Sunday 19 August 2007

WELCOME TO BOD-YAT INTERNATIONAL A.Ş.

BOD YAT A.Ş., is a growing luxury yacht manufacturer.
We manufacture world quality wood, composit, aluminum, steel, and GRP luxury yachts.
The two boat yards in Antalya and Bodrum, Turkey, and have exclusively built for customers in Europe, particularly from Italy.
Bodyat was established in 2002 by Ahmet Epikman and Mustafa Nalbantoğlu. The firm has two shipyards one in Bodrum , the other in Antalya.
Bodrum Yard
The yard is consist of 4048.85 m2 and there are two hangars with a total closed area of 2.000 m2. Production capacity of the yard is one 40 meter,one 35 meter, and one 15 meter sailing or motoryachts at the same time. It is equipped with carpentary, painting, and electric workshops, a warehouse, administrative offices, and design offices.

Antalya Yard

The yard is located in the Antalya Free Trade Zone. It went into operation in 2006. This yard is placed on 6008 m2, with total closed area of 4.816 m2.

There are two hangars within the yard. The production capacity is 7-10 yachts at the same time depending on their lenghts, between 25-45 mt.
It also holds carpentary, painting, electric workshops, a storehouse, administrative offices, and design offices. There are two crain winches on both hangars. The installations are totally owned by Bodyat.



History

The company began its operations in 1983 under the name Tussock A. S., offering sailing yacht cruises in the Aegean and the Mediterranean.

It has started with two 21 meter boats and reached to a fleet of 9 boats in 1997, fully owned by Ahmet Epikman and Mustafa Nalbantoglu, who are the founders, owners, and co-managers of the company.

Presently, Tussock A.S. serves an average of 2000-2500 European customers every year, from offices in Holland and England. Fleet rests in Bodrum, Turkey.

From the need to maintain and repair the fleet, has eventually evolved a boat yard in Bodrum, Turkey in 1993, and another one in the Free Trade Zone in Antalya, in 2005.
Bodrum boat yard operates on 4048.85 m² with a covered space of 2000 m². The Antalya boat yard rests on 6008 m², with a covered space of 4816 m².

A. Description
Executive Board: The three partners of the firm: Ahmet Epikman, Mustafa Nalbantoglu, and Dr. Turgut Sahin (Chemical Engineer)
Assistant General Manager: Hakan Debbag, (Management Specialist, Finanace)
Manager: Purchasing and Materials Management: Kaya Tumer (Naval Architect)Manager: Finance and Accounting: Hakan Debbag (Acting)
Manager: Human Resource and Administrative Affairs: Hakan Debbag (Acting) Director Communications: Meltem Ozer
Boat Yard Directors: Ahmet Talu (Architect) (Acting) Assistant Boat Yard Directors, Project Engineers, Warehouse Manager
B. OwnershipOwners are, Ahmet Epikman, Mustafa Nalbantoglu and Dr. Turgut Sahin, a chemical engineer.
C. Board of Advisors General Advisor: Riza Sitki Karahan, Ph.D., Professor,
International Business and Marketing
Technical Advisor: Ahmet Talu, Architect