Ingenuity That Floats

🌟 Exciting Development from GEMAK SHIPYARD for LNGC and LNG-Fueled Vessel Owners and Managers! 🌟

We are proud to announce that GEMAK SHIPYARD has been nominated as an approved partner by the renowned GTT (Gaztransport & Technigaz, France) for the maintenance and repair of membrane containment systems.
With this partnership, our specialized teams at GEMAK Shipyard will now be equipped to perform inspection, maintenance, and repairs on state-of-the-art LNG tank designs.

In addition, we have established new facilities, including a CRYOGENIC workshop, a new mechanical workshop, and a stainless steel piping workshop. These enhancements will enable us to provide comprehensive maintenance and repair services for all related systems, including piping, valves, compressors, e-motors, engines, pumps, and heat exchangers.

Stay tuned for further updates as we continue to innovate and improve!

🔧 “Ingenuity that Floats”

Another giant vessel has just docked in our graving dock.⚓️🚢

M.V. CMA CGM LOIRE: Length: 300 meters Width: 48 meters

University underscores our commitment to knowledge exchange and skill development. Through our signed the education and cooperation framework protocol, students from the university will intern at Gemak shipyards, enhancing their professional experience as they near graduation.

We extend our sincere gratitude to Prof. Dr. Erinç Dobrucalı, the esteemed Dean of the BTU Faculty of Maritime Studies, and the esteemed faculty members of the Faculty of Maritime Studies, for hosting us.

We remain committed to nurturing young talents and making a contribution to the sector by providing a skilled workforce.

Gemak Group has actively participated in the esteemed Sea Japan Fair 2024. This event serves as a pivotal platform for industry leaders, innovators, and stakeholders to converge and explore the latest advancements in the maritime sector.

We extend a warm invitation to join us at our exhibition space located at Tokyo Big Sight East Hall 1-3, Stand No 1D-12, from April 10th to 12th. Here, you'll have the opportunity to engage with our team and discover firsthand our newest solutions tailored for the maritime industry.

Taking a step towards a cleaner future, we have implemented a water treatment system in our shipyards to purify the ship washing water of the vessels. With our new filtration system, we are supporting sustainability and preserving natural resources.
Together towards a cleaner future!

We had the pleasure of hosting maritime technology students from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology at Gemak Group.

During their visit, we provided insights into the maritime sector in Türkiye and shared the latest developments within our company.

We're grateful for the chance to connect with these future engineers. Thanks to the students for their kind visit and for bringing their smiling faces to Gemak Group.

We Welcomed Esteemed Guests from Istanbul Technical University; Naval Engineering Club at Gemak TGE Shipyard.

Gemak takes great pride in hosting the aspiring naval engineers of the future in collaboration with Istanbul Technical University. We had the opportunity to our student friends about the latest developments in the maritime industry, the ongoing projects at Gemak Group, and the overarching corporate mission that guides our endeavors.

We extend our sincere gratitude to our student friends and esteemed lecturers for this visiting. We believe that such collaborative endeavors will play a pivotal role in fortifying the foundation for our collective future. 🔧

As Gemak Group, we've signed a protocol with Piri Reis University within the framework of university-industry cooperation.

As Gemak Group, we've signed a protocol with Piri Reis University within the framework of university-industry cooperation.
This agreement aims to support R&D and innovation-oriented studies by emphasizing the sharing of knowledge and experience.
We strongly believe this important collaboration between the two institutions will provide opportunities for our future colleagues.🌱🎓

While we provide maintenance and repair service for a wide variety of ships ranging from LPG tankers to dredgers with our experienced team at Gemak Shipyard, nowadays we welcome a series of Ro-Ro vessels at the same time.

The system combines filtering SOX and capturing CO2. The methodology has similarities with the existing technology; the exhaust from M/E enters the scrubber tower to eliminate the SOX and then the CO2 is captured in a special chemical and stored in an onboard tank. An aft peak tank had been chosen in our project for collecting the CO2, therefore additional cofferdams were created to prevent any contact with other compartments (like FW tanks, etc. ) and a special surface treatment was applied to convert the aft peak tank to a chemical storage tank.
 

Steel Cutting Milestone representing the commencement of fabrication works on NB045 – 35.000 TLC Floating Dock Project has been achieved. This first milestone has been dated by gathering together with project related individuals warmly at our NETA Prefabrication Facility.

Subject modern design Floating Dock is being built as per the rules and regulations of ABS class. It is customized and designed for fit-for-purpose to be utilized mainly for navy and commercial projects at western costs of USA by Messrs. NASSCO.

We are proud to announce that we have successfully completed the first Vaporizer upgradation work of an FSRU vessel in Türkiye.

Approaching the end of 2022, demand for ship repair & maintenance works are keeping the same high intensity.

Gemak Group responds the excessive request with its strong project management structure and resource management applications for main resources like labor force, berth, and dock facilities, maintaining accurate delivery dates.

 

Marine Energy Technologies Fair and Conference (MARENTECH EXPO), being currently the only national event gathering offshore energy sector constituents, will be held between 26-28 October 2022 in Izmir-Turkiye.

We will look forward to meet you and discuss about contributing development of renewable energy sources for a sustainable environment.

Meet us at our booth no D-111.

ffshore substation platform DOLWIN6 is now successfully installed to its final location at German North Sea by our client Dragados Offshore. The commissioning phase will take place from now on and planned to be completed in 2023 when the platform will be in operation afterwards. DOLWIN6 will provide green wind power to >1mill households in EU.

As known, Gemak Group has contributed this major project by fabricating the steel structure blocks of topside module. Topside module became a huge unit of approx. 11.000 ton when fully completed at Dragados Offshore yard and was transferred & installed by the world’s largest service vessel Pioneering Spirit of Allseas.

Gemak Group is proud to contribute offshore renewable energy industry, and environmental sustainability as such, and will continue to strengthen its position by executing further green energy projects.

Steel Cutting Milestone representing the commencement of fabrication works on HYDRA Offshore Fish Farm Project has been achieved. This first milestone has been dated by gathering together with project related individuals warmly at our NETA Prefabrication Facility.

HYDRA is the latest generation and self floating Offshore Fish Farming Unit comes with an innovative design to contribute sustainable fish farming. The Unit is being built as per DNV Offshore and NYTEK regulations. It is highly automated for unmanned operation offshore by having continuous monitoring and control means through a shore based control station.
Being such a considerable volumetric floating structure with Dia:78m and H:52m dimensions Hydra shall be utilized mainly for growing salmon in Norwegian waters by Messrs. Nordlaks.

We have successfully completed Marineline coating of all cargo tanks of our esteemed customer ASM Maritime's third project in 2020, "CHEM LYRA", at afloat condition, within the exact planned period.

Gemak Group is pleased to accommodate M/V “GRANDE DETROIT” which is the 1st of the 6 sister ships en bloc booked by our valuable customer, Grimaldi Group. The Yard’s scope of job is Scrubber & BWTS Retrofit and Routine DD&SS repair works. Gemak Group is ready for the challenge and looking forward to accomplish the mission with Owners’ full satisfaction.

With our latest Project, CAPPADOCIA SEAWAYS we are proud to complete our 25th scrubber installation. We are thankful to our valuable customers which have thrusted on us and gave us the chance of adding value to their good vessels.

System Information:

The scrubber system is designed to operate in three different modes, dry mode on compliant fuel, open loop mode and close loop mode. Each of these exhaust gas cleaning modes has its own unique way of operation for removing SOX from the exhaust gas. The scrubber system is called as hybrid design that is capable of operating in both open loop and closed loop modes. The wash water system design includes four water pump, two sea water pump, two circulating pump, two coolers, new sea chest in pump room, NaOH and Sludge tanks, process, 2 scrubber towers (8400 kWx2) tank and separator unit.

During the operation in open loop mode, the scrubber uses the natural alkalinity of seawater to absorb and bind the SOX from the exhaust gas. The alkalinity of seawater varies depending on geographic location, however at the most locations it is appropriate to use a value of approximately 2.5 mmol/L in Mediterranean and 1.2 mmol/L in Baltic sea.

During the operating in close loop mode, the scrubber recycles water in sodium hydroxide which is continuously added to balance pH at slightly alkaline value. When operating is closed loop mode, the scrubber system periodically discharges a quantity of wash water to reduce the build-up of sodium sulphates. The system is topped up with freshwater or seawater. For scrubbing, the gaseous SO2 can be removed with efficiencies close to 100%. The SO2 is converted to sodium sulphates and discharged to sea, which already contains much larger amounts of sodium sulphates.

By removing the SO2, formation of secondary aerosols and acid rain are avoided.

Dear All,

We kindly announce that, the epidemic/pandemic COVID-19 diseases are closely followed in detailed form the first days. We have expanded our precautions and preventive actions against the disease by the first case in Türkiye in order to stop the spread. We have implemented safety and business continuity plans as follows in line with the Ministry of Health and local authorities.

We kindly ask your cooperation against this extra ordinary situation and for all reasonable measures regarding our operational processes, aiming to protect the health and safety of our employees, customers and suppliers. We may name the major precautions (but not limited to) as necessary announcements, personal protectives, rearrangement of social areas acc to personal distance rule, disinfectant sprays, disinfecting applications, monitoring of body temperatures, new meeting regulations and postponing of training/social events, aboard visits. Furthermore the vessel’s ports of call and crew travel histories are tracked and necessary actions are taken before arrival at during their stay at the Yard.

We will continue to work and do our best to minimize the possible disruption to the WORK.

We appreciate our CLIENTS’ kind attention and best cooperation in this predicament. Please let us know if more information is required and we will keep you updated upon further development about the issue.

We hope to overcome this devastating disease with minimum losses by common cooperation and awareness.

Important Note: No case has been recorded at any Gemak Group Companies up to date.

Gemak Group of Companies.

We, as Gemak Group, will participate at the International Nuclear Power Plant Summit on 4-5 March 2020 at Pullman Convention Center in Istanbul. We are pleased to meet you at Stand B-5 for networking with industry professionals and informing about our integrated solutions.

Hope to see you.

Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Mr. Kitack Lim visited Gemak TGE Shipyard during his stay in Türkiye for Mare Forum 2019 Conference. Gemak TGE Shipyard hosted Mr. Kitack Lim on behalf of Turkish Shipbuilders Association (GİSBİR). A briefing was given about the prevailing dynamics of the vibrant Turkish Ship Building industry and Gemak Group's vast experience about Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS) and scrubber retrofit projects, as well as higlighting the capacity for repairs, conversions and the industrial projects with several references.

Gemak is lengthening ro ro ships for U.N. Ro-Ro

It has been several years that U.N. RO-RO İŞLETMELERİ A.Ş. operating one of the most modern and effici
ent fleets of RoRo vessels started contemplating about increasing capacity and efficiency as well as decreasing environmental footprint of their fleet by lengthening their vessels. Decision has been made and Gemak Group has been chosen as business partner for this demanding project at the tender that was attended by major European shipyards.

Ships from the same series will be lengthened by 30 m. building of new midbody block having 1.130 tons has already been started. For block building, Gemak will use several of its facilities to ensure fast and high quality fabrication. Finally, it will be assembled in Gemak TGE Shipyard and launched from the slipway already outfitted to minimise down time of vessels during cutting and lengthening operations. The first ship is expected in Gemak TGE Shipyard at the end of the year. Besides lengthening, Gemak will reinforce existing hulls of the vessels due to increased longitudinal and slamming forces. Also modification of HFO tanks related to MARPOL requirements will be performed in the fore part of the vessels.

Besides proximity to U.N. Ro-Ro terminal that ships to be converted call regularly, most important reasons to make decision in favour of Gemak were its technical capabilities and   graving dock capacity in Gemak TGE Shipyard  that will be used to perform cutting and lengthening operations. Once the ship is dry docked all movements will be performed in dry condition.

“We will use our own SPMT’s to move lengthening section in the dry dock.” says Birol Uner, Gemak’s CEO. “More challenging task is moving of the forward part of the vessel after cutting, weight of which will exceed 4.000 tons. Nowadays, our R&D team is developing skidding system that will be used to move forward part of the ships for about 30 m. We will also use special positioners that were developed in-house for 3^rd Bosporus Bridge project that we have completed recently. This piece of hydraulic PLC controlled equipment enables us to position heavy weights, such as lengthening section of for U.N. Ro-Ro vessels with precision of less than 1 mm. This will make our job much faster, easier and will also ensure good alignment and high quality performance. Projects like these make us develop our technical capabilities and increase our competitiveness. It complies with our commitment to permanently develop our facilities.  With these two projects we hope for more similar work from other ship owners. We will be able to offer very competitive price and short shipyard stay. “

Recently, starting from end of 2013, Gemak has embarked on capacity expansion programme focused mainly on heavy steel structures fabrication, handling of heavy loads and efficient and environment friendly blasting and painting of newly fabricated steel structures in closed and controlled environment. Most of the investment was put in place in Gemak’s new shipyard in Altinova (Yalova) region related to the project of steel decks’ fabrication for 3^rd Bosphorus Bridge which are abt. 48000 tons in total. These improvements have continued and Gemak is nowadays investing in improving its piping and steel fabrication facilities aiming both shipbuilding and industrial projects.

Apart from being leader in ship repair activities in Mediterranean for many years, new capacities give Gemak Group opportunity to be very competitive in major conversions and steel fabrication projects.