Superyacht Refit and Rebuild Yard
KRM Yacht is a superyacht refit and rebuild shipyard in the Eastern Mediterranean, based in Tuzla, Istanbul. Refit and rebuild is all we do. We work on yachts from 30 to 110 metres, and we run the whole period under one yard structure, through to redelivery. Owners, captains, owner's representatives and management companies bring us the larger periods, where technical scope, approvals, workshop flow and handover all have to hold together.
A Yard Built for Refit, Rebuild and Major Upgrade Work
KRM Yacht works on projects that have already moved beyond routine repair work. These periods usually involve mixed scope, deeper access, engineering review, survey exposure, supplier coordination, commissioning and close-out. The value sits in delivery control. Scope, approvals, workshop execution and handover stay with one team, in one yard.
Most projects come in as a superyacht refit period; where the change goes deeper (structural conversion, systems renewal) the route becomes a superyacht rebuild.
Recognised for Refit Delivery
In 2023, captains and crew voted KRM the Best Superyacht Refit Yard at the Superyacht Business Awards by ACREW. The scopes they bring us are the technically demanding ones, and most of them come back.
Our Figures
300+
MARINE
PROFESSIONALS
92%
RETURNING
CLIENT RATE
400+ m
TOTAL YACHT LENGTH
DELIVERED IN 2025
A More Controlled Yard Period
Once the yacht is ashore, delivery pressure sits in sequence, approvals, procurement, reporting and daily technical decisions. Those points need one team holding them, or the project starts splitting into parallel conversations.
The programme runs through engineering support, workshop planning, inspection follow-up and handover, from arrival to redelivery.
Where Our Yachts Come From
Most of the yachts we work on run a Mediterranean season. They finish in September or October around Monaco, Antibes, Palma, the Italian coast or the Greek islands, then need a yard period before the next season starts.
Yachts working Greece, the Adriatic or the Aegean are already close. From the western Mediterranean it is a delivery passage, usually planned as part of the lay-up move.
Yard periods here run mainly between October and April, and slots for that window fill over the summer. We build the winter programme through the spring, so tell us her dates as soon as the season plan is set and we will come back with what is still open. More on planning a European yard period: yacht refit in Europe.
Why KRM Yacht for Refit & Rebuild?
900-ton Travel Lift
The lift takes yachts to 70 metres. Above that, the yard period runs afloat at our repair quays, to 110 metres.
Full Project Visibility
"View Your Yacht" gives owners, captains and management teams their own login to follow the project while she is in the yard.
One Team on Scope, Cost and Programme
Project management, engineering, the workshops and handover all sit inside our own structure, so scope, cost and programme are agreed and reported by the same people.
Certified Management Systems
Our management systems are certified by LRQA to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001.
In-House Workshop Capability
Fourteen trades in our own 3,500 m² of workshops, including paint, joinery, metalwork, piping and electrical, with 800 m² of storage alongside.
ICOMIA Refit Group Member
KRM Yacht is the first Turkish member of the ICOMIA Superyacht Refit Group, and as of 2026 still the only one.
Tuzla Supplier Access
The yard sits inside the Tuzla marine zone, so suppliers, specialists and surveyors are in the same industrial area as the yacht.
Capability for Complex Projects
Structural, mechanical, interior and class work often run in the same weeks. Our team plans them as one programme, with shared hold points.
Attendance During Longer Yard Periods
Repeated attendance by crew, surveyors, owner-side teams and visiting specialists works better when local routine stays close to the yard.
A Core Team Built for Refit & Rebuild
Our core team covers project management, engineering coordination, survey follow-up, workshop planning and site execution across superyacht refit and rebuild work.
Where a package needs a specialist we do not keep in house, that work is planned and supervised by the same core team.
Facility Depth for Larger Yard Periods
Facility capacity matters when the package carries multiple technical, structural and workshop disciplines at the same time. Yard space, lifting capacity, quayside access and workshop support all affect how the project is staged.
Being in Tuzla keeps suppliers, specialist services, survey activity and travel logistics close enough to the working day to matter on heavier periods.
900-ton
Travel lift, the largest in Türkiye,
lifting yachts to 70 metres.
40,000 m²
Hard-standing for
up to 50 yachts.
110 m
Maximum length alongside
at the repair quays.
3,500 m²
Workshops, with
800 m² of storage alongside.
Fourteen Trades in Our In-House Workshops
KRM carries the core workshop disciplines needed for serious refit and rebuild work under one yard route. Where specialist subcontractors are needed, they are brought into that route instead of creating a parallel workstream beside it.
The full list of in-house workshop services runs from paint and interior to metalwork, electrical and piping.
Attendance During the Yard Period
Crew, owner-side teams and surveyors attend as often as the programme needs. The yard is a short drive from hotels and serviced apartments and from Sabiha Gökçen Airport, so repeated survey, supplier and owner-side attendance is part of a normal working week here.
Discuss the Next Yard Period with KRM Yacht
If an upcoming refit, rebuild or upgrade period needs early scope review or project control, send us her details and the scope you have in mind. We will come back with the likely work packages, the approvals involved, and a working plan through to handover.