ANADOLU Shipyard, Turkish SSM Sign LSTs Construction Contract

ANADOLU Shipyard, which has successfully completed and delivered 8 LCTs(Landing Craft Tank) to the Turkish Navy during 2012, has also accelerated its work for LST project in the first weeks of the year 2013.

ANADOLU Shipyard has signed a contract with Turkish SSM (Undersecretariat of Defense Industries) to manufacture and build two LSTs (Landing Ship Tank). The Project Implementation Schedule has not started yet as the necessary finances were not provided. However, ANADOLU Shipyard has intensified its work on the preparation of the LST project as contract negotiations were well advanced with ASELSAN and HAVELSAN, two flag ship companies of Turkish Fundation of Armed Forces.

Similarly, contract negotiations with another Turkish Defense Industry company İŞBİR Elektrik Sanayi A.Ş were also conducted to a successful end during the second half of February 2013. Thus, a supply contract is signed between ANADOLU Shipyard and İŞBİR Elektrik Sanayi A.Ş for the sourcing of 3 main generators and one emergency generator for each LST to be built by ANADOLU Shipyard.

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Press Release, March 7, 2013