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Strategic Power at Sea "The İSKEN Transshipper Platform" The Only One in Türkiye, One of a Kind in the World
24 Mayıs 2026
The coal supply for the İSKEN Sugözü Electric Power Plant is provided via the "Transshipper Platform", the first and only one of its kind in Türkiye. This system, of which there are only a few examples worldwide, plays a critical role in ensuring the uninterrupted production of the plant.
"The İSKEN Transshipper Platform", one of the few mega sized floating transfer platforms in the world, plays a critical logistical role in ensuring the continuity of the plant's production by transferring coal to the İSKEN Sugözü Electric Power Plant in the Gulf of İskenderun.
ISKEN Transshipper Platform Provides a Critical Logistics Solution in the Gulf of Iskenderun
Large tonnage bulk carriers transporting coal for the ISKEN Sugözü Power Plant are unable to dock at the port due to draft (the height of the ship underwater) limitations. Coal is transferred from these ships, located approximately 1.6 nautical miles offshore, to the power plant via a transshipment system using the ISKEN Transshipper Platform, which is based in the gulf. This process offers a critical logistics solution for the continuity of energy production.
The operation, carried out through the platform owned by ARKAD Maritime Transportation within the ISKOLDEN company, a joint venture between OYAK Port and Oldendorff, ensures a regular supply of fuel for the power plant. The transshipment operation has been ongoing since 2002.
İSKOLDEN General Manager Hakan Uncu noted the strategic importance of the platform as follows: "Our Transshipment operation, which we successfully carry out and which is unique in Türkiye and among the few examples in the world, directly contributes to the production sustainability of our power plant, which is of critical importance for our country's energy supply security."
The platform has a daily transfer capacity of 50 thousand tons
The İSKEN Transshipper Platform, which handles the transfer of 3.5 million tons of coal annually, has a daily transfer capacity of approximately 50,000 tons and operates by unloading approximately 3.5 million tons of coal from an average of 22 ships per year.
Since its establishment, the operation has unloaded a total of 75 million tons of coal from approximately 468 ships, demonstrating significant experience in Türkiye's energy logistics.
Türkiye's first and only İSKEN Transshipper (floating transfer) Platform stands out with its enormous size, technical capacity, and integrated service structure. Designed as a double hulled catamaran and classified as a "non-driven floating platform," the facility handles bulk solid cargo. The platform reaches a height of 55 meters.
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