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Shipyards and ship repair

Put your yard on the next docking shortlist

Docking decisions are usually made months ahead, from a shortlist of yards. VesselCall introduces your yard to managers of vessels approaching Turkish ports and shows which fleets call regularly.

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Shipyards and ship repair

The problems today

  1. 1

    The shortlist is set months ahead

    The technical team writes the docking work list and sends it to shortlisted yards for quotes. If your yard isn't on that list, you are not even asked to quote.

  2. 2

    You don't know the regional fleets

    Finding the managers of fleets that trade regularly in Turkish waters takes time, and you can't easily see how often each company's vessels call here.

  3. 3

    Generic introductions get lost

    An English-only introduction that says nothing about the manager's vessel is easy to miss in a busy general inbox.

With VesselCall

Introductions to vessels nearby

Set ranges around Marmara ports. Managers of commercial vessels entering them get your yard's introduction in their language, sent to the technical department address when one is published.

Afloat repairs at nearby anchorages

Vessels waiting at anchorages near your yard are candidates for repairs that don't need a dock. Size the range so it covers those anchorages.

Find fleets that call regularly

VesselCall Data port reports show which managers and owners call most often at the ports you monitor. For their vessels, docking in Türkiye may not need a long deviation.

Check the vessel before quoting

Vessel search shows technical particulars, classification society, P&I club, PSC inspection summary and Turkish port calls, so your offer fits the vessel.

Who do we reach?

Docking and repair decisions sit with the ship manager's technical department: superintendents prepare the work list, and the yard is chosen with the technical manager's approval. VesselCall picks the technical department address that fits your sector when the company publishes one.

For shipyards and repair yards in Türkiye, VesselCall detects commercial vessels approaching Turkish ports, finds the ship manager through the IMO number and sends your yard’s introduction to the technical department, in the recipient’s language and from your own domain. VesselCall Data shows which fleets call at the ports you monitor, and how often.

How does a repair yard’s day change with VesselCall?

Without VesselCall

The sales manager spots a bulk carrier heading to Tekirdağ on a tracking site. They find the manager on Equasis, see only an info address on the company website and send a generic English introduction. No reply comes. A few months later, the same vessel docks at another yard that was on the shortlist.

With VesselCall

Ranges around the Marmara ports were set up once. When the bulk carrier enters the Tekirdağ range, VesselCall identifies it, finds its manager and sends your introduction to the technical department. Your template can name the vessel and the port it is approaching, then briefly cover your dock dimensions, repair capabilities and location. If the manager is in the Netherlands, it goes out in Dutch, with an English copy if you like. When the technical manager starts the next docking plan, an introduction from a Turkish yard is already in the inbox.

Why does timing matter so much? SOLAS requires at least two inspections of the outside of a cargo ship’s bottom in any five-year period, with no more than 36 months between them. Docking dates follow that cycle, so technical teams usually collect yard quotes months before the vessel arrives.

Which ports and vessel types matter most?

A large share of Türkiye’s ship repair capacity sits in the shipyard areas of Tuzla (Istanbul) and Altınova (Yalova). That makes the Marmara ports the natural place to start:

  • İzmit Bay, Gemlik, Tekirdağ and Ambarlı: vessels working cargo or waiting at anchor close to the yard areas, for docking offers and afloat repairs.
  • Aliağa, Mersin and İskenderun: busy Aegean and Mediterranean ports, where VesselCall Data shows which fleets trade in Türkiye regularly.

When choosing vessel types, start from your dock capacity: port reports show which types call, and vessel search shows GT, DWT and other technical particulars.

Frequently asked questions

How do shipyards find new docking customers?
Yards win docking work by being on the shortlist a technical department asks for quotes, so technical managers need to know the yard before the specification goes out. VesselCall introduces your yard to the managers of vessels approaching Turkish ports and shows which fleets call regularly.

Does VesselCall find vessels that are due for dry-docking?
No. VesselCall does not track docking dates; it detects commercial vessels approaching the ports you choose and introduces your yard to their managers. VesselCall Data shows each vessel's classification society and PSC inspection summary.

How often do ships go into dry dock?
SOLAS requires the outside of a cargo ship's bottom to be inspected at least twice in any five-year period, with no more than 36 months between inspections. These inspections are normally done in dry dock, so docking dates are planned well in advance.

Which language do the e-mails go out in?
You write your introduction in Turkish, and VesselCall translates it into the language of the recipient company's country, with an optional English copy. A Turkish back-translation preview lets you check the meaning, and corrected translations can be locked.

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The next vessel is already on its way.

Pick your ports, set the range, write your introduction. VesselCall runs the rest.

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