11-12 MBE Turkije by William Froude

TRAVELREPORT 1 MBE2012

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Preface

Dear Reader,

For 400 years an economical connection between Turkey and the Netherlands exists. Just like the Netherlands, Turkey has a very big maritime industry, but there are also many differences. That’s why it was very interesting for us to visit Turkey.

I think I speak for all participants if I say that Before you lies the travelreport of the we felt very welcome in Turkey and we had International Study Trip 2012. This study a great time. trip was organised for students Maritime Technology at Delft University of Technology I would like to thank all the people who in the Netherlands. It was organised by the made this trip possible! S.G.” William Froude” , the study association of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Jeroen Taen Commissioner of Excursions of the 108th board at the Delft University of Technology. of the S.G. “William Froude” The S.G. “William Froude” supports its members in their study, acadamic life and orientation of the industry. To do so, we organise study trips, amongst others. Many of these trips take place in Holland, but once a year we set course to a foreign location to discover the maritime industry in a different culture. This year we chose to visit a country which we visited before, and it would be the first time to go to another continent.. This year we visited Turkey!

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Participants Programme İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi RMK Marine Sedef Shipyard Gölcük Naval Base M.A.T. Sailing Yachts Pergamon Sevki

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Participants Students Pepijn Baudewyn Folco Blanker Niels Dingemans Mieke van Dort Charlotte Groen Ruud Habing Kerim Haccou Emile Hendrix Mark Hupkens

Harm IJsseldijk Inge Kamp Daniel Langreis Feiko van Logchem Hans van Loon Bart Meenks Lauren Mekke Thomas van der Mooren Elouise Reiff Bart Scheeren Daan Schuttevear

Menno Sonnema Karel Span Gijs Stegmann Stephanie Tjin-A-Djie Erik Verboom Sander Verduijn Eefje Vredeveldt Vera Wieleman Ruben Zoutewelle

108th Board of the S.G. “ William Froude” Naomi van den Berg - President Jurrit Bergsma - Secretary Dirk de Bruijn - Treasurer Floor Spaargaren - Commissioner of Education Jeroen Taen - Commissioner of Excursions

Representative of TU Delft

Dr. Ir. Jenny Coenen

Special Guest

Sevki Erinç Çelikset

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Visit M.A.T. Sailing Yachts Sightseeing Izmir

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İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Monday we were received at Istanbul Technical University. As a typical sign of Turkish hospitality, we were first offered some tea and delicious Turkish cookies, along with a chance to meet the Turkish delegation. Then, we were shown a brief presentation about the Marine Technology faculty, which focused on the international character of the University. We learned that the ITU contributes to international research on certain ‘hot topics’ and were shown two presentations made by Turkish students competing in international competitions. The first was about the Turkish solar boat, which has already competed three times, in the United States of America. Although our university also competes in an international solar boat competition, theirs was quite different from ours,. They have to complete different tests, which are not only about durability, but also about speed and agility and they can charge and alter their boat in between legs. Even though they have only competed three times, they have managed to take a number of awards to Turkey, which is a great achievement for a new project. The second competition presentation was about an autonomous underwater vehicle.

Again, this is a relatively new project, but take part in rocket competitions, where the they have also managed to take home a rocket has to reach a certain height and, if possible, bring back an undamaged egg. Furthermore they participate in model aircraft competitions in the United States of America. Lastly we were brought to a high-tech 3D theater inside the Aerospace faculty were we were shown their design number of awards. The third presentation of a helicopter UAV (Unmanned Automated was about submarines, which was very Vehicle), after which a recording was shown interesting. It was nice to see similarities of a successful first run in the backyard of between the engineering process in Turkey the university. and Holland, like the importance of CFD. In the evening we were brought to a place After lunch we went to the faculty of near the main street of Istanbul. After some Aerospace Engineering. Here we were lefts and rights through quite narrow and shown how the university contributes dark alleys we ended up in a tall, luxurious to international research in this field of building. We had to take a large number engineering. As with the Marine research of stairs to finally be rewarded with a clear they have only recently started competing 360 degree view of Istanbul at night whilst and researching in this field. The first thing enjoying a good glass of beer and pleasant shown was a replica of the first and only companions. satellite Turkey has sent to space which was a 20x20x20cm box designed just to see if Folco Blanker & Pepijn Baudewyn they could send a signal and photo’s back to earth. They are currently developing a new satellite (60x20x20cm) which will have more functions. The Turkish students also

‘...and if possible bring back an undamaged egg’

RMK Marine

Tuesday May 8th we visited RMK Marine, a shipyard of great magnitude. They construct different types of ships. Because this shipyard constructs such different types of vessels, they can be seen as a special part of the Turkish industry. For instance they manage to construct super yachts, naval ships and commercial ships. Since 1997 the RMK Marine joined the KoÇ Holding. The KoÇ Group is the largest industrial group in Turkey. RMK Marine is situated in the Tuzla Bay and is one of the biggest shipyards in this specific area.

‘the first thing that caught our attention is the size of the shipyard ‘

this shipyard builds this many different types of vessels. The shipyard produces about three ships each year, an example is the North Sea Giant. The North Sea Giant is a Multi Purpose Offshore construction vessel. This ship is constructed with both engines at the front and at the back of the ship. The purpose of this design is to hold the We got a warm welcome by Ogûz Çakan, ship in the correct position during offshore who gave us an interesting presentation activities. When we look at the other types about the company. It is rather special that of vessels, for instance the super yachts, an example is the RMK Marine build Nazenin V. RMK Marine received an award for this sailing yacht during the World Superyacht Awards 2010 in Monaco. Interesting is that the RMK Marine shipyard builds the entire ship, including the finishing stages. During our visit, the first thing that caught our attention is the size of the shipyard (the total area of 95.243 m2). On this huge area of shipyard, one can find a lot of cranes

with a huge total capacity. If we try to express the dimensions of the shipyard, it can be done with the following numbers: RMK Marine has an annual steel processing capacity of 15.000 ton each year and can build commercial vessels up to 180 meter and 40.000 DWT. Furthermore, the shipyard has approximately 90.000 employees! These numbers are impressive, but it was even more impressive to see this magnificent shipyard with our own eyes. Another thing that struck us, was how extremely clean it was. This might have

been due to the slightly low occupation. The main hall was empty during our visit, but in September they will start the construction of a new ship. We thought RMK Marine was a very nice shipyard to visit and the host was very hospitable. We hope to hear a lot from RMK Marine in the future. Mieke van Dort & Niels Dingemans

a capacity which in the Netherlands would be the capacity of an entire shipyard. A number that gives an idea of this capacity is the maximum production of 6 new build containerships per year. To accomplish this, about 1000 personnel is required.

After our visit to RMK Marine, we went to Tuzlaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest shipyard: Sedef Shipyard. Tuzla bay is an area near Istanbul where about forty shipyards are located. RMK Marine and Sedef Shipyard are both yards with a high capacity, using the latest techniques.

Something else that we had never seen before was the offshore power plant that was under construction during our visit. Our guide told us that these energy vessels are used by, for example, cities that are located near sea. They might require a new energy plant, but prefer an offshore one to an onshore one. The lower initial investment and the possibility to relocate are advantages of offshore powerplants. Pending the build of an onshore energy plant can be a reason as

The Sedef shipyard was found in 1875 and has projects in several areas. The main areas they work in are new building, repair, conversions and industrial works. The yard is most experienced building bulk carriers and container vessels, but they also construct oil tankers and chemical tankers. During our visit the many of the yards facilities were shown. A few of those facilities are the panel line, painting halls, steel processing workshop, semi-wet slipway and the dry docks. We thought that the capacity of these facilities was impressive. The size of the painting halls, cranes and the dry dock was astonishing. There are not many yards in the Netherlands with such a large capacity and so many capabilities. The facilities are needed because the yard prefers to take care of the entire production process instead of outsourcing. Every part of

the production process, from plate & profile stock to complete ships, can be done by the yard itself. Of course, for Dutch students, it is interesting to compare the yards we visit in Turkey to the ones we have seen in the Netherlands. When this is done for Sedef shipyard, it becomes clear that every part of the production process at Sedef Shipyard has

Sedef Shipyard

well. Furthermore, an offshore power plant can bridge the time until infrastructure and onshore power plants are built up again after (natural) disasters. It was very interesting to learn about these applications and to see such a vessel close by.

Despite of the short visit, Sedef Shipyard has made a huge impression on every student in our group. It was a unique insight into a big shipyard and we want to thank Sedef Shipyard for their hospitality. DaniĂŤl Langereis & Inge Kamp

Gölcük Naval Base

Wednesday 9th of May. As every day of the “MBE” or “multiday abroad excursion” the day started with an early breakfast. Stuffed with cucumber, olives and white cheese we got on the bus on our way to “Gölcük Naval Shipyard”, the largest of three naval bases in Turkey. At our arrival at the base it became clear that this visit was quite exceptional for the navy. The bus driver got a little nervous from all the uniforms and the officers from the base were discussing what to do with us. Later we are informed that our visit is the first visit

ever from a group of student or civilians to the base, what an honor! The tour begins with a presentation, given by an officer from the base. To underline the uniqueness of our visit: even the commander of the base, admiral Şekerefeli, set apart some of his time to welcome us and answer our questions about the base and the Turkish navy. The naval base of Gölcük has built over 500 ships since 1937. After the Second World War, The Netherlands have made some investments to rebuild and expand the naval base, for which the Turkish Navy is still grateful. The base covers an area of over 300.000 square meter, with 42 different workshops and more than 3000 employees to build all kinds of ships. All of the ship parts are made at the base. The base repairs and performs maintenance of all ships of the Turkish fleet and executes a major check for all ships every 3 or 5 years, depending on the ship type.

The base builds patrol vessels and submarines up to 80 meters. Because of an earthquake a few years ago the ramp was badly damaged and the navy does not want to take any risk by building ships larger than 80 meter in Gölcük. After the presentation the admiral had to attend other matters. A group picture was taken and the admiral received our traditional gift as a token of our great appreciation from the commissioner of excursions. The visit of the base continued with a tour around the complex and two workshops. First the hall in which the submarines are built was visited. The hall is empty at the moment, but in a few months they will start building four new submarines with Air Independent Propulsion. The design of the submarines is bought from other countries, such as Germany. The second hall contains the workshop for smaller (moving) parts in the ships. A nice detail is that some of the equipment in the workshop is from Dutch origin, the big press for example has been produced in Ridderkerk.

museum contains, amongst others, some old weapon systems, small ships and old torpedoes, altogether more than 2000 objects. The museum is accessible for visitors of the base. The final part of the tour was a visit to the officers lunchroom, where we were treated as very important guests.

The lunch completed a very interesting visit to Gölcük Naval Base. The ships do not differ extensively from the Dutch naval ships, but the manner in which we were able to visit the base and were welcomed by the admiral was unique and very impressive. Altogether it becomes clear that the Turkish navy, gratefull for the help they received from the Dutch years ago, very much is trying to become independent from the support of other countries. Already they have the capacity to produce all parts of their ships themselves and they build their own submarines, of which they are very proud. For the future they hope to become able to also design their submarines by themselves. Like is said in the presentation: “If you want to do something, do it yourself!” A very successful day trip with many thanks to the Turkish navy!

After the tour by bus over the complex we visited the Marine Museum of the base. The Charlotte Groen & Ruud Habing

‘BANG! And the empty barrel next to us was reduced to scrap metal’

After a hearty breakfast and a quick game of chess, our quest for the discovery of maritime Turkey continued with a scenic coachtour to M.A.T. sailing yachts. Upon arrival we were welcomed with a refreshing drink and a short tour through the workshop where we saw several stages of the shipbuilding process.

clear examples, marine engineering and naval architecture wouldn’t be a small study much longer.

We did not only learn about minute technical details, but also about M.A.T.’s prudential vision on shipbuilding and we saw how M.A.T. The first and loudest example given was that shaped their production line and chose of the force of vacuum that was used to force to leave the engineering and designing to resin through the sandwichconstruction. others. BANG! And the empty barrel next to us was reduced to scrap metal by the pressure M.A.T. had now shown us how they difference between the atmospheric built fast racing yachts and only one last pressure and the vacuum within the barrel. example awaited us: the fabrication of an actual sandwich construction. We saw a All the details of M.A.T’s vision on layer of peelply-material, several sheets of raceyacht-building were explained glassfibers with different fibre orientations, to us in great detail. We learned the a layer of closed-cell material that formed ins and outs of mouldshapes, saw the the core of the sandwich construction, an influence of resinchoice on the final ‘I love Scheepsbouw’ sticker, some more hulltexture and were given examples layers of glassfibre reinforced material and of various fibre orientations in finally another sheet of peelply material. different parts of the ship. If every Two Froudians helped with the fitting of lecture back in Delft would be given the plasic enclosure of the 1m2 panel and, so passionately and with such crystal the resinhose and the vacuumhose were

attached swiftly. The resin was now forced through the sandwichconstuction and after a while you could feel that the exotherm resin reaction had started to warm, heat actually, the material. Once the material had cooled down enough it could be sawwed in smaller samples. Froudes board received a signed specimen in memory of the interesting visit. And to make sure we couldn’t forget our visit to this surprisingly interesting company, a groupphotoshoot was organised onboard a 12 meter long finished ship that was to be delivered in one week time. It was amazing, thank you M.A.T.! Emile Hendrix & Kerim Haccou

Sevki, Bart, Kerim, Floor, Jurrit, Jeroen, Dirk,Naomi, Hans, Alp Feiko, Ruben, Ruud, Pepijn, Karel, Sander, Gijs, Jenny, Niels, Harm, Mark, Daan, Daniel, Inge, Menno, Charlotte, Erik, Thomas, Emile, Eefje, Stephanie, Folco, Lauren, Bart, Mieke, Vera, Elouise

in his passionate speeches. For a group of exhausted students it wasn’t the best match thinkable.

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He told us that one could divide the different kind of building styles, Greek or Roman, by the use of red brick. Although many of the temples had collapsed, there was one red brick stronghold that had survived the Mongolian attack. It was a very modern styled house with all the luxury you could wish. Electronics, cable-TV and even a telephoneline was available. And so we saw the very modern Roman building style. Although it Once up on a time Pergamom was has to be said that it was the only building a rich and wealthy city in the west that was still standing! They must have done of Turkey. You could only reach it by something special to build that house! a steep road up hill. Camels could comfort you ride, but they were only After a walk around at the top of the available for the wealthy and the rich. mountain the guide took us, his ‘dear guests’, Nowadays we could go there in a down to an old hospital that was located at cable car cabin. the base of the mountain. It was the third ever build hospital in the world! It was sad At the top of the mountain we were that at the entrance gate hung a sign which kindly invited by our guide. We forgot said: “Birth and dead can’t come in” what the real name of the guide, but we do basically meant that pregnant woman remember the translation: immortal. and very ill people weren’t allowed in the And that was noticeable. The speed hospital, because they couldn’t fix them up with which he took us through the anyway. ruins was bewildering. Many facts about the city followed in a high pace With this policy the hospital reached the

“amazing” status of ultimate hospital, would feel better. Subsequently because nobody died during their treatment. you had to walk around a brick cylindrical building until the In the great area that the hospital covered gods would tell you what you there was room for physiotherapists and would have to become healthy again. All psychotherapists and some pharmaceutical of these healing methods made us wonder companies were located in the hospital as why we, in a modern age, do not use those well. These were little boxes, 3x4m, where techniques anymore. They all sound so legit! shop owners could sell their products. I suggest we all take a walk around are own The hospital used comedy as a treatment house when we are sick and only stop when therapy. The amphitheatre, where the group we are healthy again. photo was taken, was exclusively build for After this visit the lunch was down the road the hospital. and the 8 hour during trip to Istanbul was But when they thought that even that continued, partly on the wrong side of the couldn’t cure you, there was always the road. possibility to take a bath. For the most serious patients there was a tunnel where Feiko van Logchem & Harm IJsseldijk “the gods” would talk to you and where you

Şevki Erinç Çelikset