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IN DEPTH<br />
“UZMAR Workboat and Tug Factory” a world leading shipbuilding Factory<br />
Kavaklioglu: Our strategy aims at building long<br />
term business agreements with our clients<br />
by Hudoob Younis<br />
“UZMAR Shipping Ltd” is the first<br />
privately owned pilotage and towage<br />
company in Turkey. In 1984, the<br />
company started with providing Port<br />
services to various private ports and<br />
harbors on the Aegean Sea in Turkey.<br />
In 1996, the company started to build<br />
workboats to fulfil their own requirements<br />
then they have continued to<br />
grow to start exporting internationally<br />
using Robert Allan Ltd compact<br />
tug designs. After this remarkable<br />
success, in 2007 the company established<br />
a modern shipbuilding facility<br />
at Kocaeli Free Zone “KOSBAŞ” near<br />
Istanbul equipped with the most recent<br />
shipbuilding technologies. Today<br />
the shipbuilding facility is referred to<br />
as “UZMAR Workboat and Tug Factory”.<br />
Remarkable projects<br />
The company succeeded in offering<br />
and delivering high quality products<br />
and services to the international<br />
market from their shipbuilding facility<br />
based in Turkey. To further discuss<br />
the company’s achievement, we have<br />
exclusively met Mr. Ural Kavaklioglu,<br />
the Senior Contract and Project<br />
Manager who elaborated more on<br />
the company’s recent projects, saying:<br />
“We have successfully built and<br />
delivered more than 100 tug boats<br />
worldwide, such as Europe, Australia<br />
and the Middle East. We have also delivered<br />
4 tugboats to the Abu Dhabi<br />
National Oil Company (ADNOC) as<br />
well as, more than 5 various service<br />
vessels to Abu Dhabi Ports, in addition<br />
to other global leading operators<br />
in the industry such as SMIT, where<br />
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