Introduction

Ereğli Shipyard

Ereğli Shipyard is an independent shipyard constructed in Ereğli, Black Sea located right next to Ereğli Iron and Steel Works. 

Employed by Med Marine Group, Ereğli Shipyard has completed numerous projects mainly in tugboat and chemical tanker segments since 2004 both for Med Marine’s own fleet and for global clients.

Up until now, various chemical tankers have been constructed in different sizes, ranging from 5.300 DWT to 25.000 DWT in Ereğli Shipyard. Many tugboat projects, including both conventional and ASD type tugboats ranging from 16m x 20 TBP to 36m x 95 TBP, have been built and delivered. 

The total area of the shipyard is some 162.000 sqm being one of the biggest in Turkey, and the biggest in terms of slipway capacity. 

The shipyard facilities consist of 30.000 sqm of covered high ceiling steel workshop areas with overhead cranes, 3200 sqm of office, dining, social facilities and en-suite rooms in three fully air-conditioned high- tech buildings. There are 4 slipways of various dimensions and slopes in Ereğli Shipyard. The 220 L x 38 W mtrs slipway, being one of the biggest ever built so far in Turkey, is capable of accommodating handymax or even panamax size new buildings. 

The steel processing capacity is 32,000 tonnes per year. The shipyard is self-sufficient in many ways from having its shop blasting and priming facilities to all the way to finishing processes.