02 December 2008	The on-line newspaper devoted to the world of transports	02:12 GMT+1

March 13, 2007 Turkish shipyards can't absorb high demand alone Even though the Turkish ship industry has increased the number of its shipyards by 62 percent, it transferred 7.5 million dead weight tons of orders to the Far East as all sites are full until 2010 Sevgi Sayar - Referans Enjoying its heyday, the Turkish ship building industry has been having a hard time meeting the high demand. It found the solution by constructing larger vessels in the Far East. While ship owners construct ships with an average of 30,000 dead weight tons (dwt), they have outsourced ship orders to Japan, Korea and China for ships larger than 100,000 dwt between 2007 and 2010. Among those who have placed orders for ships for the Far East are Cengiz Kaptanoglu, Yalçin Sabanci and Mehmet Emin Karamehmet ...... Read more on Turkish Daily News Search for hotel Destination O Other destinations Check-in date 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec Check-out date 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec Search on Select the subject:  All News Ports Tourism Database Aviation Trucking Index Home Page Press Review - Piazza Matteotti 1/3 - 16123 Genoa - ITALY phone: +39.010.2462122, fax: +39.010.2516768, e-mail