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SMM Istanbul 2011 has plenty of supportfrom the Turkish Government

shipbuilding, machinery & marine technology trade fair

Istanbul, 26 to 28 January 2011

SMM I.2/ 9 November 2010

Following the announcement of support from SSM, Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (a partof the Turkish Ministry of Defence) made in June this year for SMM Istanbul 2011, further

professional associations and institutions have announced their endorsement of SMM, which is

now making its way at full speed towards the new, modernised and expanded Lütfi Kirdar

Convention & Exhibition Centre (ICEC). These new supporters for the second SMM Istanbul, to be

held at the Bosphorus for the second time from 26 to 28 January 2011, include the Turkish Ship

Suppliers Association (TURSSA), the Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO), and the Ship Recyclers’

Association of Turkey, which is specifically targeting environment friendly modes of recycling. In

August, Turkey signed the UN Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of

Ships. That sets an important sign, because Turkey is one of the world’s five major ship recyclingnations. C. Tanıl Küçük, Chairman of the ISO, believes that support for the shipbuilding fair on the

Bosphorus is only logical, because Istanbul is Turkey’s window on the global economy and

gateway to cultural exchange at a time of globalisation.

The supporters of the first SMM Istanbul are back on board again in 2011, including in particular

Turkish governmental organisations such as the Undersecretariat for Maritime Affairs, which

reports directly to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan; the Turkish Small and Medium Industry

Development Organisation (KOSGEB), an institution of the Turkish Industry and Trade Ministry;

and the Turkish Shipbuilding Association GISBIR. The main German supporters for SMM Istanbul

2011 are the German Shipbuilding and Ocean Industries Association (VSM) and the German

Engineering Federation (VDMA). SMM Istanbul is able to attract such strong support as a

shipbuilding fair under the SMM brand name, held at the interface between the continents – it is

regarded as the meeting point for the shipbuilding industries of Europe and the Middle East. It

makes it easier for international maritime companies to gain access to the Turkish shipbuilding

market, and to the markets of the Arab countries and others in the region.

That is why the ICEC is already well booked. Apart from Turkish shipyards and ship suppliers and

service companies, there are also numerous internationally operating companies there, mainly

from Europe, Asia and North America.



International interest in SMM Istanbul is due to Turkish shipbuilding industry’s upward trend in

recent years, and its vicinity to the emerging markets in the Middle East. It is true that the Turkish

shipbuilding industry suffered particularly in the recent economic and financial crisis, but the

London broker and analyst Clarkson Research Services Ltd. puts Turkey in fifth position for

deliveries up to 1 October 2010, with 52 ships and 0.333 million CGT, following the People’s

Republic of China (833 newbuildings/13.3 million CGT), South Korea (384 / 12.0 million CGT),Japan (364 / 7.4 million CGT) and the Philippines (21 / 0.4 million CGT). In terms of orders in hand,

Turkey takes 7th place. Most of the 119 newbuildings in the order books of Turkish shipyards at

the end of the third quarter 2010 are tankers, 70 of which are less than 10,000 dwt. Orders in

other main areas are 24 Handy Chemical Tankers (10-60,000 dwt) and 8 Handy Containerships in

the capacity range 1,000-2,000 TEU. The rest is divided among various ship types.

The Turkish shipbuilding industry is also helped by massive support from the Turkish Government,

which is making a big effort in naval shipbuilding. It has, for example, placed an order for six

submarines of a new type from HDW, and this is likewise intended to boost the business of Turkish

suppliers. It is also having a number of surface naval ships built at Turkish shipyards. The

Undersecretariat for Defence Industries is driving these projects forward, and is now also showing

increased commitment to merchant shipbuilding. All of this gives a bright outlook for the

shipbuilding market in Turkey.

That is also the approach of Binali Yıldırım, the Turkish Minister of Transport. At a recent

conference for the Turkish shipbuilding industry held by the Turkish Industrialists’ and

Businessmen’s Association (TUSĐAD), he outlined a new system of credit guarantees to help

shipyards which had to stop building ships as a result of financial problems. In this context he

called for the renewal of the Turkish coastal fleet. He noted that the Turkish merchant fleet was

well placed, and was currently number 16 in the world, with 16 million deadweight tonnes (dwt).

Turkish shipping companies have ordered newbuildings worth USD 10 billion. Turkish shipbuilding

should benefit from that, too.

Just how important the support of the Turkish Government is for the maritime industries is also

underscored by Başaran Bayrak, President of the Turkish Ship and Yacht Exporters’ Association,

which was set up in April this year. The Government was supporting build-up of know-how and

technology for healthy growth of the maritime sector, in order to help Turkish shipbuilding to

achieve healthy growth, in harmony with the neighbouring countries in the Middle East, with theArab countries, and also with African countries. “Our goal is to increase our market share,” said

Başaran Bayrak, who is also a Member of the Management Board and Director of ÇEKSAN

Shipyard. This also benefits foreign suppliers, who account for about 50% of any newbuilding at a

Turkish shipyard. The Turkish shipbuilding industry attaches great importance to quality, he added,

and could provide European partners with a better and faster service than companies in the Asia-

Pacific region. He had full support from the Undersecretariat for Defence Industries in this. And this

was also an advantage for SMM Istanbul.

Representatives of the SSM will speak at the accompanying conference, in a thematic block on

“Combining the forces of naval and merchant shipbuilding”. Another focal point of the conference is



“Green shipping”, addressed by leading international speakers such as John Aitken, Secretary

General of SEAaT, and Ceren Bilgin Güney of the Technical University of Istanbul. SEAaT is an

organisation set up by maritime industry companies in 2002 with the goal of promoting awareness

and acceptance of technical solutions for the reduction of pollutant emissions.

SMM Istanbul is organised by Hamburg Messe und Congress (HMC) and the Turkish partner Goca

Fuar Kongre ve Sergi Hizmetleri Ltd.Şti (Goca Exhibitions). The supporting programme offers

visitors to SMM Istanbul 2011 a range of other interesting activities such as visits to Turkish

shipyards, panel discussions, and various workshops. More than 150 exhibitors from about 30

countries are expected at SMM Istanbul, to be held at the centrally located, completely modernised

and enlarged Lütfi Kirdar Convention & Exhibition Centre (ICEC) from 26 to 28 January 2011.

Ed.: Angelika Schennen, Tel.: +49 (0)40 3569 2440, e-mail: [email protected]: www.smm-istanbul.com

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