Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG), on April 12th, successfully handed over “UN ISTANBUL” to Turkey-based operator U.N.RO-RO IŞLETMELERI A.Ş.. FSG Managing Director Peter Sierk expressed both delight and sadness when the ship was handed over to the yard’s longstanding Turkish customer. “On the one hand this is a very moving occasion for us because this ship is [...]
Landing Craft Tank (LCT) project of ANADOLU Shipyard, comprising eight vessels, which was awarded to the Shipyard back in December 2008 and which officially started after contract negotiations on July 28th 2009, took another important step on March 9th 2013, when the first LCT, namely TCG Ç-151, was delivered to Turkish Navy after 12 months [...]
APM Terminals and Turkey-based Petkim have today entered into a final agreement to create and operate Aegean Gateway Terminal (AGT). AGT will be one of Turkey’s largest container and general cargo terminals and will be entirely operated by APM Terminals under a concession agreement with operations expected to start in summer 2015. The agreement means [...]
After recently delivering two 208 metre long Ro-Ro ferries to Turkey, Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG), on Friday, successfully launched the identical Hull Number 755 “UN İSTANBUL” for Turkish operator U.N.RO-RO IŞLETMELERI A.Ş. Today’s launch underscores once again the close relationship between FSG and U.N.RO-RO. It is, after all, the 15th ship ordered by the Turkish shipping [...]
THY OPET, a Turkish company formed as a joint venture of the Turkish Airlines and fuel distributor OPET, has reportedly bought a pair of oil/chemical tankers from Fiona Shipholding S.A. for USD 11mill each, Lion Shipbrokers said in their latest Weekly Report. Both vessels, DIPLOMAT and NEGOTIATOR, were built at South Korean shipyard Sekwang [...]
ANADOLU (ADIK) Shipyard has successfully delivered to Turkish Naval Forces Command TCG Ç-158, the Eight vessel of three years long 8 strong vessel Landing Craft Tank (LCT) project. Thus for the first time a Navy project undertaken by a privately owned Naval Shipyard is completed on time and on scheduled as it was planned back [...]
On Friday, August 3, 2012, Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft successfully launched the first of two identical RoRo freight ferry new buildings for the Turkish shipping company Ulusoy Sealines. “At 208 metres, this is the longest and biggest freight ferry ever built at FSG”, declared shipyard Managing Director Peter Sierk. He added that it was a very significant [...]
Royal Imtech N.V. announces that it has signed a contract for the design and supply of all electric systems to power three Turkish Navy Auxiliary vessels, consisting of one Submarine Rescue Mother Ship (MoShip) and two Rescue and Towing Ships (RATships). All ships will be built by Istanbul Shipyard in Tuzla in Turkey and are [...]
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won an order to supply propulsion equipment for three new ships commissioned by the Turkish Navy. Istanbul Shipyard will design and build one Submarine Rescue Mother Ship (MOSHIP) and two Rescue and Towing Ships at their yard in Tuzla. Rolls-Royce will supply tunnel thrusters and retractable thrusters for [...]
APM Terminals’ European Director of Port Investments and Projects Michiel Ybema proposed a systematic approach to analyzing and enhancing container port productivity on the Sea of Marmara at the 4th Annual Port Financial International Black Sea Conference held in Istanbul recently. The Sea of Marmara lies between the Aegean and Black Seas astride an increasingly [...]
