Anadolu Shipyard (Turkish: Anadolu Deniz İnşaat Kızakları San. ve Tic. A.Ş.) (ADİK) is a Turkish shipyard located in Tuzla, Istanbul. The shipyard mostly builds amphibious warfare ships as part of the defense industry.[1]
Native name | Anadolu Deniz İnşaat Kızakları San. ve Tic. A.Ş. (ADİK) |
|---|---|
| Company type | Shipyard |
| Industry | Shipbuilding |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Headquarters | , Turkey |
Area served | Worldwide |
  Anadolu Shipyard Location of Anadolu Shipyard in Istanbul | |
History
editAnadolu Shipyard was founded in the early 1950s. The company was initially active at Haliç Taşkızak in Golden Horn, Istanbul. In 1982, the shipyard moved to Tuzla, a district in the east of Istanbul.[2]
By December 2004, the company had been taken over by Furtrans Shipping, which was about to construct a shipyard in Yalova.[3] In 2005, Anadolu Shipyard and Sedef Shipyard established a joint venture with the TAIS Shipyards Company at Yalova with the purpose of building, repairing and maintaining naval ships of the Turkish Navy. The shipyard in Yalova has four shipways covering 450,000 m2 (4,800,000 sq ft) of the shipyard area.[4]
Overview
editAnadolu Shipyard is situated on the Tersaneler Cad. 22 in Tuzla.[5] In the beginning, the company built sailing yachts such as the 28 m (92 ft)-long Fortuna Blue in 1989, the 36 m (118 ft)-long Ofelia in 2000 and the 30 m (98 ft)-long Handem in 2002.[6]
The shipyard has two shipways measuring 137.5 m × 25 m (451 ft × 82 ft) and 92.5 m × 20 m (303 ft × 66 ft). Ships can be built up to 158 m (518 ft) long and 17,000 DWT on one shipway, and of 107 m (351 ft) long and 7,350 DWT on the other shipway. There are two quays measuring 85 m × 8 m (279 ft × 26 ft) for ships up to 7,500 DWT and 95 m × 10 m (312 ft × 33 ft) for ships up to 20,000 DWT.[7]
The shipyard is capable of building advanced amphibious warfare ships in lengths between 10 m (33 ft) and 165 m (541 ft). The production program covers small-sized Landing Craft Vehicle Personnels (LCVP), middle-size Landing Craft Mechanizeds (LCM), Landing Craft Tanks (LCT), Landing Ship, Tanks (LST) and Landing helicopter docks (LHD). Other ship designs include Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) of lengths 70–90 m (230–300 ft), Fast attack crafts (FAC) and Landing Platform Docks (LPD). The shipyard can simultaneously build up to six vessels.[1]
The company employs between 25 and 30 retired Turkish Navy personnel, including retired admirals and captains.[1]
Ships for the Turkish Navy
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In 2008, the company entered the defense industry with a project to build LCTs. Project planning for eight 80 m (260 ft)-long LCTs was accomplished in 2009 and the first ships were laid down in early 2010. All eight vessels were built and handed over to the Turkish Navy by 2012. These vessels are still the world's fastest in their class.[1] In July 2012, the TCG Ç-153, a 150-class LST with 1,040 tons displacement set a speed record of 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph) during sea trials in Aegean Sea despite high seas.[8]
The shipyard delivered the 138.75 m (455.2 ft)-long Bayraktar-class LSTs TCG Bayraktar (L-402) that was launched in 2015 and commissioned in 2017,[9] and TCG Sancaktar (L-403) that was launched in 2016 and commissioned in 2018[10][11] to the Turkish Navy.[12]
Export
editIn October 2020,the 90 m (300 ft)-long Al Doha (QTS-91) of the Qatari Emiri Navy, the first of the two-armed Cadet Training Ships that were ordered in 2018,[13][14] was launched.[15][16][17] The first of two 40 m (130 ft)-long LCMs for the Qatari Emiri Navy was laid down in 2021.[18]
Technology transfer
editIn 2020, India's state-owned Hindustan Shipyard in Visakhapatnam signed a contract with Anadolu Shipyard for a technology transfer project[19] despite concerns that emerged in India in 2019 that Indian-rival and Turkey-friendly Pakistan could prevent such a defense-industry-related business relationship.[20] The project was valued at Rs 10,000 crore – between US$1.5 and 2.0 billion – and aims to build five HSL-class fleet support ships, each of 45,000 DWT,[21] for the Indian Navy by the Indian shipyard. The technology transfer provides for the preparation of specifications, planning and engineering services.[22]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Türkiye'nin Askeri AGemi Markası: Anadolu Tersanesi". Neta Sea (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "2020-2021 Shipbuilding News from Turkish Shipyards - Anadolu Shipyard". Expo Maritt. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "First _target Fleet Expansion" (PDF). Marine and Commerce. October 2006. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Ortaklarımız" (in Turkish). TAIS Shipyards. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Anadolu Tersanesi" (in Turkish). Türk Armatörler Birliği. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Yachts By Anadolu Shipyard". Boat International. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Tersane" (in Turkish). Anadolu Shipyard. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Turkey: ANADOLU Shipyard LCT Sets New Speed Record". Offshore Energy. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "CG Bayraktar Deniz Kuvvetleri Komutanlığına Teslim Edildi". Denizcilik Bilgileri (in Turkish). 22 April 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "TCG Sancaktar Denize İndirildi". Tersane (in Turkish) (45). 12 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "TCG Sancaktar, Deniz Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı'na teslim edildi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 7 April 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "TCG Bayraktar & TCG Sancaktar - Anadolu Shipyard" (in Turkish). elkon. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ Ergöçün, Gökhan (13 March 2018). "Turkey to build 2 training warships for Qatar navy". Anadolu News Agency. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Katar Silahlı Kuvvetleri Anadolu Tersanesi ile DIMDEX 2018 Fuarında 2 adet Deniz Kuvvetleri Öğrenci Eğitim Gemisi Kontratı imzaladı". Defence Turkey (in Turkish). 13 March 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ Archus, Dorian (8 October 2020). "Turkish Anadolu Shipyard launches cadet training ship "Al Doha" for Qatar". Naval Post. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Anadolu Tersanesi, "Al Doha"yı Denize İndirdi". C4 Defence (in Turkish). 8 October 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "ADİK Tersanesinin Katar'a Ürettiği 'AL DOHA' Askeri Eğitim Gemisi Denize İndirildi". Turkish Defence Agency (in Turkish). 8 October 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "ADİK Katar için ilk LCM'ye başlıyor". Denizcilik Dergisi (in Turkish). 29 April 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ Siddiqui, Huma (28 July 2020). "Make in India: Indian and Turkish shipyards close contract for building FSS ships for the Indian Navy". Financial Express. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ Raghuvanshi, Vivek (3 October 2019). "India _targets Turkish shipyard over ties with Pakistan". Defense News. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Anadolu Tersanesi ile Hindistan Tersanesi 2,3 milyar dolarlık anlaşma yaptı". Deniz Haber (in Turkish). 30 May 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ Singh, Rezaul H Laskar, Rahul (22 February 2021). "Hindustan Shipyard to build 5 naval support vessels with Turkish help". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
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