Sedef Shipyard | Turkon Holding

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History

1972 Established by STFA in Gebze Diliskelesi.
1990 Moved all shipbuilding activities to its current location in Tuzla.
2000 Joined Turkon Holding Group.
2001-2003Signed a Technology and Know-How Transfer Agreement with Germany’s Flensburger Shipyard.
2005Started the first phase of the investment programme. Annual shipbuilding and steel work capacity increased to 600.000 DWT and 100.000 DWT, respectively.
2006 Commissioned a semi-wet dock of 250m x 41.2m.
2006 Commissioned a portal crane with 400 ton lifting capacity.
2006 Constructed 4x environment friendly mega painting halls.
2008 Increased the shipyard area to 194.000 square meters.
2008 Commissioned the 310m x 50m dry dock with capacity to build vessels up to 180.000 DWT.
2009 Established a new facility in Orhanlı to support the shipyard’s new capacity.
2009 Completed and attained certifications to build naval vessels.
2013 Commissioned its second automated panel line system with annual 50.000 tons capacity.
2013 Won the tender offer to build the largest vessel of Turkish Naval Forces: Turkey’s first Multipurpose Amphibious Assault Ship TCG Anadolu.
2015 Finalized Multipurpose Amphibious Assault Ship TCG Anadolu signatures, and officially commissioned the project.
2016 Started the second phase of the investment programme .
2019 Launched the Multipurpose Amphibious Assault Ship TCG Anadolu, officially recognizing it as a floating vessel.