We set up and ran the electrical-electronic workshop of Türkiye’s Directorate General of Coastal Safety and looked after every tug and SAR boat in its fleet. Today we do the same work for merchant ships, tugs and SAR boats. You can call us 24/7.
We follow an alert on the alarm console through the drawings, all the way to the sensor in the plant. We don’t swap parts and hope: we measure first, then replace.
In power management we work mostly with DEIF, Woodward and ABB systems. We trace faults in generator and synchronising panels, the main switchboard and circuit breakers, and service them, governor and AVR settings included.
Tell us clearly what you need: we build the panel from scratch, write the PLC software and commission it with its drives. It might run a boiler, navigation lights or an alarm system, with SCADA monitoring and control where needed.
It might be a contactor, it might be a radar. We label the cables and take the old unit out, then connect the new one and test it before it goes live.
We started on ship electrics in 1988 in the electronics repair team of D.B. Deniz Nakliyat. What began with repairing radars and gyros grew into looking after a whole fleet of tugs and SAR boats at Coastal Safety, and today into automation and switchboard work on merchant ships.
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1988
Our professional journey began in 1988 in the electronics repair team of D.B. Deniz Nakliyat T.A.Ş., one of Türkiye’s most established maritime institutions.
During this period, we repaired, maintained, installed and removed a wide range of navigation and communication systems. These included:
radar, gyro, autopilot, VHF radio and various bridge equipment from brands such as Raytheon, Kelvin Hughes, Sperry, Decca, Furuno, Sailor, JRC and Gylot.
2000
Building on this broad experience, in 2000 we moved to the Directorate General of Coastal Safety and set up its first Electrical-Electronic Repair Team and workshop. We ran the workshop for 23 years, until 2023: we organised the work and trained electrical officers for the institution’s ships.
In those 23 years we carried out fault diagnosis and maintenance on the electrical, electronic, hydraulic, pneumatic and automation systems of every tug and SAR boat, floating crane and other vessel in the institution’s fleet, and worked on setting up its shore stations.
We also handled fault diagnosis and maintenance of main engines and auxiliary engines (generators/DG).
Today
Services Erkon Marin offers today:
Anything electrical on board: in the engine room, on the bridge and on deck.
Ana Makine
The electrical and automation side of the main engine: sensors, pressure switches, governor control, ME and pitch control systems, alarm monitoring. We work on Sulzer, MaK, Hyundai, Caterpillar, MTU and Yamaha engines.
Read more: Main EngineYardımcı Makine
Generator sensors, governor and AVR control, synchronising, the main switchboard and circuit breakers. In power management we work mostly with DEIF, Woodward and ABB systems.
Read more: Auxiliary Engine / D/GSeyir Sistemleri
Fault finding, maintenance, installation and removal of radar, gyro, autopilot, VHF and GMDSS equipment. We work with Furuno, JRC, Raytheon, Kelvin Hughes and many other international makers.
Read more: Navigation SystemsRömorkör ve SAR Botları
Towing winches and windlasses, Voith and Schottel drives, water jets, and their electrical, electronic, hydraulic and pneumatic circuits. We worked on all of them for 23 years in the Coastal Safety fleet.
Read more: Tugs & Search and Rescue BoatsSend us the ship’s name, the port and a description of the fault; we’ll plan the team and the parts.
Erkon Marin is a core team of three, and we bring in more hands when the job calls for it. The same people do the maintenance, the installation and the removal, so you don’t need one firm for the wiring and another for the PLC software.
If the ship has its electrical and electronic drawings and spare parts to hand, we find the fault much faster and fix it for good.
Delivered: Diagnosis and repair report
On the schedule you choose: ACB servicing, insulation (megger) testing, thermal imaging, generator AVR and synchronising checks, preparation before a survey.
Delivered: Maintenance record and recommendations
We fit the new radar, sensor or panel, do the wiring, test it and commission it.
Delivered: Commissioning test results
You can ask for removal on its own or as the step before a new unit goes in. Every cable we disconnect is labelled.
Delivered: Removal and labelling documentation
A few of our jobs, with the ships’ names. We post the details on our LinkedIn page.
M/V Defne
ABB SYNPOL D PMS
Following detailed fault diagnostics and system analysis, the generator was restored to safe and stable operation.
Also on board
The board failure in the navigation light control panel was diagnosed and repaired; the navigation lights are back in safe, continuous operation.
M/V EFES
Bow Thruster · Techcross BWTS
The faults on the bow thruster step control system and the ballast water treatment system were diagnosed and rectified. Both systems were tested and returned to normal operation.
M/V TEAM SPIRIT
Siemens 3TF52 · 3TF54
The crane was restored to operation by replacing the main contactors (Siemens 3TF52 and 3TF54), the hydraulic valve control relays and the other faulty components in its control panel.
Romania
Siemens PLC · SIMATIC HMI
A project we completed successfully in Romania together with our solution partners. For legal reasons, the client company’s name and logo have been blacked out in the images.
Defence industry
PLC · 4 × VSD
An automation control panel in which four hydraulic pumps will run under PLC-based control with variable speed drives (VSD), now nearing completion. Commissioning and testing will start shortly with our solution partners.
This is how we plan the job once you call or send the form.
Call at night or at the weekend. If we miss your call, we ring back as soon as we can.
Give us at least 24 hours’ notice and we will be ready to reach the ship within 1.5–2 hours anywhere in Istanbul.
We also go to ports outside Istanbul and to ships abroad.
The ship’s operator arranges the boat out and the official paperwork; we prepare the team and the parts.
Give us the ship’s name, the port, the system and the maker; send the alarm code and a photo of the panel on WhatsApp if you have them. The fuller the description, the better the parts and instruments we bring aboard.
Phone open 24/7. Office: Monday – Friday, 10:00 – 18:00.
Enter the ship’s name, the port and a description of the fault; your request comes straight to us by e-mail. You can also send it on WhatsApp.