Sanmar Denizcilik is a Turkish firm that operates its own fleet of tugboats, and builds tugboats for its own fleet, and for other shipping firms.[1] The firm was founded in 1976 by Orhan Gürün and Gökҫen Seven. It remains a privately held firm, with its board of directors chaired by Ali Gürün.
In July 2013, the firm constructed its 100th tugboat.[2]
In November 2013, the firm delivered the world's first two tugboats powered by natural gas.[3][4][5] Firms aiming to leave a smaller environmental footprint are converting their fleets to vessels powered by natural gas because they produce less pollutant byproducts.[6] According to Seanews Turkey the vessels natural gas powered engines will emit:[7]
- 92% reduced nitrous-oxide emission[7]
- 17% reduced greenhouse gas emission[7]
- 98-100% reduced sulphur-dioxide emission[7]
- 98% reduced particulates[7]
Many of the vessels the firm builds use azimuth thrusters for both propulsion and steering.[8] Rolls-Royce has supplied over 150 azimuth thrusters to Sanmar. In 2014 Sanmar built its first tug propelled by Voith Schneider propulsion, another system where the propulsion system also provides steering.[9] Voith Schneider propulsion uses vertical propellers which independently adjust their angle of attack as they rotate within a rotating disk—similar to the rotors of a helicopter. This makes them able to change the direction of their propulsion even more quickly than possible with an azimuth thruster.
On the 40th anniversary of its founding, in March 2016, the firm's own fleet numbered 23 vessels.[1] The two shipyards where it constructs vessels are in Tuzla and Altinova.
References
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"Happy Birthday Sanmar!". Maritime Journal. 2016-03-30. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
Sanmar are one of Turkey's oldest private sector tug owning and operating companies providing harbour towage, ship assist and escorting services.
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"Sanmar's 100th tug". Maritime Journal. 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
Having experience as both builder and international tug operator, Sanmar approached RAL with proposals to enhance the performance of the standard RAmparts 2500 and the result is the 2400SX (Sanmar eXclusive) which the builder is calling its 'Bogacay Class'.
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"Sanmar completes the world's first LNG tug". Maritime Journal. 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
The introduction of this entirely new breed of gas powered tugs, was part of a 'Five tugs ceremony' during which three other new vessels, also under construction for B&B, were revealed, further details of which follow later in this feature.
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"Sanmar'ın Römorkörleri Norveç'in Takibinde" [Sanmar's Tug of Norway's Track] (in Turkish). Denizhaber. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
Ziyarette Sanmar ekibi tarafından Kalite Sistemi ve HSE Yönetim Sistemi ile ilgili ayrıntılı sunumlar yapılarak inşa edilmekte olan 2 LNG tahrikli römorkör ile ilgili 2013 yılının ilk 5 ayı için SANMAR HSE İstatistiksel Raporu ile ilgili bilgi verildi.
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"Dünyanın İlk LNG Römorkörü Sanmar'dan" (in Turkish). Denizhaber. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
SeaNews Turkey'de yer alan habere göre, Sanmar, dünyanın LNG yakıtı ile çalışan ilk eskort römorkörlerini inşa edecek. Römorkörler, Norveç'in Buksér og Berging AS adlı şirketi için inşa edilecek ve 2013 yılı sonlarında teslim edilecek.
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"The first tugs with pure gas propulsion". Motorship magazine. 2013-12-15. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
The tugs were designed by Buksér og Berging's in-house team, with the assistance of Norwegian company Marine Design and with further input from Sanmar, the chosen builder.
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"Sanmar Constructs World's First LNG Powered Escort Tugs". Seanews Turkey. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
Sanmar is constructing the world's first Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) powered escort tugs. The vessels have been ordered by Buksér og Berging AS of Norway and will enter into service in late 2013.
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"Multiple steerable propeller contract". Motorship magazine. 2015-11-15. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
Helge Gjerde, Rolls-Royce, President Commercial - Marine, said: "Sanmar Shipyard and Rolls-Royce have a long term relationship. This year we delivered our 150th thruster to Sanmar and the announcement of this further contract extends our long standing and continued cooperation."
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Peter Barker (2014-12-19). "New Voith tractor from Sanmar". Maritime Journal. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
They built the world's first LNG-fuelled tugs and are now exclusively offering a new Robert Allan design VectRA 3000 tug powered by Voith technology.