Sefine Shipyard (Turkish: Sefine Tersanesi) is located in Yalova Province, Turkey. It builds a wide variety of ships, including tugboats, fireboats, passenger/car ferries and well boats.

Sefine Shipyard
Native name
Sefine Tersanesi
Company typeShipyard
IndustryShipbuilding
Founded2005; 19 years ago (2005)
Headquarters,
Turkey
Area served
Worldwide
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Sefine Shipyard
Sefine Shipyard
Sefine Shipyard is located in Turkey
Sefine Shipyard
Sefine Shipyard
Websitesefine.com.tr

Overview

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Sefine Shipyard, which is owned by the Sefine Denizcilik Tersanecilik Turizm A.Ş, a Koloğlu Holding company,[1] was established in 2005. It is located close to the Osman Gazi Bridge in the Shipyards Area of Altınova district in Yalova Province, Turkey. Shipbuilding at the yard started in 2008 and the following year, the construction of a drydock began.[2] Sefine Shipyard covers 140,000 m2 (1,500,000 sq ft) and includes a nearly 11,000 m2 (120,000 sq ft) covered workshop for steel sheet processing, a 160 m × 60 m (520 ft × 200 ft) shipway, a 240 m × 42 m (787 ft × 138 ft) dry dock, a 200 m (660 ft) long quay and a 282 m × 49 m (925 ft × 161 ft) floating dock. The shipyard employs 370 personnel, including around 80 engineers. The workforce varies between 1,500 and over 2,000.[2]

Production

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ERV Nene Hatun, Turkey's first emergency response vessel built at Sefine Shipyard in the last months of 2014.

Sefine Shipyard is capable of processing 40,000 tons of steel sheet annually. In the last ten years, 29 ships have been built at the shipyard, including tugboats, fireboats, salvage tugs for the Turkish Directorate General of Coastal Safety, an LPG carrier for Italy, car ferries for Estonia and Norway, a 18 MW icebreaker for Russia,[3] and well-boats. Maintenance and repair services are done in dry and floating docks, mostly for domestic ships. Conversions of dry cargo ships to cement carriers is also carried out at the shipyard.[2] In 2015, Sefine Shipyard delivered Turkey's first emergency response vessel, the ERV Nene Hatun to the Directorate General of Coastal Safety.[4]

The shipyard also produces steel construction parts for bridges and viaducts, being part of the construction of the Osman Gazi Bridge and the new Istanbul Airport.[2]

Export business

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MF Leiger at at the Port of Tallinn, Estonia (December 2016)

The 2014-ordered passenger/vehicle ferries MF Leiger and MF Tiiu of the Estonian TS Laevad were built in 2016.[5] The MF Estonia 2016, a 114 m (374 ft)-long ferry with a capacity of 600 passengers and 150 vehicles, was built for the Port of Tallinn.[6]

The 84.5 m (277 ft)-long ferry MF Sildafjord of the Norwegian Fjord1 ASA, which can carry 299 passengers and 83 vehicles, was launched in July 2019,[7] and delivered in May 2020.[8][9] Two more ferries, the MF Florøy and MF Hillefjord, were delivered to Fjord1 ASA early 2020.[9]

In January 2021, the shipyard delivered the 84.40 m (276.9 ft)-long well-boat Aqua Skye, a fishing boat with the capability to store live fish and transport them, to the Norwegian DESS Aquaculture Shipping.[10][11]

The 83 m (272 ft)-long well-boat Gåsø Høvding of the Norvegian Frøy was launched in January 2021.[12]

The approximately 145 m (476 ft)-long 4.3 MW hybrid electric ferry MF Bastø Electric of the Norwegian Bastø Fosen, which can carry 600 passengers and 200 vehicles, was delivered in February 2021; it is an environmentally friendly ship with zero emissions.[1]

In March 2021, another hybrid electric ferry of Bastø Fosen, the 54 m (177 ft)-long MF Svelvik for 100 passengers and 30 vehicles, was launched.[13][14]

In 2021, the shipyard was awarded an order by the Italian Caronte and Tourist to build a 109.95 m (360.7 ft)-long SOLAS-compatible 8,300 GT LNG hybrid ro-pax ferry for 800 passengers and crew and 114 vehicles.[15]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Sefine Tersanesi'nin ürettiği elektrikli feribot Norveç sularında". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). 16 February 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Sefine Tersanesi". Tersane (in Turkish) (56). 29 May 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Turkish shipbuilder wins Russian icebreaker tender". Daily Sabah. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Türkiye'nin iİk ve Tek Acil Müdahale Gemisi Hizmete Girdi". Milliyet (in Turkish). 27 May 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Estonya adaları için Türk feribotlar devrede". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). 20 October 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Port Of Tallinn / Sefine Shipyard Nb27 Car & Passenger Ferry Estonia 2016". Turkish Exportal.
  7. ^ "Sefine Tersanesi SILDAFJORD Feribotunu Suya İndirdi". Tersenae (in Turkish). 23 July 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Sildafjord (07/2020)". Maritimt Magasin (in Norwegian). 30 June 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Sefine Sildafjord'u da teslim etti". Denizcilik (in Turkish). 12 May 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Sefine Tersanesi canlı balık taşıma gemisi aqua skye'yi teslim etti". Deniz Bülten (in Turkish). 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Aqua Skye". DESS Aquaculture Shipping. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  12. ^ "GASØ HØVDING suyla buluştu". Denizcilik (in Turkish). 26 January 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  13. ^ "New electric ferry for Svelvik-Verket". Norwegian Ship Design. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Sefine, Svelvik'i denize indirdi". Deniz Bülten (in Turkish). 15 March 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  15. ^ Serbest, Ali (12 March 2021). "Sefine İtalya için feribot inşa edecek". Denizcilik (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 August 2021.