Manufacturing all the permanent steel structures of the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge, which will be the longest suspension bridge in the world once completed, ENKA’s subsidiary Çimtaş continues the block formation and trial assembly of the deck at its shipyard located in the Kocaeli Free Trade Zone.
After the completion of all operations, deck block shipments continue with 53 shipments made so far via the vessel GMK-1 which is a specially equipped service vessel built and owned by Çimtaş.
Having 153 blocks in total, transportation of the blocks with GMK-1 vessel to the installation site has been commenced and installation of Asia and Europe landside blocks with floating crane was started as of 17 June 2021.