Selah Shipyard: The Leading Shipyard in Ship Construction of Turkey in 40th year
Selah Shipbuilding Industry INC. was established at the private sector shipyard in Tuzla / Istanbul in 1982. Selah management team, engineers and workers put Selah to leading position and customer focused company in ship building and ship repair in Turkey. Selah can deliver any kind of vessels up to 30.000 DWT in compliance with specifications of customers and rules of international class societies of highest standards in shortest delivery time and at competitive prices.
Selah has completed delivery of the H66 project within the name of Ievoli Sapphire, measuring 79,45 m in length overall with a beam of 16,80 m ; Platform Supply Vessel has been built and equipped in compliance with FFV Class 1 and DP2 class notations according to ABS classification and Italian Flag Authority. Now H66 is serving in Caspian Sea in the name of Caspian Voyager.
Building number H67; platform supply vessel which has FFV Class 1 and DP2 notation is currently under construction. This project will serve for multipurpose with moonpool and helideck, further be a high technology vessel with azimuth.
Selah signed two new contracts to build 84 m long DP2, FFV Class 1 PSV with project numbers H69 and H70 equipped in compliance with Anchor Handling Vessel, Oil Recovery Ship 2nd Line class notations.
Selah Shipyard expands its assets in the Defence Industry
Additionally, according to years experienced management board’s guidance, Selah decided to serve Defence Industry and has completed design of Logistic Support Vessel, Fast Patrol Boat and Fast Attack/Defence Boat for the military service, currently is ready to build.
Under the leadership of Turkish Prime Minister, the Defence Industry Executive Committee decided to start the negotiations within the scope of Logistic Support Vessels for Turkish Naval Forces requirement with Selah Shipbuilding Industry Inc. The tender put by the SSM for the operational requirement of the Naval Forces Command in 6th May 2014 for 2 Logistic Support Ships (LSS) has won by Selah and the Supply Contract has been signed in 24th November 2014. It is estimated that the first ship will be delivered in June 2016 and the second one in April 2017.
These vessels’ missions can be defined as to supply food, water, clothes, equipment, ammunition, fuel, construction products, personnel and to provide medical assistance and ship maintenance and repair.
Measuring 102,29 m in length overall with a beam of 16,00 m ; Logistic Support Vessel will be built according to Turkish Lloyd notation. The vessel is powered by two main engines each developing 1380 kW. Accommodation is furnished for 53 people. The vessel can carry 4.012 F-76 MDO, 394 JP5 Helicopter Fuel
Furthermore, Selah has participated in the New Type SAT Boat tender and the preparations for offering in that tender have been continuing by responding the Information Request Document (IRD) of Turkish Type Assault Boat tender.
Employment will increase more than 100 percent with the projects of 2015
Selah Shipyard will achieve more than a 100 percent increase in its production and export compared to the previous year by exporting 2 Offshore Platform Support Vessels (PSV) on a turn-key basis to Italian Marnavi Firm by constructing them in Selah Group’s Shipyard in Tuzla during 2015. This signigicant increase in employment is estimated because of the projected construction of 2 Logistic Support Ships (LSS) that are to be constructed for the SSM and will be continued in the same shipyard.
Also, the construction of 1 Offshore Platform Support Ship (PSS) is to be exported to the same Italian Marnavi firm in 2016 and will be continued in the Selah Körfez Shipyard in Kocaeli Free Zone whichwas purchased in 2014.
As Selah Group, the Körfez Shipyard will be prioritized in respect of 2015 investment expenses and the investments to meet the requirements of the military project will be made for the Tuzla Shipyard which has sufficient infrastructure.
Selah Shipyard will increase its export minimum 50 percent by working full capacity in 2023
Within the scope of the 100th year anniversary of the Republic, as Selah Group, using both shipyards within its structure at 100 percent capacity, constructing military ships at the Tuzla Shipyard and primarily export-oriented commercial vessels at the Körfez Shipyard, constructing high-quality products in accordance with the national and international standards in completely closed hangars and working environmentally-sensitive, modernizing its production capacity, increasing its export level minimum 50 percent and developing its employment are among the main goals.
Incentives to the domestic industry should be continued
It is a must to support the sub-industry firms and the firms at small and medium sized enterprise status as well as the national main contractor firms in respect of design, production, training and logistic support of the defence industry sector. In doing so, it will be possible to have the intellectual property, know-how and unrestricted usage rights of the goods to be produced and save from the life-cycle costs of them. Within this scope, the incentives for supporting and encouraging domestic sub-industry and small and medium sized enterprises as well as coordinated cooperation between SSM and the Shipyards for national military ship supply projects should be continued.
As Selah Makine ve Gemicilik Endustri Ticaret A.S., they wish success to all enterprises participating in IDEF-2015/Istanbul Expo with the justified pride of continuing to be one of the leading firms of the Turkish Ship Construction Industry by increasing its export, production and employment more than 100 percent in 2015 compared to 2014 which was the 40th year anniversary of its enterprise.
