Turkey’s second largest Ro-Ro passenger ship was launched. The ship costs 60 million liras and built by the Edrek Marine Motor Carriers Cooperative board of directors at Yalova Türkoğlu shipyard.
Turkey’s second largest Ro-Ro ship, which has been under construction for 17 months at Yalova Türkoğlu shipyard, was launched with a ceremony. “Erdek Maritime Carriers Cooperative” undertakes Ro-Ro transportation of Avşa-Marmara-Tekirdağ line with 8 ships.
The gigantic Tekirdağ 59 Ro-Ro, costs 60 million liras and weighs 1,800 gross tons. The ship was launched with a ceremony prepared at the Yalova Türkoğlu shipyard.
‘Tekirdağ 59’ with a capacity of 45 trucks will sail on the Bandırma-Ambarlı line at the end of December and will cross Ambarlı from Bandırma in 3.5 hours. The head of the cooperative Tuncay Aksoy made a speech about the giant Ro-Ro “Tekirdağ 59”, which has a length of 100 meters and a width of 22 meters, Aksoy said that the time period in transportation is as important as the transportation in the world maritime trade, and that the new Ro-Ro joining the cooperative fleet will increase the transportation time of the existing line. Also noted that it will decrease.
