and ferries. Through CNM Marseilles has received several significant vessels,
cruise including Norwegian Jade,
Costa Delicioza and Costa Serena, for repairs and routine docking work, in the past year. An increase in repair and maintenance work to podded propulsion system was a notable trend highlighted by the port authority. SRCT
The Dock 10 facility is soon to be operated by a new consortium.
Newcomer makes an impression
Te Sefine shipyard in Yalova is one of Turkey’s newest shipyards, but already it is making its mark in the shiprepair and conversion sectors.
subsequent three years and is now one of Turkey’s leading facilities in the repair and conversion market. As Erdal Mert, business development manager, points out: “We were very successful last year, despite being a new brand for ship repair and conversion. Tere is tough competition, but our docks and quays were almost full last year.”
D
espite only starting operations in 2008, the Sefine yard has made strong progress over the
The biggest project for Sefine in
2011 was the conversion of a former ro-ro vessel, Merchant Bravery, into a rail wagon carrier for a Russian owner. The converted vessel, Ulfat, is 133m long overall and can accommodate 35 freight wagons or 45 tank wagons on its reconfigured decks. Te yard has also undertaken a number of smaller repair jobs, mainly for Turkish, Greek, Russian and Italian owners, involving primarily
general cargo ships, ro-ro vessels and ferries and tankers. Sefine’s yard covers an area of 140,000m2
and includes a Panamax
drydock, measuring 240m x 42m x 9m, as well as 540m of quay, served by both mobile and tower cranes. Te yard also has 11,000m2
of indoor workshops,
which are equipped with two CNC oxy-plasma cutting machines. Mert says: “We currently have
sufficient facilities for our existing repair and conversion workload, but we do have plans to expand. We expect to buy more cranes, for example, so we can handle bigger vessels and a new floating dock is on our agenda as well.” Market conditions are tough in the
region right now, and Sefine admits it has had to significantly cut tariffs to attract owners for routine maintenance and repair works. Mert suggests there are signs of an improvement in the second half of 2012 and reveals some major repair and conversion projects are under discussion and are ‘close to contract signing’. SRCT
Ulfat conversion from a conventional ro-ro to rail wagon carrier underway at Sefine last year.
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