Superyacht Refit and Rebuild Facilities
KRM Yacht is a superyacht refit and rebuild shipyard in the Eastern Mediterranean, based in Tuzla, Istanbul. Our yard sits in the Tuzla marine zone on the Anatolian side of the city, with a 900-ton travel lift, 40,000 m² of hard-standing and repair quays that take yachts to 110 metres. The lifts, the hard-standing, the covered paint enclosures and the workshops are all ours, and a yard period runs on them from arrival to redelivery. Refit and rebuild is all we do. The yard was set up around that one kind of work.
The lifts, the hard-standing, the covered paint enclosures and the workshops are all ours, and a yard period runs on them from arrival to redelivery. Refit and rebuild is all we do. The yard was set up around that one kind of work.
KRM Yacht is the first Turkish member of the ICOMIA Superyacht Refit Group, and as of 2026 still the only one. Our management systems are certified by LRQA to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001. In 2023, captains and crew voted KRM the Best Superyacht Refit Yard at the Superyacht Business Awards by ACREW.
900 tons
Travel lift, the largest in Türkiye, takes yachts to 70 metres. Above that, the yard period runs afloat at the repair quays.
40,000 m²
Hard-standing that holds up to 50 yachts ashore.
110 m
Maximum length alongside. The repair quays take up to 15 superyachts.
3,500 m²
Workshops inside the yard, with a further 800 m² of storage.
A second 300-ton lift handles smaller yachts. Ashore, 40,000 m² of hard-standing holds up to 50 yachts. Alongside, the repair quays take up to 15 superyachts, to 110 metres, so a yacht beyond lift capacity still runs her yard period here, afloat. Yachts ashore and alongside run on yard shore power and fresh water, with waste connection and controlled access at the gate. Send us her LOA, beam, draught and lifting displacement, and we will confirm whether she comes ashore or works afloat before you commit to dates.
Painting Under Cover, in Controlled Temperature and Humidity
Full repaints run inside a covered, climate-controlled space. Our fixed halls take the work first, and we confirm the hall or the enclosure once we have her dimensions. When they are occupied, our team builds a temporary enclosure around the yacht on the hard, with temperature and humidity held inside the coating manufacturer's window for the system being applied.
We record inspection points through the work. Our team logs environmental readings before and during application and checks dry film thickness as the coats build, with inspection by FROSIO certified personnel. The coating record is available to the owner's side at handover, so the conditions under which each coat was applied can be checked afterwards.
3,500 m² of Workshops
Our workshops cover 3,500 m², with a further 800 m² of storage. The yard workshops sit alongside the hard-standing, so components move between the yacht and the bench without leaving site. The trades we keep in our own workshops are the ones that decide the schedule when several packages overlap in the same week. More than 300 marine professionals work across the yard and the workshops.
Interior Production Workshop
Interior work is produced in our own 2,000 m² workshop at Darıca. That space is counted within the 3,500 m² of workshops, not added to it. Panels, furniture and fitted joinery are machined on 3-axis and 5-axis CNC, veneered and finished on the bench, then delivered to the yacht for installation. Upholstery is made alongside the joinery, so a cabin or a saloon is not held up waiting on an outside supplier once the joinery is in place.
2,000 m²
INTERIOR PRODUCTION
WORKSHOP
3- and 5-axis
CNC
machining
In-house
veneer, upholstery
and finishing
Mock-up / pre-fit
PRE-FIT, DELIVERY AND
ONBOARD INSTALLATION
Interior production, machining and installation are covered in more detail on our Superyacht Interior Manufacturing page.
Location
Most yachts arrive between October and April, coming off the Mediterranean season. A winter yard period at Tuzla puts her back in the cruising grounds for spring, a short transit from the Aegean and the East Mediterranean.
Tuzla is one of Türkiye's main marine production zones, so trades, materials, surveyors and suppliers stay close to the yacht through the yard period, ashore or alongside. On a long job, that closeness saves real time.
Crew and visiting teams stay close to the yacht through the period, without adding a separate logistics workload on top of the yard stay.
Sabiha Gökçen International Airport is about 15 minutes from the gate. An owner's representative, a surveyor or an OEM technician can land and be at the yacht the same morning.
Frequently Asked Questions
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.