Turkish Shipyards During COVID-19 Pandemic

Year 2022, Issue: 222, 231 - 250, 13.01.2023

Mehmet Tantan , Hatice Camgöz Akdağ , Mehtap Karahallı Özdemir

https://doi.org/10.54926/gdt.1208340

Abstract

It might be unimaginable to anticipate the pandemic but taking the initiative in measures when Covid-19 occurred was critical to success. However, the impact of this worldwide pandemic, ever known in World History, was predictable. Covid-19, the largest known pandemic in world history, will cause social, economic, and political changes. Country governments, non-governmental organizations, and companies have developed new skills and competencies to overcome the economic and social crisis caused by the pandemic with minimum damage. This paper aims to investigate the effects of the pandemic and the measures taken in Turkish shipyards in the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic with the cooperation of GISBIR and Istanbul Technical University Academic staff. Firstly, current academic studies were reviewed by conducting a literature search. Then, GISBIR data sheets, Baltic Dry Cargo Index, shipyard order book statistics, and employment statistics were evaluated as primary data. The shipyards' websites and the sector managers' reports are secondary data. Despite the pessimistic news, academic studies, and surveys published during the outbreak's initial phase, the authors could not find any evidence to indicate the medium-term negative impact of Covid-19 on Turkish shipyards. Although the Baltic Dry Index showed a decline in the first quarter of 2020, it rose right after the second quarter, and the shipyard order book statistics increased. Employment statistics, on the other hand, continued to increase gradually. Recovery depends on the shipyards overcoming the harmful effects of the crisis by investing in continuous improvement efforts, green technology, and systems, with the support of GISBIR, giving importance to effective crisis management and distinctive ship production.

Keywords

Turkish shipyards, shipbuilding, measurements during the pandemic, the impact of Covid-19.

Thanks

The authors would like to thank GISBIR for the data collection and contributions to this study.

Kovid-19 Salgını Döneminde Türk Tersaneleri

Abstract

Dünya çapında etkili olabilecek bir salgın tahmin edilemezdi belki, ama Kovid-19 salgını başladığında koruyucu önlemlerde inisiyatif almak başarı için kritikti. Dünya tarihindeki şimdiye kadar bilinen en büyük salgın olan Kovid-19, sosyal, ekonomik ve politik değişimlere neden olacaktır. Ülke yönetimleri, sivil toplum kuruluşları ve firmalar salgından kaynaklanan ekonomik ve sosyal krizi en az hasarla atlatmak amacıyla yeni yetenekler ve yetkinlikler geliştirmişlerdir. Bu makale, GİSBİR ve İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Akademik personelinin iş birliği ile Kovid-19 salgınının ilk safhasında Türk tersanelerinde alınan önlemleri ve salgının etkisini araştırmayı amaçlamaktadır. İlk olarak, literatür araştırması yapılarak mevcut akademik çalışmalar gözden geçirilmiştir. Daha sonra, GİSBİR bilgi formları, Baltık Kuru Yük Endeksi, tersane sipariş defteri istatistikleri ve istihdam istatistikleri birincil veri olarak değerlendirilmiştir. Tersanelerin Internet siteleri ve sektör yöneticilerinin raporları ikincil veriler olarak ele alınmıştır. Salgının başlangıç aşamasında yayınlanan kötümser haber, akademik çalışma ve anketlere rağmen, yazarlar Kovid-19'un Türk tersaneleri üzerindeki orta vadeli olumsuz etkisini gösterecek herhangi bir kanıt bulamamışlardır. Baltık Kuru Yük Endeksi 2020'nin ilk çeyreğinde bir düşüş gösterse de ikinci çeyreğin hemen ardından yükselmeye başlamış ve aynı şekilde tersane sipariş defteri istatistikleri de artış göstermiştir. İstihdam istatistiği ise kademeli olarak sürekli yükselmeye devam etmiştir. İyileşme, tersanelerin GİSBİR desteği ile etkin kriz yönetimi ve özel gemi üretimlerine önem vererek, sürekli iyileştirme çalışmalarına, yeşil teknoloji ve sistemlere yatırım yaparak krizin olumsuz etkilerinin üstesinden gelebilmesine bağlıdır.

Keywords

Türk tersaneleri, gemi inşaatı, salgın esnasındaki önlemler, Kovid-19 salgını etkisi

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