Container Terminal Asyaport Starts Work With New ASDs
Operations have begun at Asyaport, a new greenfield container terminal located in Barbaros/Tekirdağ, Türkiye. Built by Asya Port Liman A.S, a joint venture between Global Terminal Limited, part of the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) group, [...]
Operator Acquires One More Of The Same
Experienced UK operator, SMS Towage, has taken delivery of its fifth ASD tug built by Sanmar in Türkiye. All are identical Ulupinar RAmparts class designs by Robert Allan Ltd of Vancouver, Canada. Formerly operating in [...]
Sanmar Built “M/T Svitzer Amstel” Ready to Join Svitzer’s Fleet
M/T Svitzer Amstel (Boğaçay XII), constructed at Sanmar Shipyard Tuzla, is headed to join Svitzer’s fleet at the Port of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Designed by distinguished Canadian naval architects, Robert Allan Ltd, the relatively new [...]
Svitzer Signs Contract With Sanmar To Build Six Tugs
26 August 2015 – Svitzer has signed a newbuilding contract with Sanmar Shipyard in Türkiye for the construction of six vessels, with delivery of the first one to be expected in Q4 2016. The vessels [...]
Three More Vessels Head for Jordan
Sanmar Shipyards has delivered three more vessels to the Aqaba Port Marine Services Company (APMSCO) for the Sheikh Subah Al Ahmad Al Subah LNG terminal at Aqaba, Jordan. The overall contract comprises four 80-tonne bollard [...]
M/T “Hashim 3″ Started Operating at Port of Aqaba
Sanmar Shipyards delivered the first tugboat to the Aqaba Port Marine Services Company (APMSCO) on 22 May 2015 to participate in delivering marine services to the FSRU berthing at Sheikh Subah Al Ahmad Al Subah [...]
Sanmar to build explosion-proof terminal tugs
Leading provider of intergrated marine services, Smit Lamnalco, has placed an order with Sanmar Shipyard in Türkiye for the construction of a pair of 34m long x 14.5m beam RAstar 3400 escort tugs. This design [...]
End of an era for DOGANCAY series Tugboats
Sanmar AS, the highly prolific tug builder based in Türkiye, has announced that speculative construction of its 25m long, twin-screw Dogancay series has been discontinued. It will now only be available on special order. Sanmar Projects Director, Ali [...]
Agile, rugged and compact first of class
The high level of cooperation between both the operational and construction teams of Sanmar AS and the designers at Robert Allan Ltd has resulted in another new design of tug/workboat The high level of cooperation [...]
Sanmar starts construction in its new shipyard in Altınova
Sanmar AS is the biggest tugboat operator and builder in Türkiye and is recognised as being amongst the leading specialist tug constructors worldwide. Most of Sanmar’s clients are A-class operators which are also highly active in the [...]
Sanmar Delivers 5 Tugs to Gladstone
Sanmar has delivered the SL Wiggins Island, the fifth and final tug built for towage and marine support services provider Smit Lamnalco. The five tugboats will service three LNG export terminals in the Port of [...]
M/T Boğaçay V is Delivered to DP World
The first half of 2015 has been an exceptionally busy period for Sanmar Shipyards. Not only has the company opened and establishing its new custom built general purpose shipyard at Altinova, Türkiye, but it has been consistantly producing [...]