Sedef Shipyard (Turkish: Sedef Tersanesi) is a Turkish shipyard established in Gebze, Kocaeli in 1972. Shipyard moved to Tuzla, Istanbul in 1990. The shipyard is building defense industry ships and commercial ships such as the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship TCG Anadolu to be used by the Turkish Naval Forces. In 2000, the shipyard became a subsidiary of Turkon Holding.[3]
| Company type | Shipyard |
|---|---|
| Industry | Defence, Shipbuilding |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Warships, Cargo ships, Yachts, Powerships |
 ($250) million | |
Number of employees | 2,000 |
| Parent | Turkon Holding |
| Website | http://www.sedefshipyard.com/en/ |
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The shipyard was qualified in 2009 by obtaining the necessary documents to take part in military projects. In 2013, the company won the tender for a multi-purpose amphibious assault ship project, which will be the largest ship in the Turkish Navy and can carry one battalion. Within the scope of this project, the construction of TCG Anadolu started in 2015 and the ship was launched in 2019.[4]
The construction of a sister ship, to be named TCG Trakya, is currently planned by the Turkish Navy.[5][6]
Location edit
Sedef Shipbuilding Inc, has 2 main locations in Turkey:
- Tuzla, Istanbul
- Orhanlı, Istanbul
Products edit
- MV Karadeniz Powership Ayşegül Sultan
- MV Karadeniz Powership Doğan Bey
- MV Karadeniz Powership Fatmagül Sultan
- MV Karadeniz Powership Gökhan Bey
- MV Karadeniz Powership İrem Sultan
- MV Karadeniz Powership Onur Sultan
- MV Karadeniz Powership Orhan Bey
- MV Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan
- MV Karadeniz Powership Yasin Bey
- MV Karadeniz Powership Zeynep Sultan
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Anıl Şahin (14 February 2019). "Deniz Kuvvetlerinden TCG Trakya açıklaması". SavunmaSanayiST.com.
- ^ Ahmet Doğan (9 November 2019). "TCG Trakya ne zaman bitecek?". DenizHaber.com.
- ^ "Sedef Tersanesi: Hakkımızda". Archived from the original on 1 November 2019.
- ^ "Sedef Tersanesi: Tarihçe". Archived from the original on 1 November 2019.
- ^ Ahmet Doğan (2019-11-09). "TCG Trakya ne zaman bitecek?". DenizHaber.com.
- ^ Anıl Şahin (2019-02-14). "Deniz Kuvvetlerinden TCG Trakya açıklaması". SavunmaSanayiST.com.
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