TK Tuzla Shipyard

Shipyard Services

TK Tuzla Shipyard is a ship repair and conversion yard in Tuzla, Istanbul — on the north-east of the Sea of Marmara, close to the entrance of the Bosphorus.

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Drydocking & Repairs

Periodic drydocking to comply with class rules and international regulations, planned maintenance that extends vessel life, and emergency repairs.

  • Class and intermediate survey dockings
  • Hull cleaning, blasting and painting
  • Steel renewal and structural work
  • Machinery, shaft, propeller and rudder work
  • Emergency repairs
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Conversions

The yard’s long-standing core expertise: structural conversions with large-scope steelwork.

  • Lengthening
  • Large-scope steelwork
  • Accommodation refurbishment
  • Single-hull to double-hull tanker conversions under MARPOL
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Retrofits & Compliance

System installations for environmental compliance — the yard has completed more than 40 ballast water treatment systems and more than 10 SOx scrubber installations.

  • Ballast water treatment system (BWTS) installation
  • SOx scrubber installation
  • Piping, electrical and automation integration
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Offshore Projects

Upgrade and re-certification projects for offshore units — for example the roughly 12-month upgrade of the drilling unit Songa Saturn, including a water depth upgrade to 3,300 ft.

  • Drilling unit upgrades
  • Re-certification
  • FPSO conversion experience
Facilities

Yard capabilities

Floating dock
1 × VLCC size, 350 × 65 m
Lifting capacity
109,000 t
Berths
1,000 m for berthing & afloat repairs
Floating cranes
100 t and 30 t
Workshops
5 workshops: steel cutting, machinery, prefabrication
Equipment
50 cherry pickers, 86 blasting nozzles

Facility data from the shipyard’s official website. Source: tktuzlashipyard.com

My role

My role in your project

As Sales & Marketing Engineer, I am the first and continuous point of contact for owners and managers at the yard.

  1. 01

    Technical & commercial offers

    Itemised offers prepared against the vessel specification and repair list.

  2. 02

    Duration & cost estimates

    Realistic time and budget estimates for repair and conversion projects.

  3. 03

    Pricing & contracts

    Competitive pricing tailored to scope and expectations; leading contract negotiations.

  4. 04

    Coordination at the yard

    Linking the owner’s representative with internal departments on scope, issues and on-time delivery.

  5. 05

    Extra works & budget control

    Detailed budgets and quotations for every work order submitted by the owner’s representative.

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    Final account

    Transparent account keeping throughout the project, final negotiation and invoicing.