(ECO) WE LOOK AT TUZLA SHIPYARD AS ROLE MODEL, SABRA.DAMASCUS, Sep 29, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Syria is making preparations to become Middle East's center of ship manufacturing and repairs. Speaking to the AA, chairman of Syrian Chamber of Maritime Business and Turkey's Honorary Consul General consul general n. pl. consuls general Abbr. CG A consul of the highest rank serving at a principal location and usually responsible for other consular offices within a country. in Tarsus, Abdulkadir Sabra sa·bra n. A native-born Israeli. [Hebrew  ,
said on Tuesday that Syrian President Bashar al-Asad had a chance to
visit Turkey's Tuzla shipyard during a trip to Turkey in 2007.
Following this visit, al-Asad ordered Syrian authorities to build a shipyard in Syria that resembled the Tuzla shipyard, Sabra said. We look at the Tuzla shipyard as a role model, Sabra said. We are in the process of deciding on a location for the shipyard in Syria. Once built, the shipyard will be divided into 5-6 parts. We estimated that each part would require an investment of up to 60 million USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. , Sabra said. The personnel that will work at Syria's shipyard will receive training in Turkey, Sabra noted. The construction and operation of the shipyard in Syria will be open to foreign investors, Sabra said. Once this project is realized, Syria will be the center in the Middle East where ships get manufactured and repaired, Sabra also said. Tuzla shipyard is located within Istanbul province. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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