In the first eight
months of 2018 , Hidrodinamik
has completed the conversion of
5 vessels, repair and maintenance
of 82 vessels and has given service
support of 15 vessels.
Hidrodinamik Shipyard assures
the shortest repair time and high
quality service for all repair,
maintenance and conversion
projects.
The advantage of
location
Cengiz Kasap, General Manager
of Hidrodinamik Shipyard,
emphasizes that, Hidrodinamik
is being located at Tuzla region,
one of the most advantageous
shipyard region of the world where
the shipyards and the suppliers
are located together since 1980’s.
They can easily reach replacements
and deliver the work on time.
Pointing that all the ship needed
maintenance and repair in years,
he indicated the importance of
working with the designers and
engineers producing new ways
and methods continuously and
improving innovation-oriented
solutions on maintenance, repair
and conversion of the ship.
Hidrodinamik Shipyard assures
the shortest repair time and high
quality service for all repair,
maintenance and conversion
operations.
Tuzla shipyards region is
surrounded by various hotels,
and only 15 minutes away
from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen
International Airport.
“We do what we
know best along three
generation”
Hidrodinamik Shipyard, has been
doing what they know best along
three generations. It was founded
in 1975 by Necati Özer, a Naval
Architect and Marine Engineer,
in Rumeli Kavağı at Bosphorus.
After operating in the activity
of shipbuilding only in the early
years, shipyard has been moved
to the shipyards region in Tuzla
Aydınlı Bay in 1980’s, and started
to provide services of newbuilding
,repair, maintenance, and
conversion. Being a pioneer for
the sector, Necati Özer designed
and built Turkey’s first railway
dry-dock type slipway with 1.200
tons of lifting capacity in 1986. In
1992, the second railway dry-dock
type slipway with 2.000 tons of
lifting capacity was started into
service. In 1994 second generation
took over the management and
Asuman Özer started to work as
General Manager and became
the Chairwoman of the Board in
1998 after being succeeded by
Cengiz Kasap was assigned as
a General Manager. In 1999 the
third new building and railway
dry-dock type slipway with the
lifting capacity of 3.000 tons
and in 2008 floating dock with
the lifting capacity of 3.000 tons
was commissioned. As Asuman
Özer is still performing her duty
as the Chairwoman of the Board,
the third generation is assigned.
Member of Board, grandson of
Necati Özer, Necati Emre Ordu,
is now managing the company’s
institutionalization process.
Cengiz Kasap says, as being located at
Tuzla Aydınlı region, one of the most
advantageous shipyard bases of the
world and where the shipyards and the
suppliers are together, they can easily
reach replacements and deliver the work
on time.

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Handover ceremony at the Ministry of
Transport and Infrastructure
Ahmet Arslan - Cahit Turhan
In his speech in the handover
ceremony in the Ministry,
new Minister of Transport and
Infrastructure, Cahit Turhan
explained the Ministry’s big
projects to facilitate the lives
of citizens and to make them
accessible and reachable during
their daily lives, travels and
communications.
Turhan stated that the projects
started by the former Prime
Minister, Binali Yıldırım,
during his term as the Minister
of Transport, Maritime and
Communications, and the works
carried under the leadership of
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,
are praiseworthy: “I have also
served for 30 years in the General
Directorate of Highways under
this ministry. I have returned home
after 2 years of separation. We will
continue to provide better services
for our country with our Ministry
of Transport family.”
Turhan emphasized that, in the
words of President Erdoğan,
“this job is a labor of passion,
enthusiasm and love”, and they
will create the foundation for the
services in every field to prepare
the country for the goals of
2023, 2053, and 2071 set by the
President.
Minister of
Transport and
Infrastructure,
Cahit Turhan took
over office from
former Minister
of Transport,
Maritime and
Communications,
Ahmet Arslan.
“We will work with love and
enthusiasm to reach the goals
set by President Erdoğan and to
realize bigger projects faster for the
people with a new understanding.
“We will strive to carry this flag
given to them to its purpose, its
destination, and wished for better
and more beneficial services for
the nation and the country.”
The Ministry of Transport
family raised the flag
higher.
Arslan also stated that they have
carried out many projects for 16
years during the terms of AKP
Party governments regarding the
accessibility and transportation of
the country, they will continue to
do so, and this is a fact known
by both the citizens and the
international carriers that benefit
from the transportation and
accessibility of the country.
Arslan emphasized that the
investments made by the ministry
in 16 years total 474 billion:
“When taking over the office from
Prime Minister Binali Erdoğan
25.5 months ago, we had said that
we will raise this flag higher by
working day and night with our
teammates. We did raise the flag
higher as the Ministry of Transport
family of 240,000.”
He gave information about the
works performed during his term
as minister, and said that the new
Istanbul Airport will be officially
opened in October 29, the field
works for Kanal Istanbul project
have reached the final phase, the
drills were completed, the route
was determined, the EIA process
was initiated, and they will be able
to give a start this year regarding
the financing method.
After the speeches, Cahit Turhan
took over the office of Minister
of Transport and Infrastructure
from Mr. Arslan.
Turkey announces $183M
package for industrialists
Turkey’s industry and technology
minister on Aug. 14 announced a new
support package worth 1.2 billion
Turkish liras (approx. $183 million)
for industrialists.
Turkey’s industry and
technology minister on Aug.
14 announced a new support
package worth 1.2 billion
Turkish liras (approx. $183
million) for industrialists.
The package aims to reduce
current account deficit and
encourage production of high
value-added outputs, Mustafa
Varank said in a statement.
The industrialists will benefit
from the package through the
Technology and Innovation
Grant Programmes Directorate
TEYDEB 2.0, a new support
system of the Scientific and
Technological Research Council
of Turkey (TUBITAK).
“We will provide 1.2 billion liras
(approx. $183 million) in three
years for projects that will be
implemented through TEYDEB’s
project announced this year,”
Varank said.

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Uzmar exports to more than 22 countries
in 6 continents
“It was built by
the state-of-theart
technology
and standards in
Kocaeli Free Zone
in 2005 and soon
after acquired a
unique production
band combining
innovative
shipbuilding
techniques with the
SEM (ERP) system
and named it
‘Uzmar Workboat
and Tugboat
Plant’...”
Noyan Altuğ stated that after the
pilotage services they provided
at Çanakkale Akçansa Port, they
launched the first private Pilotage
Station at Aliağa Nemrut Bay.
“Uzmar successfully performs
Noyan Altuğ
Uzmar Board Member
Noyan Altuğ, UZMAR’s Board member,
told the story of Uzmar to Viramaritime.
“The story of UZMAR started with the
establishment of the first private pilotage
and tugboat company of Turkey by Sea
Captain Altay Altuğ (Maritime College,
1952) in 1973, which provided service
to private ports on the Aegean Shores”.
more than 12,000 maneuvers
per year with 20 marine vessels,
18 pilot captains and more than
300 experienced personnel with
its principle of “Safety First”.
“The Uzmar Pilotage Station,
providing service for the vessels
in different sizes and tonnages
with its 12 different types of ASD
and TS model tugboats with a
towing capacity of 17 to 77 tons,
is increasing its service quality by
implementing its core principles
of safety and high efficiency” said
Uzmar’ Board Member Noyan
Altuğ. “Uzmar obtained its license
for “Response to Emergencies
of Contamination of Marine
Environment with Oil and Other
Harmful Substances” in 2010 and
is ready 7/24 to respond to any
pollution caused by the substances
at Aliağa Nemrut Bay Region with
its trained and expert personnel
and advanced equipment and
fleet. Uzmar participates in fire
extinguishing operations with its
competent tugboats and crew at
the coastal facilities and vessels
and successfully performs ship
rescue and flotation operations.
“Uzmar started to build its
own tugboats in 1996 in Tuzla
Shipyards Region for the purpose
of expanding its fleet and is now
using the modern designs of the
world’s leading shipbuilding
engineering firm, Canadian
Robert Allan Ltd. The vessels we
build with progressive engineering
principles at the highest standards
are exported to more than 22
countries on 6 continents today”.
Altuğ also told us about the Uzmar
Shipyard:
“It was built by the state-of-theart
technology and standards in
Kocaeli Free Zone in 2005 and
soon after acquired a unique
production band combining
innovative shipbuilding techniques
with the SEM (ERP) system and
named it “Uzmar Workboat and
Tugboat Plant”.
The shipyard has an indoor area of
19.000m 2 and a pier with a length
of 170 m. It is based on a land
of 60.000 m 2 and is one of the
most competent shipyards of the
country with its floating dock with
a capacity of 5000 tons. In addition
to the ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and
OHSAS 18001 certificates, it has
the NATO Security Certificate and
the Facility Security Clearance
issued by the Ministry of National
Defense”.
Altuğ said that with the progressive
engineering principle, they have
achieved perfect customized
applications in a timely manner.
“Thanks to the development of
the online construction process of
Uzmar, we use the high technology
infrastructure, production time
and work power in the most
efficient way and offer a lifetime
technical support service, allowing
its customers to follow up the
construction process online from
anywhere on the world”.
Noyan Altuğ concluded his words
by saying, “Uzmar produces
and exports more than 15
different types of vessels a year
with a pioneering vision in the
industry and achieved major and
influencing projects and marked
many firsts both in Turkey and
the world.”

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Turkish-made submarine delivered to
navy in Istanbul
The Undersecretariat of Defense
Industry announced the delivery
on its Twitter account, saying:
“Our navy is getting more
powerful.”
The ceremony at the Istanbul
Shipyard was attended by the
commander of the Turkish
naval forces, Vice Admiral
Adnan Özbal, Istanbul Shipyard
Board Chairman Ertan Şener,
Transportation Ministry Deputy
Secretary Ahmet Selçuk Sert,
Turkey Marine Federation
President Erkan Dereli, Turkish
Chamber of Shipping Board
Chairman Metin Kalkavan,
The submarine rescue ship TCG AKIN (A-584), built in
the Istanbul Shipyard, was delivered to the Turkish navy on
Dec. 29 in an official ceremony in Istanbul.
Turkish Shipbuilders’ Association
(GİSBİR) Board Chairman Murat
Kıran, and many other prominent
names from the maritime sector.
The new ship will replace TCG
Akın, whose long career had
ended in November after 75 years.
TCG Akın had begun her life as
a USS Greenlet, a Chanticleerclass
submarine rescue ship in
the United States navy. She was
launched in 1942 and served in
the U.S. navy until 1970 before
being transferred to Turkey.
TCG Akın was the sole dedicated
submarine rescue ship until the
commissioning of TCG Alemdar
in 2017.
TCG Sancaktar delivered to the naval forces command with a ceremony
TCG Sancaktar, one of the two ships
built for the Naval Forces Command
to serve as amphibious operation
and fire support, was delivered to
the Naval Forces Command with a
ceremony at ADIK shipyard.
TCG Sancaktar, which is one of
the two ships built for the Naval
Forces Command under the scope
of the Amphibious Ship (LST)
Procurement Contract signed with
the Undersecretariat of Defense
Industry, to serve as amphibious
operation and fire support, was
delivered to the Naval Forces
Command with a ceremony at
ADIK shipyard. The message
of the President Erdoğan was
read in the ceremony held for
the delivery of the second ship
following TCG Sancaktar which
was built by Anadolu Deniz İnşaat
Kızakları Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ
(ADİK Shipyard).
In his message, President Erdoğan
pointed out that Turkey must equip
itself in all areas, make good its
deficiencies and proceed towards
its goals with full speed in order
to establish justice and peace in
the Turkish territorial waters and
all over the world.
Erdoğan: “We work very hard
to achieve this goal and support
the projects that would strengthen
our country and to contribute to
its development and progress.
Today, Turkey marks significant
achievements in the field of
building submarines and in the
defense industry. Sancaktar
is one of the indicators of our
determination to maintain the
amphibious power of our Naval
Forces and develop it to meet the
requirements of this age. Our
Naval Forces will be stronger with
Sancaktar which will contribute to
the fulfillment of its operational
and logistical duties. I wish good
luck to both our country, nation
and Turkish Armed Forces. I
thank all those who contributed
in building of Sancaktar and
sincerely greet all the guests in
this ceremony”.
“IT TOOK SWEAT OF THE
TURKISH ENGINEER,
WORKERS AND SEAMEN”
Adnan Özbal, Commander of
Naval Forces, also made a speech
in the ceremony and stated that
TCG Sancaktar was built by
great efforts and took the sweat
of Turkish engineers, workers and
seamen from design to building.
Özbal: “We are proud of adding
a new ship to the ever increasing
number of national ships and
weapon systems. Our Naval Forces
with its history dating back to a
thousand year makes its presence
felt in the seas of the world for the
sake of the survival and interests
of our country. Today, it is the
guaranty of peace both in the
region and all over the world and
one of the most effective naval
forces of the world”.
Özbal underlined that the
developments and the rapidly
changing security equation in
the region made it necessary
to increase the operative and
strategic effectiveness of the
naval forces even more. “One of
the basic rules of being successful
in this regard is to have a naval
force that is able to mobilize any
force in any region of the world
when needed” said Özbal.

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Here are all the highlights of the
maritime trade fair at a glance
The maritime
industry will meet
in Hamburg for
SMM, the leading
international
maritime
trade fair.
Around 50,000
international
visitors are
expected to
attend, and
more than 2,200
exhibitors will be
present.
Hamburg, 01/08/2018 – From 4
to 7 September, emerging and
well-established companies will
once again present the entire
value chain of the maritime
sector in the exhibition halls of
Hamburg Messe und Congress
(HMC). As appropriate for the
age of the digital revolution and
the maritime energy turnaround,
this year’s SMM will put its main
emphasis on digitalisation and the
environment. An overview:
Facts & Figures:
• SMM takes place for the 28th
time
• Its honorary patron is Dr Angela
Merkel, Chancellor of The Federal
Republic of Germany
• The fair will reflect the entire
value chain of the maritime
industry
•Around 50,000 visitors from
more than 120 countries are
expected to attend
• More than 2,200 exhibitors from
69 countries will be present
• 29 national pavilions
• 24 political, business and
international naval delegations
(as of August 2018)
• More than 93,000 qm² of
exhibition space in 13 halls
• Hall A5 with focus on Green
Propulsion
• Five subject matter-specific
conferences with 70 international
speakers
• The Green, Digital, Security,
Cruise & Ferry, and Job Routes
will direct visitors to relevant
exhibitor stands
• SMM has an international
subsidiary: INMEX SMM India,
which will take place from 3 to 5
October 2019 in Mumbai
Novelties:
• 3D printing: Arranged together
with the Northern German
Maritime Cluster, the special
exhibition on 3D printing in the
maritime sector represents a
global debut. In Hall B6 visitors
will be able to talk to experts,
and witness live presentations
of additive production processes.
• Cruise & Ferry Route: Wellknown
companies from the Cruise
& Ferry segment will not only
occupy the entire Hall B5 but
Under the motto of “Trends in
SMMart Shipping”, the event will
occupy 13 halls and focus on all the
top items on the industry’s agenda.
For the first time there will also be
a special exhibition on 3D-printing
for the maritime industry, as well
as a new theme route for the Cruise
& Ferry segment. A comprehensive
conference programme will
accompany the four-day fair.
also parts of Hall B8. The new
Cruise & Ferry Route will help
visitors identify additional relevant
exhibitors.
• Future-looking topics: The
Offshore Dialogue on 6 September
will focus on topics such as Arctic
technologies and deep-sea mining.
• Cybersecurity: The maritime
security conference MS&D will
last two days this year (6 & 7
September) with cybersecurity
as one of the main topics.
• Job exchange: The Maritime
Career Market on Friday (7
September) will for the first time
offer interested young talents an
information forum with lectures
on maritime job profiles, and
advice for job applicants.
• New countries: Poland, Estonia
and Panama will be represented
by national pavilions. Namibia
will celebrate its fair debut as an
individual exhibitor.
• Ship-owning companies: The
renowned TradeWinds Shipowners
Forum takes place at SMM for the
first time.
Visitors of SMM 2018 can expect
the industry’s biggest and most
international showcase. More
than 2,200 exhibitors, including
both young and well-established
companies, will present their
innovations and product solutions
on site, including large-sized
items. For four days, decisionmakers
and experts from around
the world will be able to speak
personally with all stakeholders
relevant to the business. Apart
from providing a platform for
expert discussions and networking,
SMM is an ideal environment for
negotiating and closing national
and international business deals
within a short timeframe.
To see a list of all exhibitors,
please go to the List of Exhibitors.

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Sanmar delivers 17 th tug to Danish
Svitzer
Sanmar is delivering the 17th tugboat to the Danish Svitzer. Sanmar Chairman Orhan Gürün said that
they will build a total of 24 tugs in their shipyard in 2018.
One of the world giants for
tugboats, Sanmar is delivering the
17th tug to the Danish company
Svitzer. Svitzer Vale, the second
of the Deliçay class tugs, has the
innovative TRAktor-Z 2500 SX
(SanmareXclusive) design by
Robert Allan Limited. It has
outstanding technical features.
Instead of the more commonly
used ASD configuration, this new
series tugboats are equipped with
a specially designed front-wheel
Z-drive system to maximize
efficiency in both port and ship
towing, docking and backup tasks.
Speaking at the launch of the
tugboat, Sanmar Chairman Orhan
Gürün explained that five tugboats
are under construction for Svitzer
at the moment.
Gürün announced that they will
construct a total of 24 tugboats in
the shipyard in 2018.
70 TONS OF TOWİNG
POWER
The tug Svitzer Vale classified
by ABS will first go to Britain
and start its operations in
Bremerhaven. The Deliçay class
tugs can be produced with a
towing power of 60 or 70 tonnes.
Moreover, this brand new and
flexible design offers a number
of optional features that allow
the users to design as they wish.
Svitzer Vale has a pulling power of
70 tons. In addition to its compact
structure, which is the joint work
of Robert Allan Ltd design and
Sanmar production experience, the
tug has three twin fully ventilated
mooring cabins, a bathroom, a
separate kitchen, and staff lounge/
TV rooms. A sufficient number of
seats for all crew and guests add
spaciousness and wideness to the
living area. Sanmar Shipping has
delivered 16 tugboats to Svitzer so
far. Svitzer Vale is the 17th one.
The next one, Deliçay III tugboat
will also be delivered to Svitzer
in September. In addition, the
number of tugboats exported to
7 continents exceeded 180.
The Svitzer Vale is 25.3 meters
long, 12 metres wide and 6 meters
deep and has two Caterpillar
3516C HD engines. Moreover,
the 12.5 knot speed tugboat is
equipped with the RollsRoyce
US255 propeller system.
MARKED MANY FİRSTS
İN THE WORLD
Sanmar is one of the world’s top
ten companies in tugboats with
its shipyards located in Tuzla and
Yalova. It has marked many firsts
around the world.
The company has built the
first LNG-operated tugboat
and the first remote controlled
vessel ‘SvitzerHermod’ for the
Norwegian BukserogBerging.
It has also started to build the
first hydraulic-hybrid tugboat in
collaboration with Caterpillar.
The company will add ‘Boğaçay
Hibrit’ to its fleet this time.
Sanmar has exported more than
180 tugboats to 7 continents.

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Turkey’s third MILGEM corvette ‘Burgazada’ starts trials
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Turkish Navy’s third MILGEM corvette Burgazada (F-513)
got underway from the Istanbul Naval Shipyard earlier this
month to start her first sea trials.
TCG Burgazada was launched
on June 18, 2016, after starting
construction in December 2014.
According to the Turkish
Undersecretariat for Defence
Industries (SSM), the Ada-class
corvette is set to be delivered to
the Turkish Navy between June
and September this year.
The fourth of a total of 12 planned
ships in the class, future TCG
Kinali, was launched on July 3,
2017, while the first two, TCG
Heybeliada and TCG Buyukada,
are already in service.
Construction has also started
on the first of the second batch
of MILGEM warships. These
ships will be classified as frigates
instead of corvettes as they will
be slightly larger than the first
four units.
Ada-class corvettes are designed to
embark ASW/ASUW helicopters
and are fitted with Harpoon
missiles and a 76 mm gun.
Employing the CODAG propulsion
system, the 99.5-meter ships are
capable of achieving speeds of
around 29 knots.
They are fitted with the
indigenously-developed combat
management system GENESİS
which is also used on Turkey’s
eight G-class frigates.
Turkish Navy orders
new replenishment
ship
Qatar Coast Guard’s first 48-meter patrol boat
completes sea trials
Turkish shipbuilder ARES has completed sea trials for the first of two
48-meter patrol boats designed and built for the Qatar Coast Guard.
The Turkish Navy will be receiving
a new replenishment vessel under
a contract announced by Turkey’s
Undersecretariat for Defence Industries
(SSM) on July 12.
The vessel will be built by
Sefine Shipyard with design and
engineering services provided by
Istanbul-based SEFT Ship Design.
Financial details of the contract
were not revealed.
According to the shipbuilder, the
200-meter replenishment vessel
will start construction in early
2019 with delivery expected in
2023.
Judging by the preliminary design
of the vessel, shared by SEFT
Ship Design, the vessel will have
a helipad and hangaring for two
helicopters.
SSM noted that the ship would
be locally designed and built
with 77 percent of domestic
industry content. Its main tasks
will be the replenishment of other
Turkish navy vessels with fuel,
ammunition, medical supplies and
fresh water. The ship will also be
capable of serving as a command
and control ship, SSM further said.
The vessels were designed by UKbased
BMT who have partnered
with ARES Shipyard (ARES) to
design and build 17 patrol boats
from advanced composites in
36 months, 18 months ahead
of schedule. The last in the
series – the 48-meter ARES 150
Hercules has just completed sea
trials which have been hailed a
success with the vessel achieving
a maximum speed of 37 knots.
The total order from the Qatar
Ministry of Interior, Coastguard
has comprised of three different
vessel sizes: five of 24 meters, 10
of 34 meters and two of 48 meters.
Qatar has subsequently ordered
further three 48-meter versions.
BMT has been responsible for the
naval architecture, including hull
development, class level design
and engineering work on all three
vessel sizes. Kerim Kalafatoğlu,
chairman and executive director
at ARES Shipyard said: “These
boats break two important records
– firstly, they have become the
largest composite hull military
ship to have ever been built in
Turkey and secondly, with its
speed of 37 nautical miles an hour,
it is the world’s fastest offshore
patrol vessel (OPV). It is exciting
to also report that the outstanding
performance of the first ARES
150 HERCULES has also led to
an immediate order for a further
three vessels.”

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DFDS signs a share purchase agreement
with U.N. Ro-Ro
Danish shipping group DFDS
signed a share purchase agreement
to purchase U.N. Ro-Ro, Turkey’s
largest Ro-Ro company which
operates in the rapidly growing
International trade market between
the European Union and Turkey.
U.N. Ro-Ro operates 5 Ro-Ro
lines between Turkey and Italy and
between Turkey and France with
its 12 modern Ro-Ro ships and
owned ports in Pendik and Trieste.
U.N. Ro-Ro’s 500 employees and
Turkish management team will
continue to be in charge and to run
Un Rro ships with Turkish Flags.
With today’s contract for purchase
of shares worth EUR 950 million,
DFDS has agreed to acquire
98.8% of UN Ro-Ro from RORO
INVESTMENTS SARL, which
is owned by ACTERA GROUP
and ESAS HOLDING. Turkey’s
largest Ro-Ro cargo operator in
the Baltic Sea DFDS UN Ro-Ro,
to power its operations in the
UK North Sea and the Channel.
Until this agreement, DFDS was
working on a ro-ro route in the
Mediterranean region, which
only worked between France
and Tunisia.
The UN Ro-Ro quadruple Ro-
Ro line, including Italy’s Trieste
and Bari cities and one of them
to the French city of Toulon, has
12 large ro-ro ships, two big Ro-
Ros in Istanbul Pendik and Italy
Trieste, Ro terminal. At the same
time, UN Ro-Ro is also involved in
intermodal rail transport between
European railway operators and
EU ports and ports.
GROWING MARKET
DFDS A/S, President and CEO
Niels Smedegaard “Turkey is
taking place in the world’s 20
largest economies and trade with
EU countries is very dynamic.
Since the foundation of UN
Ro-Ro in 1994, the new ship
continues to provide intermodal
railway connections and port
investments, offering solutions that
create cost and time advantages
for Turkish international road,
logistics and exporting firms. The
development of Ro-Ro lines has
provided significant contribution
to Turkish exporters by providing
international road and logistics
companies return to sea lines with
cost advantage over land roads.”
DFDS’ MAIN AREA OF
EXPERTISE
Niels Smedegaard stated that
“DFDS’s products in the North
Sea operations are similar to the
product range of machinery parts,
automotive products, electronic
goods, computers, plastic products,
textiles and ready-made clothing,
vegetables, fruits, handling,
transporting by Ro-Ro vessels
and loading on rail links within
the same terminal is very similar
to DFDS’s operations in the North
Sea”. Smedegaard also stated that
DFDS recognizes these vessels
well because the vessels operated
by UN Ro-Ro are produced and
similar in design at the German
Flensburg Shipyard as the vessels
in the DFDS flotilla. “All vessels
of UN Ro will continue to do their
flights with Turkish flags.
Great opportunities to expand
the services offered
Niels Smedegaard: “UN Ro-Ro
Turkey is the biggest platform with
an annual capacity of 300,000 the
semi-trailers in trade between
Turkey and Europe. We believe
that new opportunities will arise
through the consolidation of the
two companies’ forces and the
expansion of sea and intermodal
railway lines. To our extensive line
between logistics companies in
Europe, the EU and Turkey will
be able to offer better and more
competitive services” he said.
“Large majority of semi-trailers
and containers transported
between manufacturers and th
countries like Turkey, Germany,
France, the United Kingdom
will be able to use DFDS Ro-Ro
lines in the North Sea, the English
Channel and the Baltics where
DFDS has a strong network. We
are looking forward to welcoming
our new colleagues at UN Ro-Ro
to DFDS. We are also delighted
that the talented and professional
UN Ro-Ro management will
continue to work with us and
contribute to the benefit of all
employees and customers in this
union.”
UN Ro-Ro’s CEO Selçuk Boztepe,
“We are excited to be part of
DFDS’s major transport network.
With this procurement, we believe
that especially our customers and
DFDS, one
of Europe’s
largest maritime
and logistics
companies, signs
share purchase
agreement to
purchase U.N. Ro-
Ro.
employees will be able to generate
significant added value. Europe’s
leading and largest shipping
company, DFDS’s investing in UN
Ro-Ro, shows the faith in Turkey’s
economy, the power of the logistics
infrastructure and the fact that it
will be a thriving export center
in the future European Union.
We will continue to add value to
Turkish exporters and international
road transport and logistics
companies by strengthening
DFDS’s maritime experience,
expanded transportation network
and financial strength.”
The transaction is subject to
the approval of the competent
authorities. DFDS expects the
transaction to be completed by
June 2018.

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TURK LOYDU Is Challenging IACS
Membership
that the association would be
changing its new membership
criterias effective 01 January 2018.
Considering that Türk Loydu is the
only classifacition society trying to
be a member of IACS we can say
those changes will cause another
unfair delay in their membership
process.
Turk Loydu is an “International
Classification and Conformity
Assessment Body”, providing
classification, inspection and
certification services since it was
established in 1962 by the significant
organizations of the Turkish Maritime
and Industrial sectors.
Turk Loydu is constantly
increasing the number and tonnage
of the ships that are classed within
the society, while dropping the
average age of its fleet. Despite its
disadvantage of not being an IACS
(International Association of
Classification Societies) member,
which is an extremely difficult
barrier for ship classification and
authorization by many flag state
administrations, Turk Loydu have
continued in growing and added
a total of 75 ship to its fleet in
2017, 34 of which are transferred
from IACS members, including
Gas Carriers, Ro-Ro and mega
yachts which have increased the
variety of ships in the fleet and
increased the expertise of the
society in different ship types.
While Turk Loydu constantly
increases the number and
tonnage of the ships in its fleet,
they also continued to focus on
the performance of its fleet in
port state inspections. Another
important success of Türk Loydu
was keeping its place in the “High
Performance” category of the Paris
MoU Recognised Organisation
Table for the last 12 years after
the successful PSC inspection
results of its fleet within the Paris
MoU region. This performance
is deemed very important for
the society, considering that
Turk Loydu have performed
better than some IACS member
organizations.
Turk Loydu is continuing to take
firm steps forward towards the
IACS membership which is one
of the biggest strategic objectives
of Turk Loydu. The IACS criteria
which were well integrated
into Turk Loydu systems and
Cem Melikoğlu
implemented since 2011 have
become Türk Loydu criteria,
and increased the quality of its
services. Türk Loydu proceeds
on its way by overcoming the
so-called impossible obstacles
one-by-one. But Turk Loydu
is challenging IACS about the
membership requirements which
were changed and made much
more difficult towards the end of
2017. In September 2017, in the
middle of the auditing process,
Turk Loydu was told by IACS
Turk Loydu claims that they
are good enough to join IACS.
They are outperforming some
IACS members in port state
control rankings. They were
also authorized by the world’s
largest flag state, Panama, after
a thorough audit in Turk Loydu
offices in 2017.
Turk Loydu is also attempting
to get EU authorization as a
recognized organization under
the sponsorship of Slovakia. They
have applied for certification from
quality assurance body QACE and
they are hoping to complete the
authorization process within next
year.
TURK LOYDU IS
LEADER IN NAVAL SHIP
CLASSIFICATION
Naval ships are the chief
instruments by which a nation
extends its military power onto
the seas. Turk Loydu was part of
the organization, where serious
steps were taken in respect of
building national naval ships in
Turkey.
Turk Loydu has taken part almost
in every stage of the process
successfully, which was started
out in 1996 with the classification,
of building of ‘TCG Yarbay
Kudret Gungor’ship that is the
first naval ship built in a Turkish
private shipyard. Today a wide
range of ships such as warships,
helicopter ships, platform dock
ships, patrol boats, landing ships,
special purpose ships (submarine
rescue vessel, recovery backup
vessel), tankers, training ships
can be built in private shipyards
within a national design, with a
serious domestic contribution and
under the classification of Türk
Loydu, this is the expected result
of the successful policies applied
for the last 20 years.

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Norway to pass to zero emissions at sea
with Turkish company
Norway passed the law, which calls for zero emissions in shipping. The law requires all ferries and sea
vehicles to be powered by electricity. 2 of 7 vessels to be built following the law will be supplied by the
Cemre Shipyard.
Norway is creating the world’s first
zero emission zone on the water.
According to the proposal adopted
by the Norwegian Parliament,
emissions in the world legacy
fjords will be set to zero in
the shortest period technically
possible. The latest possible date
will be 2026.
As a result of the resolution, the
fjords on the world heritage list
known as Geirangerfjord and
Næerøyfjord will only be passed
by electric vessels instead of fossil
fuel-powered ferryboats which
increase pollution at the moment.
In this scope, Norway’s largest
ferry operator Fjord1 will
purchase 7 electric battery ferries,
2 of which will be manufactured
in Turkey, in the Yalova-based
Cemre Shipyard. The remaining
5 vessels will be built in Leirvik.
The crafts will be operational in
2020. Fjord1 carried 21 million
passengers and over 10 million
vehicles last year.
BATTERIES BY SIEMENS
PBES and German company
Siemens are in collaboration
for electric battery production
for the vessels. The Germans
are expected to invest about 100
million Norwegian krona (€ 10.5
million).
Before the law, Norway had been
working on electric maritime
transport in a relatively small
area. A national research project
also examined the development of
non- emission autonomous vessels.
The United Nations International
Maritime Organization aims to
reduce maritime carbon emissions
by 50 percent by 2050 under a
treaty recently signed with 173
nations.
The world’s fastest boat in Bodrum!
‘Yonca-Onuk’, one of the Underwater
Offense Team (SAT) special operations
crafts, came to Bodrum. It is the fastest
in the world and cannot be detected by
radar.
One of the fastest and bestequipped
military boats in the
world with a speed of 120 km/h
that cannot be detected by radar,
the MRTP 22 U type Turkish SAT
special operations craft ‘Yonca-
Onuk’, built by Ekber Onuk, a
Turkish Engineer, and deployed in
Aksaz Military Base of the Coast
Guard Command, came into the
Landing Wharf of Bodrum.
The boat has become the center of
attention and we have learned that
it will be used during the summer
season for fast intervention
against smuggling of migrants
and violation of Turkish waters
by Greek coast guard boats
in Bodrum and its districts
Yalıkavak, Gümüşlük, Turgutreis,
Akyarlar, Bitez and the nearly 55-
mile area between Kardak reefs.
It was stated that the boat was
developed for the Special Forces
and SAT teams to serve in hostile
territories, built for professional
use to provide high firing power
as well as speed, navigation and
cargo transport capabilities, and
it is currently used by the SAT
units. In the period when the
current Minister of Defense,
Hulusi Akar, was serving as the
Chief of General Staff, three of
these MRTP 22 U type Turkish
SAT special operations crafts had
accompanied Akar’s attack boat
during his visit to the Kardak
Reefs on January 29, 2017.

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Turkish minehunter finds unexploded ordnance during Spanish MINEX
Turkish Navy minehunter TCG
Anamur has discovered historical
unexploded ordnance during
mine countermeasures drills
conducted as part of the Spanishhosted
multinational exercise
MINEX 2018.
According NATO Maritime
Command, the ordnance was
discovered by TCG Anamur on
8 May using the ship’s specialized
sonar to scan the sea bed and the
water below for potential exercise
mines.
Instead of dummy mines, the
sonar operators detected an object
which was thought to be actual
live historical ordnance.
TCG Anamur is part of Standing
NATO Mine Countermeasures
Group 2 (SNMCMG2) which
is taking part in the exercise in
Palma and Mahon from 28 April
to 11 May 2018. TCG Anamur
used her divers to identify the
sonar contact and confirmed that
the object was in fact historical
ordnance from a previous conflict,
lying on the seafloor in 38m of
water. Following a quick response
by Spanish mine hunter ESPS
Timbre, Spanish divers destroyed
the ordnance on the morning of
9 May. This find is the second
unexpected historical ordnance
find for SNMCMG2 this year.
Earlier this year, TCG Akcay
(another Turkish minehunter)
found a historical mine in the
Black Sea while conducting an
exercise with the Romanian Navy.
The commander of SNMCMG2,
Royal Navy Commander Justin
Hains, noted that it’s just part of
the skillset that the NATO Mine
Countermeasures Groups bring to
the fight. “We work hard to ensure
the sea remains safe for all of its
users. Identification and disposal
of historic ordnance is just part
of the mission,” said Hains. The
NATO group is working alongside
units from a EUROMARFOR
Mine Countermeasures Group
and Spanish Minehunters during
Spanish Minex 2018. SNMCMG2
is currently conducting exercises
and interoperability training in the
Mediterranean Sea and the Black
Sea under the command of British
Royal Navy Commander Justin
Hains. The task group arrived in
Palma on May 9 for the end of
Spanish MINEX 18. The Task
Group consists of the flagship
HMS Enterprise (a Royal Navy
survey vessel), TCG Anamur, ITS
Alghero (an Italian minehunter)
and ESPS Segura (a Spanish
minehunter).

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Prestigious fellowship to the faculty
member of İTÜ
Dr. Sevil Deniz Yakan Dündar,
faculty member of the Shipbuilding
and Ocean Engineering
Department of the Faculty of
Naval Architecture and Ocean
Engineering of Istanbul Technical
University (ITÜ), was granted one
of the prestigious fellowships of
the world in the field of ocean
engineering (Oceanography).
According to the announcement
made by İTÜ, Dr. Dündar has
become one of the four persons
admitted to the fellowship
program supported by POGO
(Partnership for the Observations
of the Global Oceans) and SCOR
(Scientific Committee on Oceanic
Research). The main purpose
of POGO-SCOR Visiting
Fellowship program which has
been applied since 2001 to make
global observations. The Faculty
Member Deniz Yakan Dündar
has been the first scientist from
Turkey accepted to the fellowship
program after a break of 10 years.
“TURKEY STANDS OUT
WITH SUCCESSFUL
STUDIES IN
OCEANOGRAPHY”
Dr. Sevil Deniz Yakan Dündar
made the following statement in the
above-mentioned announcement:
“I was very excited and happy
when I learned that I was granted
the fellowship since it is a very
special fellowship granted in the
oceanography. Oceanography
is predominantly offered at the
post graduate level as it requires
an interdisciplinary study. As a
member of a department giving
oceanography (ocean engineering)
courses as a compulsory course in
its circulum at the undergraduate
level, I felt myself very happy for
having the opportunity to increase
my knowledge in this branch that
I will pass over to my students
and to expand the viewpoint of
those around me. Increase of
interest in the existing studies in
oceanography is quite important.
It is one of the basic objectives
of this fellowship program to
increase the number of research
studies and cooperation in the
oceanographyby strengthening
the infrastructure of its education.
In line with that purpose, I applied
for and received this visiting
fellowship with my paper titled
“The impact of local currents
and whirlpools in the Bosphorus
using the bio-optical parameters
of phyto-planktons sampled in
coastal waters”. My purpose is
to increase the cooperation in
the field of oceanographywhich
is an interdisciplinary branch
and to attract the interests of the
students at the undergraduate level
to these topics with the training
and the knowledge that I will get
under the scope of the fellowship.
Scientist from İTÜ was granted the
2018 POGO-SCAR Visiting Fellowship
in the category of oceanography and
has become one of the four scientists in
the world who will work in this field.
POGO-SCOR PROVIDES
SIGNIFICANT
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
OCEANOGRAPHY
POGO was established in 1999
for the purpose of extending
support to the studies of the
leading oceanography institutes
of the world in the field of global
oceanography. 38 institutes
from 20 different countries
are its members. On the other
hand, SCOR was established by
International Scientific Council
(ICSU) in 1957 for the purpose
of addressing the interdisciplinary
scientific problems related to
the oceans.It is known as an
international, non-governmental,
nonprofit organization.
Technicians, postgraduate students
and post-doctoral fellows may
apply to POGO-SCOR Visiting
Fellowship. The fellowship
program offers the opportunity
for carrying out studies to advance
sustained ocean observations and
their applications. The selected
fellows are also offered the
opportunity to visit oceanographic
centers.
Termo brand
valves are
produced by
Gedik Casting
Termo brand valves are produced
by Gedik Casting and Valve factory
since 51 years in Turkey.
Termo brand valves are produced by Gedik Casting
and Valve factory since 51 years in Turkey.
Termo valves produced and provided large quantity of marine &
navy valves according to VG, DIN and other norms and codes.
Almost all of the Turkish Navy ships have used Termo brand
valves and currently Termo is the Brand of the valves of the first
helicopter ship being built in Turkish shipyard Sedef.
Gedik Casting and Valve factory can produce any type of marine
specific valves for any project. Having both Casting and valve
factories under one roof , including investment casting technology
Termo is also capable to produce valves as OEM.

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Four Prizes at a time
The results for the year 2017-
2018 of the International Design
Awards & Competition organized
in the city of Los Angeles of the
United States of America to award
the most prestigious international
prizes were announced. Hakan
Gürsu, the faculty member of
ODTÜ, and his team Designnobis
were awarded four prizes in this
year’s competition. Gürsu and his
team were honored in numerous
competitions all over the world.
The products that they developed
at the industrial design and
innovation center of Technocity
of ODTÜ are as follows:
*ConSolight: a pioneering product
has been developed to meet the
needs rapidly by introducing
an innovative dimension to
lighthouse. The use of alternative
sources of energy is rapidly
developing today with the
introduction of environmentallyfriendly
solutions.
These environmentally-friendly
products gain great importance
at the international market due
to the exhaustion of natural
resources and the emergence
of a global approach towards
renewable sources of energy.
ConSolight appeals to the need
to use natural energy sources
by ensuring their use with high
efficiency and as such has taken its
place in the international market
as a cost-effective solution with
high performance, and creating
a high export potential. The cost
of new product is reduced to
the minimum as it can be used
permanently thanks to solar
energy. This environmentallyfriendly,
cost effective and
durable design, ConSolight
received the silver award in the
category of Design for Society /
Eco-Sustainable Design and the
golden award in the category of
Sustainable Living/Environmental
Preservation / Alternative Energy
Source Equipment. *Taxea:
is a modern catamaran type
sea vehicle with double deck
developed for Bosphorus Strait.
This catamaran with a capacity
of 65 passengers is built with high
performance material and offers
a comfortable and luxury trip
through Bosphorus in Istanbul
thanks to its high performance and
comfort. This boat mostly contains
glass panels in order to create a
spacious area able to receive
plenty of light. Taxea ensures a
safe trip with its closed body and
stair rails. It makes short distance
trips more delightful and turns a
trip throughout the Bosphorus into
a joyous experience by presenting
the landscape of the modern city to
its passengers. Taxea was awarded
the silver award in the category of
Transportation / Nautical/Boats.
*Owl Bits: Owl Bits is a set of
screws that can be operated for
products with all dimensions
accurately by a single hand and.
This set features a light and
compact design. It appeals to all
users thanks to its ease of use by
a single hand. It is ahead of the
similar products in the market with
13 different types of replaceable
screws. The product offers a
comfortable and long lasting use
thanks to the selection of material.
At the same time, this set has a
leather casing to put on cloths,
helping the user to use the set for
daily tasks or for special purpose
uses. Owl Bits has numerous types
of screws and stands out with its
high quality material. Owl Bits
was awarded the bronze prize in
the category of Other Products
designs.Organized since 2017,
the International Design Awards
aims at rewarding the most
innovative applications in the field
of architectural, interior design,
product design and fashion. The
competition is also a means of
accreditation for the winning
designs and contributes to the
introduction of the products and
the designers. Award ceremonies
of the competition will be held in
New York and Los Angeles and an
exhibition for the award-winning
products will be opened during
the event.
Gürsu and the Designnobis
Hakan Gürsu, the
faculty member
of ODTÜ, was
awarded four
prizes in the
“International
Design Awards
2018”.
team were awarded more than
150 International design awards
since its foundation in 2006 and
continues developing products,
creating an added value with its
innovative and visionary projects.
You may have access to the awardwinning
designs through the
following links:
https://idesignawards.com/winners/
zoom.php?eid=9-17811-18
https://idesignawards.com/winners/
zoom.php?eid=9-17845-18
https://idesignawards.com/winners/
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Four Turkish firms named among top
100 defense companies
Four Turkish companies have been
named in the most prestigious
defense industry list, Defense
News Top 100. While Aselsan,
Tusas and Roketsan hold their
places on the list, STM joined the
list on Monday for the first time.
In the U.S.-based magazine
Defense News’ annual list on
company sales, Aselsan was
ranked 55th, Tusas 64th, Roketsan
96th and STM 97th.
Four Turkish companies have been
named in the most prestigious defense
industry list, Defense News Top 100.
Turkey’s leading defense company
Aselsan’s 2017 income was $1.4
billion, up from $1.2 billion in the
previous year. It is active in military
and civil telecommunications,
radar, electronic warfare, defense,
weapons, command control and
navigation systems.
Tusas earned $1.1 billion in 2017
by manufacturing unmanned air
vehicles (Anka), helicopters (Atak)
and planes (Hurkus).
Missile producer Roketsan and
another defense industry company
STM’s incomes were $376 million
and $369 million in 2017.
The U.S.-based Lockheed Martin
was ranked first in the list with
nearly $48 billion; it was followed
by the U.S.-based Raytheon
Company ($23.6 billion) and the
U.K.-based BAE Systems ($21.7
billion).
Turkey’s contributions to NATO are
‘essential,’ NATO chief says
“In all of these efforts, Turkey’s
contributions will be essential,”
he said.
The transatlantic alliance is to
boost its Command Structure by
more than 1,200 personnel, and
to have 30 mechanized battalions,
30 air squadrons and 30 combat
vessels ready to use within 30 days
or less through a NATO Readiness
Initiative, Stoltenberg said.
Turkey will play an essential role in
NATO’s security enhancement efforts,
which will include creating two new
commands across the Atlantic and
within Europe, NATO Secretary
General Jens Stoltenberg said in an
online interview on July 9.
His remarks came ahead of the
NATO Summit in Brussels on July
11-12 and amid a rift on Ankara’s
missile weapons systems deal with
Russia.
In the meantime, Turkey is
preparing to take on a new, bigger
role in the transatlantic alliance
with a task to command the
Very High Readiness Joint Force
(VJFT) in 2021 along with France,
Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and
the United Kingdom, Stoltenberg
said. “The details related to the
Turkish’s rotational lead are still
being finalized, but this is another
example of Turkey’s valuable
contributions to Euro-Atlantic
security,” he added.
NATO’s Spearhead Force, the
VJFT, is part of the NATO
Response Force (NRF)—about
20,000 strong—which includes
a multinational land brigade of
around 5,000 troops, including
land, air, maritime and special
operations forces components.
The enhanced NRF will number
around 40,000 troops, Stoltenberg
said.
Interoperability critical,
Stoltenberg says on
S-400 deal
Coming to the topic of Turkey’s
S-400 deal with Russia,
Stoltenberg underlined the
importance of the interoperability
of the military equipment with
what NATO has.
“It is up to each Ally to decide
what military equipment they
buy. What matters for NATO
is that the equipment Allies
acquire is able to operate together.
Interoperability of our armed
forces is fundamental to NATO
for the conduct of our operations
and missions,” Stoltenberg said.
Not surprisingly, he also brought
up Turkey’s air defense system deal
with the European consortium.
“Buying equipment from other
Allied countries generally
enhances interoperability and
security. Therefore, I welcome that
a Memorandum of Understanding
has been signed between Turkey
and a Franco-Italian consortium
to co-produce air defense systems
from European Allies,” the
alliance head said.
Turkey, a highly valued
ally: Stoltenberg
Turkey is a highly valued ally for
NATO for many reasons, not least
because of its strategic geographic
location, bordering Russia in the
Black Sea but also Iraq and Syria
to the south, Stoltenberg said.
“Turkey makes many contributions
to our shared security,” Stoltenberg
said.In the interview, Stoltenberg
reassured NATO and Turkey
remain intact. “We recognize that
Turkey faces a difficult security
situation, and NATO stands in
solidarity with Turkey,” he said.

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The Shipyards in
KARADENİZ EREĞLİ
“The western Black sea region
that comprises the area from
the bosporus to Sinop, as well
as the Black sea’s largest port,
draws attention with its shipyards
located in Karadeniz Ereğli. The
important thing is to integrate this
potential into a logistics centre”.
DWT although the hull and 50%
of the equipment was completed,
and it has not received any new
orders since then. 5 administrative
personnel are available.
5. Ustamehmetoğlu Ship
Industry Shipyard
It launched two fishing boats in
September and October, the latter
on October 5. Another fishing
boat is under construction. It has
approximately 30 employees.
THE SHIPYARDS IN
KARADENİZ EREĞLİ
1. Azim Otel Turizm
Denizcilik Metal İnş. San.
Tic. Ltd. Şti. Shipyard
Because it has not received any
new orders since exporting two
tugboats to the Netherlands in
2009, it tries to sustain the business
and get new orders through its own
means. It has 11 employees.
2. Ereğli Ship Industry
Shipyard
In the past, 16 chemical tankers
were manufactured in the range
of 5300 DWT to 250 DWT and
more than 30 tugboats of 18-36
meters. At the moment, pillars for
one chemical tanker of 8400 DWT
have already been cut, waiting for
building. As of December 2015,
building of 6 tugboats of 25.5m is
ongoing. During 2007 and 2008,
there were 5,000 workers in the
shipyard, now only employs 161
employees, including 36 its own
and 125 subcontracted workers.
3. Med-Yılmaz Ship
Industry Shipyard
Deliveries of Iraq’s order, 20
aluminium steel boats of 7.25
meters, and Directorate General
of Coastal Safety’s order, 4 coastal
safety boats of 18 meters, have been
made. Besides manufacturing and
maintenance of fishing boats, the
construction of one fishing boat of
17 m and 2 vehicular ferries of 36
meters in Malatya province have
been completed.
With its 121 employees, the
shipyard has also undertaken
under sub-contracting the
construction of the 4 tugboats in
the Ereğli Ship Industry Shipyard.
With the rest of the 9 employees,
it is involved in construction of
a 22-meter fishing boat in the
existing shipyard.
4. Madenci Ship Industry
Shipyard
It has ceased its activities since the
order was cancelled by shipowner
of 2 dry cargo vessels of 9,750
6. USMED Ship Industry
Tic. A.Ş. Shipyard
In the past years, 4 chemical
tankers were built in the range
of 7400 DWT - 8400 DWT in
this shipyard. The latest chemical
tanker of 8400 DWT was launched
in May 2011, and there is no
current order at the moment. It
has suspended its activities.
7. UMO Ship Industry
Shipyard
After building new passenger
boats, it moved its activities to the
former shipyard Ustamehmetoğlu
Shipyard due to the expiry of the
existing temporary permit.
8. Demir Gemi Tersanesi
San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti.
On 07.14.2014, it obtained the
permit of partial operation.
Currently it is building one coaster
of 3,000 gross tons, 85 meters long
with the cargo capacity of 5,000
for the Turkish Star Project in the
scope of the renewal of the Turkish
Maritime Trade Coaster Fleet.
9. Gündoğdu Shipyard
(Karasu)
It ceased its operations and
declared bankruptcy in 2011.
10. Cansu Gemi
Shipyard
(Zonguldak)
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Integrated solution for Karadeniz Ereğli
Revitalization of both new building and ship dismantling
industry in the Karadeniz Ereğli Shipyards Zone also merging
of the industry with a logistic centre will make a huge
difference to the country’s economy.
Turkey is rapidly becoming a
solution centre in the international
maritime sector.
The Western Black Sea is one
of the most powerful regions of
this centre. Extending from the
Bosporus to Sinop and containing
the largest ports of the Black Sea,
the region also draws attention
with shipyards located in Ereğli.
Ereğli ports constitute the most
important part of the trade with the
Black Sea neighbouring countries,
because voyages to those
countries are not made through
the Dardanelles and Bosporus.
Therefore, there is a remarkable
saving in transportation costs.
To better assess this important
opportunity, we as the Chamber
of Shipping (DTO), Western Black
Sea Branch think that the logistics
centre to be built in Ereğli is very
important for the region.
The most appropriate place for
such centre is the shipyards zone.
With the existing warehouses and
workshops, and most importantly
with the port facilities used for
equipping new-built ships, some
of our shipyards can be converted
into logistics bases. As a result,
our shipyards which stopped their
activities because of the economic
crisis can develop again Karadeniz
Ereğli economically.
has the capacity to do this job
without a serious investment with
its shipyards, industries and the
current physical condition.
As another advantage of granting
permission of “ship dismantling”
to the shipyards in Karadeniz
Ereğli, it could meet a large part
of the 1 million tons of annual
scrap need of the Erdemir Demir
Çelik A.Ş. right beside the
shipyard. Shipbuilding industry
creates an employmentwith the
rate of one to seven. Consequently,
revitalization of both new building
and ship dismantling industry in
the Karadeniz Ereğli Shipyards
Zone also merging of the industry
with a logistic centre will make a
huge difference to the country’s
economy. Lastly, let’s talk about
what has recently happened in our
country ... On the night of July 15,
the Turkish nation wrote an epic…
Our state and our nation together,
passing a big test, did not give free
passage to the coup. We stand by
our state in any case, as always.
In unity and solidarity, we will
always work together for much
more beautiful days to come. After
all, our democracy and our nation
has won.
“We as the
Chamber of
Shipping (DTO),
Western Black Sea
Branch think that
the logistics centre
to be built in Ereğli
is very important
for the region.”
İrfan Erdem
Chairman Chamber of Shippig (DTO),
Westem Black Sea Branch
We believe this project is so crucial
that it can revive not only Ereğli,
but also cover the whole Western
Black Sea Region by preventing
the migration. In addition, if steps
are taken to replace the old ships
(20-25) years of age and above)
with new ones and the Black Sea
Ereğli shipyards are granted the
permission of “ship dismantling”,
we as the chamber expect that the
shipbuilding industry will be
revived. In this way, shipbuilding
can again become an industry
that creates added value and
employment.
Moreover, Karadeniz Ereğli

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Novel vessel designs for offshore wind
Dirim Şener, Levent Kaydıhan (Delta Marine), Editors & Contributors of The Leanwind Project Final
Publication [1]
THE LEANWIND
PROJECT
The EU has a long-term
commitment to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions by 80-95%
compared to 1990 levels by 2050.
Wind power plays a crucial role
in reaching the EU’s renewable
goals. The offshore wind industry
in Europe is moving fast to a
mainstream supplier of lowcarbon
electricity with high
penetration levels in several
countries. This growth is a result
of an increased competitiveness
due to the reduction in the cost
of capital, industrial expansion
and technological developments.
In that context, the LEANWIND
project has been initiated to
provide cost reductions across
the offshore windfarm (OWF)
life-cycle and supply-chain
through the application of lean
principles and the development
of state of the art technologies
and tools. LEANWIND was
awarded to a consortium of 31
participants (52% from industry)
from 11 countries and various
sectors including Delta Marine
Co as the sole ship designer. The
project received funding of almost
€10million from the European
Commission and has a total value
of €14.8million. LEANWIND
commenced in December 2013
and ran for 4 years.
LEANWIND addresses the
logistical challenges of deploying,
installing and operating large
scale wind turbines (WT) (5-
10MW) in transitional water
depths using fixed foundations or
floating structures more relevant to
longer term wind farm prospects.
The transport, logistical and
maintenance operations associated
with these structures are addressed
through novel approaches to vessel
design, vessel management, substructure
alterations and O&M
strategies to reduce the CAPEX
and OPEX costs.
of two different vessel concepts.
The first concept was defined as a
jack-up wind turbine installation
vessel while the other one was
developed to meet operation
and maintenance requirements.
During that process, the industry
challenges have been identified,
the vessel specification has been
outlined and the vessels’ concept
designs have been finalised.
INSTALLATION VESSEL
Industry Challenges
The challenges in the concept
development of installation vessel
have been defined as below,
• decrease the use of offshore
lifts by increasing onshore
preassembly or loading
capability
• increase number of turbines
loaded per trip
• improve vessel design
for less restrictive weather
limitations
• increase max. sea state for
jacking operations
• increase max. crane operating
wind speed
• increase usable deck area
• decrease transit time
assessed using a set of criteria/
design goals. Three concepts (1.
FTIV - Foundation Transport
and Installation Vessel, 2. FTIJ
- Foundation Transport and
Installation Jack-up, 3. WTIJ –
Wind Turbine Installation Jack
Up) were selected. The operational
features and requirements were
evaluated for each concept based
on time and cost.
The three selected vessel concepts
were then assessed to identify
one final design concept which
maximises cost effectiveness and
efficiency. As result, the WTIJ was
identified as the concept with the
• decrease operating constraints
due to meteorological
conditions
• increase deck payload
• improve weather prediction,
monitoring and decision
support system
• increase transit speed
• decrease offshore operation
duration
• decrease leg-preload duration
• increase jacking speed
concept which has the potential to
a cost effective solution for future
wind farm installation vessels and
was thus taken forward to the
detailed design stage.
The WTIJ concept can be
perfectly optimised to carry larger
WTs i.e., 8 and 10 MW which
are the expected sizes of future
OWTs. The WTIJ is capable to
transport the optimum number of
turbines in one transit i.e., 8x8MW
according to Figure 1, which will
significantly reduce costs. In
addition, the vessel can operate
in most of the wind farm sites
identified by the industry for future
extension, without significant
restrictions on operations due to
the environmental parameters.
Final Concept Design
A selection process based
on technical and economic
requirements identified during the
qualitative assessment was used to
define the mission requirements
of the installation vessel. The
design is based on Lloyd’s Register
Rules for offshore units and IMO,
MODU Code 2009. Figure 2
shows a 3D model of the final
installation vessel design with
desired cargo configuration for
transport of 8x8MW turbines
and illustrates the level of detail
developed for simulation activities.
The final installation vessel
design particulars are as
shown below:
Length overall
Length WL
Length perpendicular
Breadth (moulded)
Depth (moulded)
Design draught
Displacement
(at design draught)
Speed (service)
Crew
DP requirements
Deadweight
Leg length
Leg Width
174.60 m
171.30 m
168.50 m
50.00 m
12.00 m
6.50 m
46000 ton
12 knots
30 crew
Class DP2
17500 ton
112.00 m
9.50 m
Figure 2 3D Model of the WTIJ final
design with 8MW turbines (Source:
Delta Marine)
In LEANWIND project, Delta
Marine together with a group of
partners[2], have involved and
lead the development processes
Concepts Design
Evaluation
Various types of installation
vessels were reviewed and
most potential, given that the
industry seeks to maximise the
number of turbines per transit.
The WTIJ design provides a novel
Figure 1 Vessel Economics Graph for Total Cost of Installation per Turbine (Source:
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The following highlights key
features of the vessel:
• pure LNG propulsion system
(first and only concept)
• capability to operate in all
regions of ECA
• capability to carry and mount
8 pieces of 8MW (or 7 pieces of
10MW) wind turbines
• capability to install 32 wind
turbines with 4 visits without
refuelling
• capability to install wind turbines
with 1500-ton main crane or to
install both wind turbines and
monopile foundations (4 pcs) with
2000-ton main crane
• capability to operate under
higher wind speed conditions via
high wind boom lock system for
installation of suspended weights
• environmental Regularity
Number = (99, 99, 98, 98, 84)
for DP operations
• 6000 m2 free main deck area
optimized for fast installation
• 70-person capacity (crew +
technicians)
O&M VESSEL
Industry Challenges
Operation & Maintenance (O&M)
vessels are required to transfer
WT maintenance crew to perform
duties on WTs with significant
regularity. Delays in carrying out
unplanned maintenance incurs lost
revenue and access in higher sea
states is considered necessary to
reduce costs in the industry. The
industry survey indicates that the
capability to transfer personnel in
3 m Hs are desirable.
•reducing motion to increase
accessibility in larger sea states
• increasing efficiency in fuel
consumption and operations
Concept Design Evaluation
The overall target during the
vessel design task was to increase
weather windows (through reduced
vessel RAOs, thus reducing the
vessel heave/roll/pitch response),
comfort of crew and higher work
efficiency (by reducing sea
sickness and staying injury free
during an extreme event).
A similar assessment process
applied to the installation vessel
was followed for the LEANWIND
O&M vessel. The selection process
was based on a qualitative method
of listing goals for the vessels
based on the challenges set by the
industry and assessing these for
a number of vessel concepts. The
assessment resulted in selection of
one concept design for the O&M
vessel.
Final Concept Design
A similar iterative design process
as for the installation phase was
adopted for obtaining the final
O&M vessel concept. The design
of the unit was based on Lloyd’s
Length overall
Length perpendicular
Breadth (moulded)
Depth (moulded)
Design draught
Displacement (at design draught)
Speed
Crew
Range
Comfort class
DP requirements
The main challenges identified for service vessels are:
• reducing seasickness and
its detrimental effect on
maintenance crew
• establishing optimum vessel
size and hull form type for
varying distances from shore
electrical network via backup
battery during maintenance
operation to avoid excessive fuel
consumption and emissions
• more than 30 days operation time
with the help of battery backup
The final design particulars are as shown below.
Register Rules for offshore units
and IMO, MODU Code 2009.
Figure 3 shows the 3D model of
the final O&M vessel design.
The following highlights
key features of the vessel:
• pure LNG propulsion system
(first and only concept)
• capability to operate in all
regions of ECA
• enhanced access to transition
piece via motion compensated
gangway
• capability to use general
80.00 m
77.00 m
20.00 m
7.50 m
5.00 m
5230 ton
14 Knot
20 Crew
300 nm
Comf 3 or similar
Class DP2
Figure 3 3D model of the O&M Vessel
final design (Source: Delta Marine)
unit
• helideck to facilitate personnel/
crew transfer
• 50 technician capacity
• 10 container capacity aft deck
container storage area and
additional covered storage area
• Environmental Regularity
Number = (99, 99, 99, 99, 2) for
DP operations
• motion compensated gangway
for safe transfer of crew/personnel
operable at Hs = 2.5 m.
• the main crane lifting 15 tonnes
with a max. reach of 15m to the
side of the vessel
• two 8-pax daughter crafts
completely enclosed for safe
launching
CONCLUSION
The LEANWIND installation
and O&M service vessel concepts
address the market bottleneck
for suitable and efficient vessels,
providing purpose-built OWF
concepts meeting industry specific
requirements. Considering the
growing need for clean energy
and the growing size of WTs,
the installation vessel design was
optimized in terms of economy
(8x8MW turbines), environment
(pure LNG propulsion system),
and operation (ability to carry
and install turbines via special
propulsion and lifting systems and
optimized deck arrangement). The
vessel can be optimised to carry
10MW turbines, future-proofing
against industry advances and the
associated logistical complexities
and financial burdens. Moreover,
the vessel can operate in most of
the wind farm sites identified by
the industry for future extension
without significant restrictions
on operations due to the
environmental parameters.
The O&M vessel concept meets
current and future challenges as
farms are located further from
shore. It includes substantial
personnel capacity and a helideck
for transfer of crew, facilitating
long-term activities offshore.
The vessel design prioritises
increasing weather windows
through reduced vessel RAO’s;
improving the crew comfort to
foster higher work efficiency; and
facilitating safe crew transfer via
a motion compensated gangway
at 2.5m Hs and safe launching for
daughter crafts. In addition, the
vessel design was optimized in
terms of economy (backup battery
to run during maintenance work to
avoid both fuel consumption and
emission) and environment (pure
LNG propulsion system). These
aspects address many of the key
industry requirements identified
by the project market assessment.
ABOUT DELTA MARINE
Delta Marine is a ship design
and consultancy which has
been founded in 1996 to meet
maritime sector’s demands for a
corporate engineering firm. The
company, as a fully independent
organization, provides design,
engineering and consultancy
services for building of merchant,
naval, pleasure ships and offshore
structures. Delta Marine presents
integrated engineering solutions
containing concept design, basic
design, production engineering,
post-production engineering,
advanced engineering, project
management, supervision and
consultancy services. In a short
period of time from its foundation
the company has been accepted
as the most reputable and prolific
Turkish design house and later
on as a favorite solution partner
at international level thanks
to its continuous improvement
philosophy standing on close
interest for developments in
professional and computer
technologies.
REFERENCES & NOTES
[1] Driving Cost Reductions in
Offshore Wind, The Leanwind
Project Final Publication, 2018.
Editors: Fiona Devoy McAuliffe
(University College Cork); Jimmy
Murphy (University College
Cork); Katie Lynch (University
College Cork); Cian Desmond
(University College Cork); Jan
Arthur Norbeck (SINTEF Ocean);
Lars Magne Nonås (SINTEF
Ocean); Yegenah Attari (Gavin
and Doherty Geosolutions); Paul
Doherty (Gavin and Doherty
Geosolutions); John Dalsgaard
Sorensen (Aalborg University);
Jochen Giebhardt (Fraunhofer
IWES); Carlos Lopez (PLOCAN);
Silvia Hildebrandt (PLOCAN);
Sabina Potestio (Wind Europe);
Venkata Swarupanand Godavarthi
(Lloyd’s Register).
Contributors: LEANWIND
consortium
[2] Partners in Leanwind
WP3: Delta Marine, University
College Cork, Marintek, Lloyd’s
Register, Maersk Training, Force
Technology, A2Sea, Kongsberg,
OWA, NTUA, Acciona, GDG,
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Pearl mullet registered
Pearl mullet which
is an endemic
species living in
Lake Van was
registered by
the Aquaculture
Registration
Committee of the
Ministry of Food,
Agriculture and
Husbandry
Three fish species were registered
by the Aquaculture Registration
Committee of the Ministry of
Food, Agriculture and Husbandry.
The registration of anchovy and
rockfish together with pearl mullet
was welcomed favorably in Van.
Decisions of the committee on
registration were published in
the issue of the Official Gazette
the day before yesterday.
Accordingly the application
made by the General Directorate
of Agricultural Research and
Policies for the registration of
anchovy, pearl mullet and doctor
fish or rockfish was finalized.
Anchovy was registered with its
local name “Black Sea Anchovy”
and described as a “fish with a
greenish back with a blackish
tone, a pearl-grey white abdomen
part and bright edges”. Size
of the Black Sea anchovy was
determined as minimum 8 cm and
maximum 10,72 cm for females
and minimum 8 cm and maximum
9,22 cm for males. The committee
also registered garrarufa which
is known as “doctor fish”, “fatty
fish”, “rockfish” and “Kangal fish”
and kırbaki as well as pearl mullet
whose propagation area is Lake
Van basin.
FOURTEEN THOUSAND
PEOPLE’S SOURCE OF
LIVING
Assistant Prof. Mustafa Akkuş,
Member of the Academic Staff
of Van Yüzüncü Yıl University
(Van YYÜ) made a statement to
İHA regarding the registration of
pearl mullet. “We are here in Lake
Van together with the fishermen.
Approximately 20-30 years ago
only the people living in Van knew
the pearl mullet living in Lake
Van. It was even stated in the
books published by the Ministry
of Education that pearl mullet did
not live in Lake Van. Pearl mullet
is an asset which is only known
by those living in Van. But the
unawareness about the existence of
pearl mullet was cleared away and
it became a global brand thanks
to the studies initiated by Prof.Dr.
Mustafa Sarı. As of today, pearl
mullet has become an important
asset providing subsistence for
fourteen thousand people living
in the region, creating a turnover
of more than 12 billion USD as a
result of the efforts made by Prof.
Dr. Mustafa Sarı” said Mustafa
Akkuş. Mr. Akkuş further stated
that this rise of pearl mullet has
continued within the course of
years. “As you know we received
a pleasing news on February 16,
2018. Pearl mullet became one
of the three fishes registered in
our country based on the data
produced by Prof.Dr. Mustafa Sarı.
It was registered by the General
Directorate of Agricultural
Research and Policies of the
Ministry of Food, Agriculture
and Husbandry. Three fish species
were registered in our country.
One of them is anchovy and the
others are doctor fish, also called
fatty fish and pearl mullet. This
is a very good news in the name
of our region and fishing”.
“ALL ASSETS THAT WE
FAIL TO PROTECT ARE
DOOMED TO PERISH”
“The rise of pearl mullet will
continue along with the increase of
the contribution of Lake Van to the
regional economy and its value.
The registration of pearl mullet as
of February 16 was published in
the Official Gazette. Pearl mullet
took a very important step in the
way to becoming a global brand.
What does the registration of
pearl mullet mean, what does it
express? As you know today all
cities and countries have their own
assests, either natural or artificial,
registered. In other words, they
increase the value of economic
contribution that they realize
through their asset by having
their ownership of that asset. It
is certified once more that pearl
mullet is a fish belonging to Lake
Van basin together with all its
characteristic features including
size, etc.. The registration makes
a great contribution to the
promotion and protection of the
fish. Because all our assets that
we fail to protect are doomed to
extinction. Accordingly, we expect
an increase in the contribution of
pearl mullet both to eco-tourism
and fishery in the region. Pearl
mullet is now a registered asset
and the efforts aiming at protection
of pearl mullet has become more
important than ever.” said Mr.
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Trademark of Muğla:
“Mavi Yolculuk” (Blue Cruise)
“Mavi Yolculuk (Blue Cruise)”, one of the primary vacation
opportunities offered to tourists from different countries by
Muğla, has now become a known trademark. Muğla welcomes
more than 3 million tourists every year and has the longest
coastline in Turkey.
“Mavi Yolculuk (Blue Cruise)”,
one of the primary vacation
opportunities offered to tourists
from different countries by
Muğla, has now become a known
trademark. Muğla welcomes more
than 3 million tourists every year
and has the longest coastline in
Turkey with 1,484 kilometers.
The tourists who desire to go on
a “blue cruise” along the famous
bays of Muğla find the chance to
easily have their dream holiday
by joining tours as well as renting
yachts and boats. Blue cruise is
among the first choices of tourists
visiting Muğla.
Most of the tourists go on a blue
cruise in the Gulf of Gökova, the
English Harbor, and the bays of
Çökertme, Göcek, Marmaris,
Fethiye, Ölüdeniz, Kızılada, Datça
and Hisarönü.
“Mavi yolculuk is the
trademark of Muğla”
Filiz Karacaağaç, Provincial
Deputy Director of Culture and
Tourism, said that the blue cruise
is a gift of Muğla to the world
tourism.
“Mavi yolculuk is the trademark
of Muğla. Today, the coastline of
Muğla is longer than the coasts
of Spain. Our region has the most
beautiful locations ‘where green
meets blue’. The Gulf of Gökova,
Bodrum, Marmaris, Göcek and
Fethiye are among the blue cruise
routes. Weekly blue cruises are
organized between Bodrum and
Marmaris, and Marmaris and
Fethiye.”
Karaağaç said that people from
Turkey and all over the world
chasing their blue dreams meet
at the blue cruise routes of the city.
“Those who desire to go on a
fascinating voyage in a natural
environment combining thousands
of shades of green and blue in
the most beautiful bays of the
Aegean and the Mediterranean
Seas, prefer the blue cruise. The
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and groups of friends willing to
tour freely along the routes they
have set.”
Karaağaç emphasized that these
routes have unique beauties, and
most of the tourists prefer going
on cruises that include the Gulf of
Gökova, the British Harbor, and
the bays of Çökertme, Göcek,
Marmaris, Fethiye, Ölüdeniz,
Kızılada, Datça and Hisarönü.
She pointed out that lately local
tourists have also started to show
interest in the blue cruise. “Blue
cruises have been organized since
1945 and they have become a
trademark of our region. It is the
center of attraction for locals and
foreigners. Most of the time, we
do not know who are visiting and
learn who did after they leave.
Many world-famous persons
safely spend their vacation in the
virgin bays of our city and return
to their countries.”
Karacaağaç told that statesmen,
artists and scientists from many
countries in the world prefer a
safe and peaceful vacation in
the bays of Muğla. “When they
see these beauties, they promote
our city in their countries. Also,
they contribute to the economy of
our city and country by shopping
during the blue cruise.”
Karaağaç emphasized that the
bays should be protected and kept
clean to ensure continuity of blue
cruises to provide the same level
of joy and pleasure in the future,
and stressed the importance of
environmental awareness.
“Vacationers spend time in
touch with nature”
The vacationers arriving in Muğla
and its touristic parts in their
luxury yachts also drop anchor
at the secluded and peaceful bays
of Bodrum, Marmaris, Fethiye,
Datça and the Gulf of Gökova,
and enjoy the sun and beauties
of the nature.
The vacationers arriving in the
bays near Cennet (Paradise) Adası,
Yalıçiftlik, Bitez, Gümüşlük,
Gündoğan, Göltürkbükü and
Torba in Bodrum in the mega
yachts they rent or own, spend
time in touch with the nature.
In the Gulf of Gökova, they mostly
enjoy swimming off the coasts
of Sedir Island and Akyaka. The
mega yachts attract attention with
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“Primitive boat” by using a technique
applied in Neolithic Period
Under the scope of an empirical
project started in Urla, a district in
İzmir, a “primitive boat” is being
built by a technique of burning
and carving inside of a beech log
with sharp stones.
With the PhD dissertation
“Anatolian Maritime Activities
in 7000s – 6000s B.C.” of
Koray Alper, faculty member
of Pamukkale University,
Archaeology Department and with
the support of the university, a
“primitive boat” belonging to a
period thousands of years before is
being built under a project started
in the empirical archaeology
museum of Association of
Historical Researches by 360
Degree in Urla.
Giving information about the
project, Alper said the dates he
studies are known as the Neolithic
Period of Western Anatolia and
there are numerous data about
the shipping trade between the
Anatolian coast and Aegean
Islands in this period.
”Theoretical thesis is present
about how trade was conducted by
sea way and what type of vessels
were used” said Alper, aiming
to test this thesis with empirical
practices.
Alper continued: “Mankind built
vessels from reeds first, but later
they developed boats enabling
cargo transportation enduring
waves and wind. Some were
thinking that people used to
travel on logs. At our first trial,
we observed that this was not true.
First, we threw a bare log to the
water; it was not possible to row
on it. There were no materials to
be used in boat building, except
obsidian or fire stones. In order
to machine the log with stones,
we started to apply burning
technique.”
Noting they started a controlled
fire and carving process with
bifaces inside the beech log
before ember went off, Alper
added they started a fire in the
middle and spread it to the sides
and controlled the fire by carving
or cooling extremely burnt parts
with water.
New boat to travel to Greek
Islands
Alper emphasized that working
against ember was not very easy
and also had difficulty due to the
primitive tools used. “The study
proceeds with the contributions
of volunteers, but we cannot run a
full time and systematic program.
“We estimated that forming the log
of 4 meters long, 95 centimeters
width into a boat will take almost
2 months. After carving process
ends, we will throw it to the sea
and test its balance. If needed, we
will add a stabilizer bar on sides.
After a test trip on coastline by
this boat next year, we will go on
a round trip to one of the Greek
Islands. Thus, we will enact the
trade in Neolithic Period.”
Under the scope of
a PhD dissertation
project conducted in the
empirical archaeology
museum in İzmir,
Urla, a “primitive
boat” is being built.
The faculty member of
Pamukkale University,
Archaeology
Department, Koray
Alpersaid: “By this
boat, we will organize a
round trip to one of the
Greek Islands. Thus, we
will enact the trade in
Neolithic Period.”

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NEWS
Turkish Swimmer Gets Gold Medal in
European Para Championships
In the Women’s 50 meters
Backstroke, the national athlete
Sumeyye Boyaci won gold medal
with a time of 45.21 seconds.
Championships held in Ireland.
In the Women’s 50 meters
Backstroke, the national athlete
Sumeyye Boyaci won gold medal
with a time of 45.21 seconds.
In a congratulatory message,
Turkey’s Youth and Sports
Minister Mehmet Muharrem
Kasapoglu said: “We are proud
of Sumeyye’s victory.”
In 2017, she ranked fourth at the
2017 Para Sport Festival with a
time of 46.57 seconds, missing a
medal by only split seconds.
The 2018 World Para Swimming
European Championships held in
Dublin, Ireland from 13 August
- 19 August.
Featuring around 500 athletes
from 40 countries, the event
organised locally by Paralympics
Ireland.
Host City – Dublin
Dublin, Ireland’s capital, is
located on the east coast at the
mouth of the River Liffey. With
a current population of more
than 1.2 million, it is a city that
truly captures your imagination
with cobbled alleys, Viking
remains and Georgian squares.
Founded by the Vikings over a
millennium ago, Dublin offers all
Turkey on Tuesday
won a gold medal
at the 2018 World
Para Swimming
European
Championships
held in Ireland.
the attractions and advantages of
a modern European capital while
retaining its village like charm.
Step back in time in this city full of
literary landmarks, from the James
Joyce Tower to Trinity College,
alma mater of many of Ireland’s
greatest writers.
Underwater ancient city in Turkey
sparks interest
Turkey wants to register its historic
“Sunken City” in eastern Anatolia
to the temporary UNESCO World
Heritage list.
The city has been submerged in
Lake Hazar, located in the Sivrice
district of Elazig province, since
1830. The southwestern part of
the city is visible at a spot called
“Church Island”.
Scientists have found 4000-yearold
archaeological traces from the
area surrounding the city.
Ebubakar Irmak, mayor of Sivrice,
said the lake was formed when the
earth’s tectonic plates collapsed.
Apart from its historic importance,
the blue-flagged lake is a place of
outstanding natural beauty. “There
are a lot of historic remains here
and we as a municipality want it
to be studied. We find here signs
of life from ages ago and we take
it very seriously. This will benefit
world history and literature,” he
said.
He added that the main hindrance
in archaeological study was the
fact that the entire city was now
underwater.
“There are various myths about
the city. It has not been studied
properly because it is underwater.”
He stressed there was a need to
introduce the lake to Turkey and
the world.
The mayor said he dived into the
lake last year and saw the remains
of churches, walls of a castle, pots,
pottery and glazed plates of the
citadel with traces of the Seljuk,
Byzantine and Ottoman era.
Professor Ahmet Aksin, head
of history department in Firat
University in the province, said
some documented records are
available about the city.
Citing Armenian-origin writer
Urfali Mateos who lived in the
Seljuk period, he said: “Due to
works by Mateos we know that
Scientists claim 4000-year-old city lies underneath Lake Hazar
of eastern Elazig province
there was a small castle here in
the Byzantine period and we also
know that a monastery was built
here. The monastery built in the
Seljuk period is an important
heritage to Christianity, we can
also learn more details from
sources left from the Ottoman
period.”