A ground-breaking historic free trade deal between Türkiye and the UK that provides vital certainty for businesses and protects thousands of jobs in both countries is excellent news says Sanmar Shipyards, which has delivered a total of 24 tugs to UK operators. The trade deal, which came into force on 1st of January, [...]
Sanmar Shipyards has reported a record year of all times of delivery of 30 tugs during 2020. 13 of these were for overseas clients with 10 more delivered to Turkish tugboat operators. 7 of these joined to Sanmar’s own fleet. Overseas operators from UK, Canada, Italy, Germany, Latvia, Oman, Seychelles, UAE and Panama took [...]
Sanmar Shipyards has sold another of its hugely popular multi-purpose technologically advanced Bogacay Class tugboats, this time to fellow Turkish company Eren Energy. Built in 2018 at Sanmar’s state-of-the-art purpose-built Altinova Shipyard, Bogacay XXXlll is an example of the exclusive to Sanmar RAmparts 2400SX design from Canadian naval architects Robert Allan Ltd. The modern [...]
The first of two tugs sold by Sanmar Shipyards to Canadian West Coast operator Seaspan Marine Transportation has arrived safely at its new home in Vancouver following a 12,500 nautical mile, 55-day journey. Delivered under its own steam by a crew from The Netherlands-headquartered maritime delivery company Redwise, the 2015-built tug has been renamed [...]
Turkish tugboat operator Arpas has returned to Sanmar Shipyards to buy two tugs to join its fleet. Arpas, which is headquartered at Ambarli on the Sea of Marmara, has bought two very different tugs from Sanmar to meet its various operational needs. Nehir is one of the tug builder and operator’s fleet vessels and [...]
German tugboat operator Hans Schramm & Sohn Schleppschifffahrt has again turned to its long-term partner Sanmar Shipyards to deliver a newbuild tug for its expanding fleet. The tug, to be called Sönke by its owner, is the latest vessel in the technologically advanced and powerful Deliçay Series of 25m by 12m harbour and towage [...]
A ceremony to mark the delivery of the tug “OZGUR” to Cyprus Turkish Safety & Salvage Co Ltd was held at Sanmar Shipyards Altinova on 20 October. Built in 1985, the 24.75m-long “OZGUR” has undergone modernisation and restoration work at Sanmar. The ceremony was attended by Selim Dursun, Türkiye’s Deputy Minister of Transport and [...]
As a result of long years of cooperation and success between SANMAR and ABS, we came together to celebrate the 150th project built with ABS and the 100th tugboat delivered by ABS Surveyor Mehmet Kantarçeken in Sanmar. SANMAR, which has made many firsts in the construction of tugboats in the world, is proud of [...]
Seychelles Ports Authority (SPA) recently completed technical acceptance of a new azimuth stern drive (ASD) tug from Sanmar Shipyards in Türkiye. The latest addition to the SPA fleet is another of the Sanmar flagship RAmparts 2400SX, designed by Robert Allan Limited exclusively for Sanmar and designated the Bogacay XLI. Mobilisation has already commenced under [...]
Sanmar is delighted to announce the delivery of the ex-Bogacay VIII to Seaspan of Canada; which has been renamed the Seaspan Raptor. Mobilisation to Vancouver has already commenced, under the direction of Redwise Maritime Services of the Netherlands, with arrival expected in late November. The Seaspan Raptor was built in 2015 and initially operated [...]