About KRM Yacht
Refit and Rebuild is All We Do
KRM Yacht is a superyacht refit and rebuild shipyard in the Eastern Mediterranean, based in Tuzla, Istanbul. We work on superyacht refit, rebuild and major upgrade periods, mostly on yachts from 30 to 110 metres. Most come in for a scheduled yard period: a class survey, a repaint, a systems upgrade, or a full rebuild.
Yards get called in at different points. We get called when the job has grown beyond berth-side repair and beyond what a few separate subcontractors can manage on their own. The worklist still has to be agreed line by line. Class and flag have to come in early. Several trades are on board in the same weeks, and one yard has to answer for the date and the snag list at handover.
The people we work with are owners, captains, owner's representatives and management companies who want one yard to carry a big yard period from start to finish.
Over 16 years, our yard has completed more than 200 refit and rebuild projects. Our management systems are certified by LRQA to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001. KRM Yacht is the first Turkish member of the ICOMIA Superyacht Refit Group, and as of 2026 still the only one.
KRM was set up for refit and rebuild from day one. We did not start as a general shipyard and add refit later. Every job starts on board, with a worklist priced package by package. We put the difficult items on the table early: class approvals, supplier lead times, tight access points, which trade goes first, and what it takes to clear the snag list at the end. Settled at the start, they do not turn into a stalled yard period in month four.
Location and the Season
Our yard is inside the Tuzla marine zone, one of the main marine production areas in Türkiye. The steel, the pumps, the paint and the class surveyor all come from the same zone. A part that needs a specialist bench goes a few streets away and is back on her, ashore or alongside, without a week lost in transit. On a long job, that closeness saves real time.
Most of the yachts we see arrive between October and April, once the Mediterranean season has ended. She spends the winter on the hard or alongside at Tuzla. In spring she is back in the Aegean or the eastern Mediterranean cruising grounds, a short passage away.
From Sabiha Gökçen International Airport it is about 15 minutes by car to our gate, and there are hotels close to the yard. A captain, a surveyor or an owner's team can land in the morning, spend the day on board and fly out the same evening. That works week after week if the job needs it.
In 2023, captains and crew voted KRM the Best Superyacht Refit Yard at the Superyacht Business Awards by ACREW, an award decided by the people who live through yard periods.
Lift, Hard-Standing and Repair Quays
When a yacht comes in carrying structural, technical and interior work at once, the lift, the yard space and the quay decide how her yard period is staged.
900-ton
travel lift
the largest in Türkiye
40,000 m²
hard-standing,
room for up to 50 yachts
Repair quays
for up to 15 superyachts,
vessels to 110 metres
3,500 m²
of workshops,
plus 800 m² of storage
The 900-ton lift takes yachts to 70 metres. A yacht beyond lift capacity runs her yard period afloat at the repair quays, which take vessels to 110 metres. Send us her LOA, beam, draught and lifting displacement, and we will confirm whether she comes ashore or works afloat before dates are agreed.
The second lift, the covered paint enclosures, the workshops and the interior production shop are set out on our Superyacht Refit and Rebuild Facilities page.
Why KRM Yacht?
Refit and rebuild only
Refit and rebuild is all we do. In 16+ years the yard has completed 200+ projects, and there is no commercial ship repair work in the yard to take the lift, the quay or the paint team off her.
Our own people on our own benches
Core disciplines are handled by our own teams: joiners, painters, engineers and fabricators who work on yachts every working day. When one trade finishes, the next can start.
Lift and space for big yachts
The lift, the hard-standing and the repair quays are on one site, so a large yard period runs in one place instead of being split between yards.
ICOMIA member, LRQA-certified systems
Our management systems are certified by LRQA to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001, covering quality, environment and occupational safety under one certification body.
One manager, full visibility
One project manager owns your yard period from scope review to redelivery. Approvals, variations and costs run through them. Through View Your Yacht you can follow the project remotely at any time.
Budgets you can plan around
A package-by-package cost breakdown before contract, and tight control through the job. If a variation is coming, you hear about it and approve it before the work starts.
Closed out at handover
Commissioning, testing, documentation and the snag list are part of the job. The yacht leaves finished, with the list cleared.
Better conditions for paint and coating
Our yard sits apart from the commercial shipbuilding and ship repair berths in the zone. For paint and coating work, that separation shows in the finish.
The Core Team
Behind Every Project
The core team is made up of project managers, engineers, naval architects, the technical staff who deal with the class surveyor, and the tradesmen in the workshops. They are 300+ marine professionals, and refit and rebuild is the only work they do.
When the worklist grows past what our own workshops can take, we bring in specialist subcontractors we have worked with for years. They work to our schedule, they report to our project team, and their work goes onto the same snag list as ours.
Letter from the Director
"We believe good refit work depends on skilled hands, honesty, a firm budget and on-time delivery."
KRM Yacht was founded for one purpose: refit and rebuild projects on superyachts. It is still, as of 2026, the only work we do. We believe good refit work depends on skilled hands, honesty, a firm budget and on-time delivery. Our project management team consists of marine engineers, naval architects and captains. Alongside this team we have our own in-house service teams and qualified subcontractors for each part of the project. These subcontractors and craftsmen were carefully handpicked when we started and, over the years, have become subcontractors we rely on, and they have proved it job after job.
Every owner initially has reservations about the refit process.
Financial projections are the usual worry, where the "word on the street" is that projects are always over budget.
Another concern is that they feel unable to see or control the daily progress of the project.
To answer these reservations and to keep our work transparent, we always plan carefully and work on budgets that account for every minor detail. We give you access to our servers through "View Your Yacht", where you can see the progress of your project 24/7.
Our work covers marine mechanics and machinery overhaul, all types of hull structural work, painting, marine electrics and wiring, electronics, piping, industrial cooling and air-conditioning, interior design and upholstery.
With our in-house teams and the subcontractors we trust, we deliver on budget and on time.
We are here "when she needs care".
Yours sincerely
Kerem Başer
Founder and Managing Director, Marine Engineer & Naval Architect
Discuss the Next Yard Period with KRM Yacht
A refit quotation starts with three things: her main dimensions and lifting displacement, the worklist as it stands today, and the weeks you want her back in service. Send those to our project team through the quote form. Our project team reads the worklist, tells you what we would want to survey on board, and comes back with a first read on the work and the weeks. The quotation and the schedule to redelivery follow once she has been surveyed and the worklist is agreed.