A decision has been reached in the environmental impact assessment process for the military and civilian ship manufacturing project that Dearsan Gemi İnşaat Sanayi A.Ş. plans to implement in the Çayırova district of Kocaeli. The project, submitted by the company to the Kocaeli Provincial Directorate of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, was found to be in compliance with regulations and received an "EIA Positive" decision.
The project will be carried out at the existing facility located near the Istanbul provincial border in the Doğu Street area of the Şekerpınar neighborhood in Çayırova. According to information in the EIA report, the 10,734-square-meter plot where the facility is located is registered to Gül Han Denizcilik ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. It is stated that the company in question belongs to Aziz Yıldırım.
No new building will be constructed as part of the investment. The existing structure, which has 5,823 square meters of indoor space, will be transformed into a production base with assembly and manufacturing lines suitable for the shipbuilding industry. Block manufacturing, sizing, welding, electrical, mechanical equipment, and installation processes will be carried out at the facility using materials sourced from the market.
ANNUAL CAPACITY PLANNING
According to projections in the EIA file, the facility is expected to produce a total of 68 military ships per year, consisting of 8 ships up to 23.5 meters, 20 ships up to 20 meters, and 40 ships up to 15 meters. The planning data also included the construction of 68 passenger ships of various sizes and 3 submarines.
The facility, which currently manufactures sheet metal parts for the shipbuilding sector and has an annual capacity of 464 tons, is aimed to be transformed into a more comprehensive production center in the fields of defense and civilian maritime with the new investment.
In the project, for which the investment cost is announced as 16 million 450 thousand TL, hull production and block assembly processes will be completed at the land facility in Çayırova. The produced ship hulls will be transported by road to Dearsan's main shipyard in Tuzla.
It is planned that the ships will first meet the sea in Tuzla, and the final outfitting, testing, and calibration processes will also be completed there. According to the report, the facility will operate 300 days a year on a single-shift basis, and 9 personnel will be employed in the first phase.
News Source: 12punto
