Subsea works, underwater UXO clearance and hyperbaric operations.
SEMTEC, the subsea subsidiary of DEMINETEC Group, brings underwater inspection, marine UXO clearance and hyperbaric works expertise to the port and industrial community of Ankara (Türkiye). Our Class II commercial divers — certified under French Decree 2011-45 (hyperbaric class B) and trained to NEDEX/EOD standards — operate on harbours, marine structures, ships' hulls and coastal areas contaminated by 20th-century conflicts.
Ankara, capital of Türkiye since 1923, has not been a direct conventional battlefield, but Anatolia carries pyrotechnic legacies from WWI (Gallipoli campaign and the Caucasus front), the Turkish War of Independence (1919-1923), and decades of operations in the south-east. Türkiye also borders Syria and Iraq, with cross-border issues including PKK and ISIS-related ordnance, and shares the Black Sea UXO context.
Turkish Armed Forces EOD units (Bomba İmha ve EOD) and the Turkish Mine Action Centre (TURMAC) handle clearance along the south-eastern provinces and former military estates around Ankara, Eskişehir and Konya. Türkiye is a NATO member committed to APM clearance under the Ottawa Convention.
Major projects in and around Ankara — Esenboğa Airport expansion, Ankara-Sivas and Ankara-İzmir high-speed rail, Başkent metro extensions, OSTİM industrial redevelopment — increasingly include pyrotechnic risk assessments aligned with NATO STANAGs, IMAS and the French Decree 2005-1325 framework.
Pyrotechnic historical desk study (EHT) and safety study (ESP) for any harbour, river or submerged-works project around Ankara.
Magnetometric survey of riverbanks, canals and inland water bodies in the region of Ankara.
Technical works in any industrial facility with submerged basins, tanks or pipelines.
Class II/III diver surveys of inland infrastructure: dams, locks, intake structures.
Subsea pyrotechnic audits, owner's-engineering support and training of local crews.
In the strategic port of Ankara, SEMTEC mobilises divers, observation ROVs and marine magnetometers to secure basins, jetties, approach channels and anchorages where 20th-century munitions still routinely lie on the seabed.
SEMTEC operates in Ankara and across Türkiye from our French bases at La Seyne-sur-Mer (Var) and Wancourt (Pas-de-Calais), our Belgian office in Bruges and our Ukrainian site in Kyiv. Diving spread and naval logistics are mobilised on demand.
Yes. Riverbanks, canals, inland-port basins and reservoirs all fall within our remit. The region of Ankara contains submerged sites of pyrotechnic interest linked to 20th-century conflicts.
Yes, through DEMINETEC Group. The parent company handles land areas while SEMTEC addresses submerged structures and wet zones on the same project.
Typically 5–15 working days depending on distance and logistics. For Ankara, plan road transport of diving spread, ROV and mobile chamber.
Yes. SEMTEC holds hyperbaric class-B authorisations, MASE certification and works with a referenced hyperbaric occupational-health service.
The Port of Mersin is a major seaport on the north-eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea in Mersin, southern Turkey. It was opened in 1958 and is owned by Turkish State Railways (TCDD). Its operating right was transferred on 11 May 2007 to PSA–Akfen for 36 years. The port handles bulk cargo, containers, Ro-Ro traffic and oil. It is situated in the Akdeniz district, with Mersin railway station immediately north of the harbor and a small marina on its western side.
Port infrastructure includes merchandise, cereal, livestock and timber, fishery, bulk product, petroleum and maintenance quays. The cereal quay includes a 100,000-ton silo supported by 12 caissons. The port has two transit-goods warehouses measuring 75 m × 120 m, a passengers’ warehouse measuring 75 m × 32 m, and more than 3 km² of open storage. Its rail system has four railway ramps, five rail-connected berths and facilities for handling containers without shunting. The east breakwater is 2,400 m long, while the southwest breakwater is 1,600 m long.
The harbor was developed because the Gulf of Mersin had been considered insufficient for secure anchorage. The site faces the dominant lodos wind of the Mersin area and is protected by two breakwaters. The east breakwater consists of concrete blocks weighing 60 metric tonnes each; the southwest breakwater uses block stones, with 1.75 million metric tonnes transported by barges. Dredging lowered the seabed to an average depth of 10 m, varying from 6 to 14 m depending on the pier. Heavy freight train traffic also reaches the port.
The Port of Mersin is in the Akdeniz district of Mersin, on the north-eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea in southern Turkey. Mersin railway station is immediately north of the harbor, and Mersin Aquapark is next to the western breakwater.
The port is connected to the Adana–Mersin railway and has four railway ramps. Five berths have railway connections, allowing loading and unloading directly to and from vessels. Containers can be handled without any need for shunting.
Reference : Wikipédia — Port of Mersin
For any survey, inspection or subsea intervention in Ankara, contact our teams:
Tel: +33 (0)9 52 51 00 63
Email: contact@semtec-france.com
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