ANADOLU KILAVUZLUK A.Ş.
- Every profession and service in the world was born out of a need. As mankind-built ships and started to carry cargo and passengers between ports, it was always desired for a ship to complete its voyage in safety. However, after the ships have crossed the seas far from the places they have loaded, when entering a port or leaving a port after loading, in narrow, shallow, indented and flowing waters, because the characteristics of that place are not well known, the sinking of the ships as a result of conflict or the sinking of the ships, The loss of cargo, passengers and crew has created problems.
- In order to solve these problems and prevent damage, it was necessary to manage the ships with experienced sailors who know all the features of the place very well when approaching and leaving the waters of a port, gulf, strait, river surrounded by various dangers.
- It is this need that has created “guidance captains”, “guidance profession” and “guidance services”.
- t is understood from the writings of the Code of Hammurabi in Old Babylon that the guiding profession has a history of more than 4,000 years. The guiding profession, which has passed through centuries, has created its own rules and traditions today
- Today, with the increasing volume of world trade, the number of ships navigating the world’s seas has increased, and the tonnage of the ships has also grown due to their desire to carry more cargo at once. This has resulted in an increase in maritime traffic density. Both the increase in maritime traffic density and the inability to remain stable and expand due to the fact that the port structures could not change quickly enough, have left the ships, whose size has been growing, faced with the problem and risk of maneuvering in narrower areas.
- On the other hand, the tonnage of these cargoes has grown as well as the variety of dangerous goods included in the cargoes transported by ships. All these have increased the risk of maritime accidents in places such as ports, gulfs and straits, which are called darsular, and increased the possibility of environmental disasters in case of an accident.
- • Accordingly, the “Guidance Services”, whose historical reason for existence is the protection of ships with their crews, passengers and cargo, and “security” in short, is also very important in ensuring the protection of the ENVIRONMENT with its ports, coastal facilities and all their structures, people living on land, in the sea and in the air has gained importance.
- ANADOLU KILAVUZLUK A.Ş., which was established with the foresight of all these requirements, serves with 3 piloting stations, 9 Pilot Engines and 110 captains.
COMMITMENT TO OBJECTIVITY
- It will protect the principles of confidentiality, impartiality and independence with the utmost sensitivity towards all relevant parties by fulfilling its duties in accordance with the rule of law,
- Regardless of the number of employees, location and membership to any group, any organization that wants to benefit from our activities (all interested parties) can access the services of our organization,
- It will not allow third parties’ advantage or inappropriate use of the information obtained during our activities, under any circumstances,
- Being open to continuous development, it will ensure the necessary compliance with the technical developments that occur in internationally accepted rules,
- The results or fees of the delivery of the services will be independent of the wages of the personnel,
OUR QUALITY POLICY
- The reason for the existence of pilotage services is to protect life, property, navigation and environmental safety. In recent years, the great environmental pollution that has arisen in shipwrecks has increased the importance of pilotage services by protecting the environment due to its great contribution to the prevention of shipwrecks. Therefore, all over the world, pilotage services are seen as semi-public services even when they are not fully provided by the public
- Since the day it was founded, our company has aimed to perform its services in the most modern way, at least at the level of the advanced countries of the world, and to make Turkey proud in this field, being aware of the semi-public nature of its services.
- Safety” lies at the heart of the pilotage services. However, one of the requirements of our age is ‘speed’. Accordingly, for a modern service, guidance services must be provided ‘safely’ and ‘fast’. Put another way, ‘guidance services’ should be delivered quickly without compromising safety Providing guidance services quickly in safety is possible by following a conscious Quality Policy. In order to achieve this, our company works in accordance with ISO 9001 Quality Standards and is certified in this regard. The cornerstones of our company’s Quality Policy are the following:
- In the services we provide, it will always be taken into account that the public interests will be protected first and foremost.
- In order to protect the public interests in the services we provide, our Company will provide an ‘impartial’ service against the ‘party’ in favor of the public interests, but against other relevant persons of our service such as shipowners, agencies, port operators, freight carriers, insurers and other similar service recipients.
- It is known that our Company must maintain its independence in order to remain impartial towards all parties whose interest’s conflict with the services we provide and to keep an equal distance from all relevant parties. Since this also depends on economic independence, economic independence will always be maintained.
- In addition to the fact that the visible customers receiving the services are shipowners, agents, port operators and freight carriers, efforts will be made to meet the satisfaction and needs of all customers, taking into account the fact that the “main customer” is the “State” in terms of protecting public interests.
- All resources will be used in the most efficient way, necessary investments will be made, continuous observations will be made in line with the needs of the customers, and efforts will be made to increase the quality of the service provided, to bring it to the level of the advanced countries of the world, and even to go beyond, in order to provide the services ‘fast in safety’.
- The training needs of the employees will be observed, and their development will be ensured.
- Employee satisfaction will be constantly monitored, and rational measures will be taken to ensure this.
OUR PILOTAGE STATIONS
We provide 365 days-24 hours service with our three piloting stations that can comfortably accommodate 110 pilots in Darıca, Yarımca and İskenderun.
In our stations, where all the technical equipment required today is used, we have all kinds of navigation and telecommunication devices, as well as a UPS and a generator group to provide continuous electrical energy.
Our rooms, which are designed with clear fields of vision, not affected by sound and light, and adjustable in temperature, our navigation devices, where the ships can be followed on the radar screen and on the electronic map, our telecommunication devices that allow communication with relevant persons and institutions at any time, and the workforce of our experienced pilots, increase our service quality.
As you know, ships sail around the seas day and night, without saying holidays or holidays. Accordingly, pilotage services are provided 24 hours a day, unless there is an extraordinary or unusual situation such as bad weather and sea conditions, accident or marine constructions that will prevent the provision of these services. Therefore, a sufficient number of pilots are always ready to serve during their shifts at the pilotage stations to meet the services.
After completing a pilotage service, a pilot returns to the pilotage station and rests until the next service. For this, the pilotage stations should be arranged to meet all the vital needs of pilots such as resting, sleeping, eating and drinking 24 hours a day.
As can be understood from what we have explained, a guidance station basically has two main tasks. The first is to “organize and carry out the piloting services”, and the second is to accommodate the pilots 24 hours a day and meet all their vital needs.
The Yarımca Pilotage Station we are in was primarily built to fulfill the two main tasks we mentioned. However, Yarımca Pilotage Station was built and equipped with attention to its features as a smart and green building, in a way to enable other activities such as education, social activities and meetings, in addition to these two main tasks.
OUR PILOT ENGINES
In order to speed up the service, at our stations; We have 9 guide engines capable of speeding at least 20 knots at sea. Guide motors are built with today’s state-of-the-art technological facilities and equipped in accordance with international standards. In these engines, the bridge is designed in such a way that you can see the whole environment; the captain can easily see the upper part of the pilot’s cross hanging from the deck of the ship he is docking and can easily control the entrance and exit of the pilot to the ship. Again, the engine captain can control all indicators such as compass, rudder, speed, machine, navigation lights from his seat. While holding the helm, the machine can use joysticks, VHF, GPS, sounder, daytime display radar, night and fog projectors. Pilot engine personnel are trained to intervene in the event of a man overboard.
We have a sufficient number of vehicles ready for transfers between stations and to ensure that our pilots can reach the departing ship in the fastest and safest way by land. In addition, thanks to the construction design and equipment, the guide engines provide service in all kinds of working conditions and at all hours of the day in the port areas, which we are responsible for, for the purpose of providing the pilotage services in a safe and uninterrupted manner
