Bring The Boys Back Home
COVID-19 measures are strictly applied all around the world: flights cancelled or restricted, same applies for the borders. However, Sanmar Shipyards chartered a private jet to bring home its own crew upon successful delivery [...]
COVID-19 Measures at SANMAR SHIPYARDS
We have taken a variety of measures in our facility and among our stakeholders in order to mitigate the situation, involving and not limited to: Issuing communication throughout the company, providing [...]
Odin of Scapa Launched
The first of the Orkney Islands Council two new tugs – Odin of Scapa – was launched last month (February) at the Sanmar Shipyard at Altinova in Turkey. The launch was on schedule and [...]
“TURCHIA” MEETS AND GREETS “ITALIA”
Sanmar Shipyards proudly announce the delivery of “DELICAY VI” to the Genoese group “Rimorchiatori Riuniti”. She is re-named as “ITALIA”. Sanmar had delivered a RAmparts 2400SX Class ASD Tug to the same group back [...]
First Sanmar Delivery to SAAM Towage
Sanmar Shipyards proudly announce the delivery of “BOGACAY XXXI” a 2018 built RAmparts 2400-SX Class ASD Tug to SAAM’s Towage fleet in Panama. She is re-named as “SAAM VALPARAISO”. Principal dimensions are 24.40m x [...]
“Flower Power” from Sanmar and Robert Allan Ltd. – 200 Tugs and Counting…
On the 11th of January 2020 Sanmar and Robert Allan Ltd. celebrated the commissioning of the 200th tug built by Sanmar to a Robert Allan Ltd. design. Achieving this milestone in just over 25 [...]
Winners Keep The Customers Satisfied
One of the winners in the recent allocation of harbour towage licences in Turkey was Marin Tug & Pilotage. This company was founded back in September 1998 by some of the leading players in [...]
Italy Rewarded With Improved Version of Best Selling Tug
Recent years have seen a considerable upturn in the number of orders from Italian customers for the sophisticated ASD or tractor configuration tug boats constructed by Sanmar Marine at either of its two custom–built [...]
Busy Bosphorus Receives New Design of Multipurpose Boat
Named Salim Duzgit after the founder of its new owners, the Duzgit Company, this multipurpose vessel is the first of a brand new Sanmar Shipyard Series based on [...]
Sanmar expands on a recent Robert Allan Ltd Press Release
In a recent press release issued by Robert Allan Limited, it was stated that the new tug design selected by Canada’s Department of National Defence for four new 24m vessels to be built in [...]
Perfection for Ineos FPS and Targe Towing
‘Have we come close to perfection?’ The argument continues across the tug boat industry as to which tug is the best. Meanwhile, Sanmar Shipyards in Turkey has been steadily developing and refining its extensive [...]
Boyhood Friends Strengthen Our Ranks
Reflecting its now dominant role in the international tug building market, Sanmar Shipyards in Turkey has taken the decision to significantly strengthen its team of executive directors with the appointment of two widely experienced [...]