Turkish Yard Lands Diesel-Electric Coasters

Vigorous Dutch reinvestment in short-sea trading capacity has yielded a construction programme for the Turkish shipbuilding industry. Delfzijl-based Amasus Shipping has contracted with compatriot Handelskade Shipsales and Bogazici Shipyard, on Turkey’s Sea of Marmara, for a series of 4,100dwt multi-purpose vessels.