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ARTI Proje is awarded a recent contract for master planning studies of Kemer Marina. The study will aim to asses development plans and associated financial analyses for the marina. Kemer Marina is one of the most popular and prestigious marinas in Turkey and currently holds in excess of 200 berths.

The marina has recently been purchased by Ahsel Holding, a major Turkish tourism investing and contracting group widely active in international projects, especially in Kazakhstan. September 2007.

Thanks to recent acceleration in privatization of commercial ports in Turkey, we continue with new assignments for providing consulting services to giant national and international port operators participating in tenders.

Following the recent tender for Petkim Port, we started technical assesment, port planning and cost estimation studies for Derince Port upon inquiry from leading players in the port sector. We carry out assessment of marine structures and evaluate capacity increment possibilities in the port. Our output is directly used by the tenderer's feasibility team preparing the financial analysis for the port. July 2007.

Following the conclusion of BOT tender procedures, a contract for consulting services was recently signed between the owner MAK-YOL and ARTI Proje. The consulting services will include technical assistance to project management of MAK-YOL and coordination of project teams that will involve in design of the marina facilities.

Another contract is also lately awarded to ARTI Proje to carry out modelling studies to investigate the wave conditions inside Kas Marina. The modeling studies aim to determine the best breakwater type and size suitable for the marina. July 2007.

Our designs for Kas and Mersin Yacht Harbours got the highest technical scores in recent Built-Operate-Transfer marina tenders of Ministry of Transportation. As a result of getting highest technical rank, the tenderers we developed the designs for will most likely be awarded the projects.

Kas is a small town at southern Turkey and is an popular diving center, famous with its underwater treasures. We prepared the 400-berth marina design for MAK-YOL Construction Co. which is one of the leading contracting groups of the country.

Mersin is located more east on the southern coast and close to boat traffic from Middle East. We carried out design and feasibility services for the tenderer ERS Construction Co. with whom we have been working for Bodrum Cruise Ship Terminal since 2003. July 2006

Swimming around Istanbul city had always been considered dangerous in the past due to very high pollution rates. Following the considerable improvement in the seawater quality, swimming along the coastline of its Kadikoy district seems to be a popular pastime for the city residents. Last year, Kadikoy Municipality had opened several beaches by bringing sand from outer sources and this attempt had received a wide interest from public.

ARTI Proje agreed on a protocol with Kadikoy Municipality to carry out engineering studies to develop the beach areas inside the municipal coastline. The studies will aim to determine the areas to be developed by means of artificial beach nourishment schemes, prepare relevant structural designs and supervise construction activities. The new beaches are expected to be opened before 2006 summer season. January 2006

The Italian floating pontoon manufacturer Ingemar exhibited at the Boat Show which was held in Istanbul at CNR Expo-Center between 17th and 25th of December. At our exhibition booth, Ingemar and ARTI representatives were ready to answer your questions about Ingemar’s products and have discussions about your specific project needs. Please visit http://www.artiproje.com.tr/english/temsil/ingemar.html about Ingemar product range. December 2005

As a part of continuing efforts to further develop marine transportation inside Izmit Gulf, Kocaeli Greater City Municipality has announced purchase of 2 new sea busses from Norway. The new vehicles will have a 400 passenger capacity each and with their speed reaching up to 36 nautical miles they will have an positive impact both on travel scheduling and quality.

ARTI is providing design and engineering services to the Kocaeli Municipality for 6 new piers required for berthing of the sea busses. December 2005.

The 6th of the National Environmental Engineering Congress organized by the Chamber of Environmental Engineers was held between 24th and 26th of November this year in Suleyman Demirel Cultural Center in Istanbul. During the event, ARTI and DHI Water and Environment presented DHI’s numerical water quality models and consulting services to the visitors at our company desk. November 2005

Kocaeli Municipality is responsible from a very long coastline surrounding whole Izmit Bay. Several very large landscape design and construction projects are currently underway in the region to develop earthquake-hit municipal coastline into a pleasant waterfront for its residents.

ARTI Proje was selected by the municipality as the principal marine consultant to provide engineering services in their all waterfront and coastal projects. May 2005

ARTI Proje has signed a contract with Turkon Group’s Anadolu Tourism Investments Co. to carry out engineering and design studies for the residential canal system planned at Gocek. The canal will function as recreational waterfront for the villas to be constructed in the area and allow navigation and mooring of small boats.

Our scope of services includes the design of systems to ensure adequate water circulation and quality inside the canal. May 2005

Marmaris Port is one of the most important cruise ports of the country with significant increase in number of passengers in last few years. In order to respond to expanding demand from shipping companies, the Port Operator considers enlarging existing facilities to create new berthing spaces for biggest cruise ships.

The port Owner has assigned ARTI Proje the planning and design studies to investigate the possibilities of port capacity increase. The studies will include bathymetrical and geotechnical surveys as well as the conceptual design of new port structures.

The services are being carried out as sub-consultant to Dokay Engineering and Consultancy Ltd. May 2005

Scientific researches immediadiately began after the devastating earthquake in Southeast Asia. DHI simulated the Tsunami at Sumatra using MIKE 21 modeling software. You can visit our tsunami page for the pre-analysis results. January 2005

The 5th National Symposium on Coastal Engineering will be held between 5th-7th of May this year in Bodrum. The symposium, organized by Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers once every two years, has become an annual event assembling academicians and experts from coastal engineering society of Turkey to share and exchange the experiences.

ARTI will contribute to the symposium with two papers on passenger terminals and submarine pipelines. December 2004

Our new marine equipments

We have started marketing new marine equipments in Turkey. ARTI is now the local agent of Ingemar of Italy. March 2004

We provided consultancy services to Aryapı - Gulport - Cakiroglu consortium in the Built - Operate - Transfer tender opened by Ministry of Transportation for Gulluk Port. Our services covered the development of conceptual planning and design of the port structures including marine and land parts, as well as feasibility studies of the investment.

The exisiting pier in Gulluk is mainly used in exporting feldspar to Europe and has a current loading capacity around 1.8 million tons per year. The new port aims to replace the existing facilities by building modernized port facilities with high capacity loading equipment, sufficient land area and improved highway connection. December 2003

It is lately announced that the BOT tender for Bodrum Cruise Ship Terminal is awarded to the partnership formed by ERS Construction Co and SETUR. ARTI had prepared the winning design and feasibility studies for the partnership. After completion of the official procedures, we are hoping to start the final design works in coming weeks.

The project aims to make Bodrum one of the major stops of the cruise lines to Eastern Meditteranean and Aegean Sea. The terminal will have a 200 meter pier for cruise ships and 4 quays for the ferries sailing between Greek Islands and Bodrum. November 2003

"Pre-tender" design and consultancy services in Mersin Marine Outfall Project

The tender for the construction of Mersin City Wastewater Treatment Plant and Marine Outfall was held in early April. Due to lack of sufficient technical data on the marine part, the participating contractors had difficulties in estimating BOQ and preparing their proposals. ARTI Proje Consulting in collaboration with STFA Engineering Co. provided preliminary design and consultancy services to the contractors to

The original design by the Client estimates the outfall line will have a total length of 6500 m. and will require pipe diameter of 1600 mm. February 2003

TEFER Flood Forecast and Early Warning System Project is successfully completed

The TEFER Project, carried out for State Hydraulic Works, (DSI) and financed by the World Bank, aimed the development of flood early warning system for four major catchments of Turkey.
ARTI Proje Consulting was subconsultant to DHI Water and Environment of Denmark in the project and provided both modelling and project management services. The other sub-consulting partners were Einfalt from Germany and UBM from Turkey.

The system basically uses the online field data including water level, rainfall, radar images for areal rainfall, temperature and evaporation to simulate the hydraulic conditions in the catchments. The core of the modelling system is based on the software MIKE11. The forecast results are presented in the form of GIS based flood maps in addition to regular graphic, table and report formats. System also has an internet interface to publish the forecast results via internet.

We have participated in the conference with a paper titled "Numerical model (MIKE21) applications in outfall design: Case studies from Turkey". In the paper, we presented examples from completed marine outfall projects with special emphasis on the wave, hydrodynamic and water quality modeling.