Trabzon Tersanesi
Trabzon Tersanesi (Trabzon Shipyard) is a Turkish shipbuilding, maintenance and repair yard located in the Sürmene Çamburnu area of Trabzon on the Black Sea coast, with a head office in Ümraniye, Istanbul. The yard carries out newbuilding and dry-docking/repair work on dry cargo vessels, sea-river ships, tankers, LPG/LNG carriers and dredgers, and is also building a 174 m floating dock and a 140.87 m cargo ship. Through its Orion Yachts brand it builds superyachts, including the 43.80 m steel and aluminium motor yacht Orion One, classed by RINA. The company, originally founded in 2005 as Pega Shipping and later Nur Shipping, was acquired in 2024 by Salih Zeki Çakır and renamed Trabzon Shipyard.
Trabzon Tersanesi
Trabzon Tersanesi (Trabzon Shipyard) is a shipbuilding, maintenance and repair yard on Turkey's eastern Black Sea coast. The company traces its origins to Pega Shipping Inc., founded in 2005 by the Çebi family and later renamed Nur Shipping and Trade Inc.; in February 2024 Salih Zeki Çakır acquired all shares and the company was renamed Trabzon Shipyard Inc. in March 2024. Alongside commercial newbuilding and repair work, the yard operates the Orion Yachts superyacht brand.
Services
- Newbuilding of commercial vessels
- Dry-docking, maintenance and repair (regularly handling dry cargo ships and tankers up to around 53,688 DWT)
- Design, manufacturing and after-sales service
- Superyacht construction under the Orion Yachts brand
Vessel Types
- Dry cargo and sea-river type vessels
- Tankers and refrigerated vessels
- LPG/LNG vessels
- Dredgers, tugs (towing and pushing), offshore vessels
- Passenger ships, ferries and hovercraft
- Motor yachts — Orion One: 43.80 m LOA, 8.10 m beam, 2.484 m draft, 480 GT, 2 x CAT C32, steel and aluminium, RINA class, launching 2026
- Current newbuildings: NB61, a 140.87 m cargo ship of approx. 10,700 t deadweight; NB62, a 174.00 m floating dock with 10,000 t lifting capacity
Facilities
- Three ship drydock and new construction areas (120x35 m, 120x16 m and 155x55 m open space)
- Ship repair and maintenance area of 145x45 m; enclosed storage area 130x25 m
- Quay area with 110 m quay length and two 40 t tower cranes
- Portal cranes of 10 t, 16 t and 35+5 t; overhead cranes 2x15 t and 1x10 t; 75 t and 35 t mobile cranes
- CNC cutting and pre-fabrication workshop, CNC cutting machine, 600 t and 300 t presses, 400 t sheet bending machine, hydraulic guillotine shear, Dutch profile bending press
- 70 m and 35 m ship slipways, water jet 0-600 bar, extensive welding plant
Certifications
- ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018 and a Zero Waste certificate
Location
- Shipyard: Yeniay Mahallesi, Atatürk Bulvarı No:61/21A, Sürmene, Trabzon — around 40 minutes from Trabzon Airport
- Head office: İnkılap Mah., Oruçbey Sok., Tek Merve Plaza, Ümraniye, Istanbul