Superyacht Refit with In-House Yard Control
KRM handles superyacht refit, rebuild and major upgrade periods on yachts from 30 to 120 metres. A refit can be a focused job, a repaint or a five-year class survey, or a yard period that touches hull, machinery, paint, electrical, piping and interior at the same time.
The hard part of a big refit isn't any one trade. It's the joins between them: a late survey finding, an approval that slips, a part on a ten-week lead time, two trades that need the same space on the same day. We plan for those at the start and run the yard period as one sequence, from scope review to redelivery.
300+
MARINE
PROFESSIONALS
92%
RETURNING
CLIENT RATIO
200+
DELIVERED
PROJECTS
400m+
TOTAL YACHT LENGTH
DELIVERED LAST YEAR
Yard Control, Workshop Capability and Redelivery Discipline
One controlled project across the yard period
Commercial control on larger periods
Class, flag and approvals managed early
Reporting lines and decision control
In-house workshop execution under one structure
Commissioning and redelivery as part of the job
900-ton Travel Lift
The largest in Türkiye. It sets what can come out of the water and how the heavy packages are staged through the yard period.
Commercial Value on Larger Scopes
On a larger refit, keeping most of the work under one yard means fewer interfaces to manage and fewer gaps for cost to slip through. That is where the value sits, not in the day rate alone.
LRQA-Certified Standards
LRQA-certified ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 for quality, environment and health and safety. The only refit yard in Türkiye holding all three.
Comprehensive In-House Workshops
Carpentry, paint, interior, metalwork, mechanical, electrical, piping, composite and more, all in our own workshops. Keeping trades in-house is how timing holds when they overlap.
ICOMIA Refit Group Member
The first and only Turkish member of the ICOMIA Superyacht Refit Group, alongside the established refit names and on the industry's standard contract framework.
Istanbul Supply Access
Tuzla is a working marine production zone. Steel, equipment, specialist trades and survey support are minutes from the yard, so a late finding doesn't cost a week waiting on delivery.
Crew & Visiting Team Support
Long yard periods put people on site for weeks. The yard is about 15 minutes from Sabiha Gökçen airport, with hotels and the city close by, so crew, surveyors and owner's teams can attend without it becoming a second project.
Capability for Complex Projects
Some packages cross hull, paint, machinery, electrical, interior and compliance at the same time. Those need one sequence, which is the kind of job the yard is set up for.
Full Project Visibility
Through "View Your Yacht", owners, captains and managers follow progress remotely, around the clock.
Comprehensive In-House Workshop Services
Most of a refit is done by our own teams. That is how we hold timing and quality when several trades work the same yacht at once. When a job needs a specialist we don't keep in-house, that subcontractor works to our schedule and reporting line.
Refit Experience Across 30-120m Superyachts
The work changes a lot with scope. A topside repaint, a systems-led refit and a mixed technical-and-interior period don't put the same pressure on access, protection, sequencing or close-out. The yard has to take that on without losing the schedule.
KRM Refit Delivery Sequence
1. Scope review and survey We start with the vessel: class and flag, current condition, the work you want, the dates. Early surveys lock the real scope before the project starts spending time on assumptions. See our refit planning guide.
2. Engineering, procurement and approvals Drawings, long-lead orders, access sequence, workshop loading and class and flag submissions. Lead times and third-party items go into the plan now, not when they become a problem.
3. Yard production and trade coordination Hull, paint, machinery, electrical, piping, interior and structural work run in one sequence. Most of the coordination is keeping trades from colliding over the same space and the same week.
4. Commissioning, documentation and redelivery Testing, inspection, documentation, and sea trials where the scope calls for them. The yacht leaves with the job closed out, not with a snag list to chase.
Reporting Lines, Approvals and Decision Control
Projects come through different structures: the owner, the captain, an owner's representative or a management company. We fit the reporting line to how your side runs, rather than forcing one model on every job.
On a big yard period that matters as much as the production. When a new finding lands, the cost sits in who decides, how fast the answer comes back, and what it does to the schedule. We keep that visible so decisions don't stall the yard.
Typical Superyacht Refit Work Packages
Technical: machinery overhauls and renewals, generator changes, electrical and automation upgrades, piping and HVAC.
Exterior and structural: repaint and fairing, deck work, structural repairs and modifications.
Interior: accommodation and guest-area refits, interior refit, layout changes, and the systems behind the finish.
Class and compliance: survey-driven packages where inspection, approvals and documentation set the pace.
Mixed scope: larger yard periods where several of these run at once, under one project management route.
Frequently Asked Questions
Lifting Day at KRM Yacht
Crew, Attendance and Local Logistics During the Yard Period
A longer yard period affects the attendance plan as much as the vessel. Around Tuzla, day-to-day accommodation, transport and basic services are close enough to keep visiting teams working without building a second logistics problem around the yard stay.
That matters when captains, crew, surveyors, technical representatives and visiting specialists need to be on site over a longer period. Travel time, access and local routine all feed back into the working day.
Around Tuzla: day-to-day accommodation, dining and local transport close to the yard.
Wider Istanbul Access: broader hotel, airport and business access for teams moving in and out of the yard period.
Longer-Stay Practicality: a workable local setup for surveyors, crew and owner-side teams during longer yard periods.
Discuss the Next Yard Period with KRM Yacht
If an upcoming refit, rebuild or upgrade period needs early scope review, approval mapping or project control, we can start from the vessel, the likely package boundaries and the working route to handover.