UZMAR

UZMAR was founded in 1972 by Senior Harbour Pilot Captain Altay Altug, as The First Private Pilotage & Towage Company of Turkey, serving various private ports and harbors in Turkey. Since the very first day of its establishment, UZMAR has followed and preserved the traditions and the values of maritime heritage. Today UZMAR serves pilotage, towage, salvage, and emergency response duties to public safety at Nemrut Port, Izmir, Akcansa Port, Canakkale, Ambarl Port, Istanbul, and Iskenderun Port, Hatay. UZMAR serves with more than 350 employees, 29 vessels, 30 captain pilots, and annually conducts 30.000+ ship maneuvers at 4 different locations. In 1993 UZMAR started to build tugboats for its own fleet requirements and later for the international market using modern vessel designs from Robert Allan Ltd., an internationally recognized naval architecture company from Canada. Since the first UZMAR-built tug was delivered to its own account, UZMAR Shipyard has established itself as the ...