{{Short description|Turkish powership manufacturer}} {{Infobox company | name = Karpowership | trading_name = | logo = KARPOWERSHIP.jpg | type = Private | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = {{unbulleted list|Orhan Karadeniz (CEO)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-27 |title=Turkish power-generating ships set sail to Ghana and Indonesia - Latest News |url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-power-generating-ships-set-sail-to-ghana-and-indonesia-90407 |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=Hürriyet Daily News |language=en}}</ref>|Osman Karadeniz (Chairman)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Karadeniz Holding: Board of Directors |url=https://www.karadenizholding.com/board-of-directors |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=www.karadenizholding.com}}</ref> }} | industry = Energy, Powership | products = | location = Istanbul, Turkey | parent = Karadeniz Holding | website = {{URL|www.karpowership.com}} }}
'''Karpowership''' is a global power generation company that develops and operates floating power plants, as well as onshore energy projects and related infrastructure.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-15 |title=Karpowership, Seatrium team up on powerships and FSRU Conversions |url=https://shippingtelegraph.com/offshore-news/karpowership-seatrium-team-up-on-powerships-and-fsru-conversions/ |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Shipping Telegraph |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Verdejo |first=Genivi |title=MOL, Kinetics to partner for world's first floating data center |url=https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/money/mol-kinetics-to-partner-for-world-s-first-floating-data-center/ar-AA1IcOaN |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=www.msn.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ajdin |first=Adis |date=2025-08-14 |title=Karpowership doubles down on Seatrium for floating power expansion |url=https://splash247.com/karpowership-doubles-down-on-seatrium-for-floating-power-expansion/ |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Splash247 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
The company is the owner, operator, and builder of a fleet of powerships, comprising more than 40 assets and generating power across four continents, with a total installed capacity exceeding 7,000 MW.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Levent |first=Sefer |date=2024-12-17 |title=Powershiple ışık oldu sırada smartship var |url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/yazarlar/sefer-levent/powershiple-isik-oldu-sirada-smartship-var-42628476 |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=Hürriyet |language=tr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kleinschmidt |first=Oliver |date=2024-10-02 |title=World’s largest FSRU stops off in the Canary Islands |url=https://www.lngindustry.com/floating-lng/02102024/worlds-largest-fsru-stops-off-in-the-canary-islands/ |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=LNG Industry |language=en}}</ref>
Karpowership constructs its floating plants at its shipyard Karmarine in Yalova, Türkiye and executes all its activities in-house, including design, construction, site preparation, commissioning, fuel supply and electricity delivery.<ref>{{Cite web |title=146m OK Launched by Karmarine Shipyard |url=https://yachtharbour.com/news/146m-ok-launched-by-karmarine-shipyard-5270#:~:text=Karmarine%20Shipyard%20was%20established%20in,Powership%20ships%20developed%20by%20Karpowership |access-date=2025-07-01 |website=Yacht Harbour |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Erkul |first=Nuran |date=2019-09-09 |title=Turkish powership to produce 1st LNG power in Africa |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/energy/electricity/turkish-powership-to-produce-1st-lng-power-in-africa/26509 |access-date=2025-07-01 |website=Anadolu Agency}}</ref>
== History == Karpowership serves as the international energy generation brand of Karadeniz Holding, through which the company operates its fleet of floating power plants in various countries.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dasgupta |first=Soumyajit |date=2013-02-22 |title=What is Karadeniz Powership? |url=http://www.marineinsight.com/marine/marine-news/headline/what-is-karadeniz-powership/ |website=Marine Insight |publisher=}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite web |date=2024-11-11 |title=Much more than a shipyard to Karmar.. |url=https://haberci.com.tr/karmarine-bir-tersaneden-cok-daha-fazlasi/ |access-date=2025-07-01 |website=haberci.com.tr |language=tr}}</ref>
In 2007, Karpowership developed a project named "Power of Friendship", which supplies electricity to shortage-stricken countries in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-02-01 |title=Of Floating Power Barges and Ships |url=http://www.powermag.com/of-floating-power-barges-and-ships/ |access-date=2016-06-08 |website=POWER Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
In December 2008, Karpowership signed a contract with the Ministry of Electricity of Iraq (MoE) to deploy three Powerships of 520 MW in total.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://cedelft.eu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/CE_Delft_210370_Summary_assessment_of_status_floating_powerplants_FINAL.pdf | title=Summary assessment of the status of floating powerplants | website=cedelft.eu}}</ref> In 2010, the first Powership project was launched in Iraq.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Patel |first=Sonal |date=2020-10-01 |title=The 470-MW Floating Powership That Buoyed Ghana |url=https://www.powermag.com/the-470-mw-floating-powership-that-buoyed-ghana/ |access-date=2025-07-01 |website=POWER Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rapacki |first=Kristina |date=2025-02-27 |title=Offshore grid: the rise of the power ship |url=https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/offshore-grid-the-rise-of-the-power-ship |access-date=2025-07-01 |website=The Architectural Review |language=en}}</ref> Between 2010 and 2016, Karpowership supplied electricity to Basra through four Powerships in three different locations.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=John |date=2016-06-28 |title=Turkish Power Ships Resume work in Basra |url=https://www.iraq-businessnews.com/2016/06/28/turkish-power-ships-resume-work-in-basra/ |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=Iraq Business News |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Yıldız |first=Gökhan |date=2015-05-18 |title=Karadeniz Holding's powership provides Iraqi electricity |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/energy/electricity/karadeniz-holdings-powership-provides-iraqi-electricity/10350 |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=Anadolu Agency}}</ref>
In June 2012, Karpowership signed a contract with the Lebanese Electricity Utility (EDL) to deploy two Powerships with almost 400 MW capacity in total.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Şengül |first=Ebru |date=2018-09-20 |title=Turkey's powership builder meets 40% of Lebanon's elec. |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/energy/electricity/turkeys-powership-builder-meets-40-of-lebanons-elec/21690 |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=Anadolu Agency}}</ref> Karpowership was operational in Lebanon and supplied 25% of the country's total electricity demand.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blair |first=Edmund |last2=Sezer |first2=Can |date=2021-05-14 |title=Turkey's Karpowership shuts down power to Lebanon |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkeys-karpowership-says-it-is-shutting-down-power-lebanon-2021-05-14/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417061845/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkeys-karpowership-says-it-is-shutting-down-power-lebanon-2021-05-14/ |archive-date=2023-04-17 |access-date=2025-11-08 |work=Reuters |language=en-US}}</ref>
Between 2016 and 2018, the company supplied cross-border power to Zambia via a 110 MW Powership moored at the Port of Nacala in northern Mozambique.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eaglestone.eu/xms/files/arquivo/2023-08/Inside_Africa_Eaglestone_Advisory_29_February_2016.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com|title=Inside Africa | website=www.eaglestone.eu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-02-25 |title=Powership Arrives Offshore Mozambique |url=https://www.petroleumafrica.com/powership-arrives-offshore-mozambique/ |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=Petroleum Africa}}</ref>
Between 2016 and 2021, Karpowership supplied electricity in Indonesia.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Batu |first=Safrin La |date=2016-12-29 |title=Jokowi inaugurates operation of Turkish power barge in E. Nusa Tenggara - Business |url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/12/29/jokowi-inaugurates-operation-of-turkish-power-barge-in-e-nusa-tenggara.html |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=The Jakarta Post |language=en}}</ref> The company was awarded a 540 MW tender by the state utility PT PLN (Persero) to supply electricity to 5 different islands of the Indonesian Archipelago.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarwono |first=Ono |date=2016-07-10 |title=Karpowership, Fast and Cheap Setrum |url=https://mediaindonesia.com/ekonomi/70803/karpowership-setrum-cepat-dan-murah |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=mediaindonesia.com |language=id}}</ref>
The company entered into African market with a 450 MW project in Ghana in 2014, and continued to grow in Africa with Mozambique, the Gambia, Sierra Leone and Sudan in 2018, Guinea Bissau, Senegal & Guinea Conakry in 2019, Côte D’Ivoire in 2022 and Gabon in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amadu |first=Umaru Sanda |date=2014-10-10 |title=Turkish power ships to generate 21% of Ghana's electricity |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/economy/turkish-power-ships-to-generate-21-of-ghanas-electricity/112416 |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=Anadolu Agency}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cativelos |first=Pedro |date=2021-10-05 |title=How Karpowership Took Africa by Storm • 360 Mozambique |url=https://360mozambique.com/oil-gas/energy/africa-how-karpowership-took-africa-by-storm/ |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=360 Mozambique |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaya |first=Nuran Erkul |date=2019-08-09 |title=Turkish ship will be a light for Senegal |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/turk-gemisi-senegale-isik-olacak/1575967 |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=www.aa.com.tr |language=tr}}</ref>
The company also has Powership operations in Brazil, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, New Caledonia and Guyana.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Firrie |first=Simon |date=2023-09-07 |title=Karpowership charts unique course |url=https://pemedianetwork.com/petroleum-economist/articles/gas-lng/2023/karpowership-charts-unique-course/ |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=pemedianetwork.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-10 |title=Ecuador Relies On A Floating Power Plant To Stabilize Its Electricity Grid |url=https://energynews.pro/en/ecuador-relies-on-a-floating-power-plant-to-stabilize-its-electricity-grid/ |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=Energy News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-04-19 |title=Eramet's New Caledonia nickel smelter to use floating power unit |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/markets/eramet-s-new-caledonia-nickel-smelter-to-use-floating-power-unit-idUSL5N2WH42L/ |access-date=2025-11-09 |work=Reuters}}</ref>
== Powership == [[File:MV Karadeniz Powership Doğan Bey, Freetown, Sierra Leone.jpg|thumb|250px|MV Karadeniz Powership Doğan Bey in Freetown, Sierra Leone (2024) ]] Powerships are barge- or ship-mounted floating power plants that can operate on liquid fuels and/or natural gas. Karpowership's powerships are available under electricity-generation services contracts, power-rental contracts, energy-conversion works contracts or power-purchase agreements.<ref>{{Cite web |title=State of the Nation Address |url=http://www.presidency.gov.gh/2015sonabook.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319050035/http://presidency.gov.gh/2015sonabook.pdf |archive-date=2015-03-19 |access-date=2016-06-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ee.co.za/article/power-ships-real-solution-south-africas-short-term-energy-needs.html|title=Power ships: a real solution to South Africa's short-term energy needs - EE Publishers|date=2015-04-20|website=EE Publishers|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-08|archive-date=2016-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414063529/http://www.ee.co.za/article/power-ships-real-solution-south-africas-short-term-energy-needs.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The freighter ''Melpomeni'' was acquired in 2009 by Karpowership with the purpose to turn her into a floating power plant sailing under the Liberian flag. She was renamed ''Karadeniz Powership Doğan Bey'' after Nuri Doğan Karadeniz, the COO of the company.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.milliyet.com.tr/irak-in-petrolu--font-color-red-varsa----font-/ekonomi/ekonomidetay/10.12.2009/1172155/default.htm|title=Türkiye'den Irak'a "yüzer elektrik santrali"|website=MÝLLÝYET HABER - TÜRKÝYE'NÝN HABER SÝTESÝ|access-date=2016-06-08}}</ref>
In May 2009, the Sedef Shipyard in Tuzla, Istanbul, was commissioned with the task to convert a cargo ship into a Powership by installing the needed engine generators, transformers, and the electric switchboards on board.<ref name=":0" />
''Karadeniz Powership Doğan Bey'' is the first of its kind, a Powership with dual-fuel diesel engines capable of operating on natural gas as well.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.metal-supply.dk/?id=40836|title=Nyheder - Metal Supply DK|website=www.metal-supply.dk|access-date=2016-06-08}}</ref> Aboard the vessel, twelve 10.53 MW generator units are installed. Three units are present in each one of the ship's four holds, with the fans and funnels being mounted on deck.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iss-shipping.com/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=4624|title=Inchcape Shipping Services - News|access-date=2016-06-08|archive-date=2016-06-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625012635/http://www.iss-shipping.com/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=4624|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Bureau Veritas, an international certification agency with experience in overseeing both shipbuilding and power plant development, classified the vessel following its conversion as a "special service-floating power plant".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.maritimedirectory.com.mt/newsread.asp?l=e&ID=794|title=Malta Maritime Directory :: Bureau Veritas classes powerships|website=www.maritimedirectory.com.mt|access-date=2016-06-08}}</ref>
In 2024, Karpowership launched Africa’s first LNG-to-power project in Senegal, supplying gas to a floating power plant via a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hine |first=Lucy |date=2025-05-12 |title=Senegal finally receives first LNG cargo for FSRU as power plant switches to gas |url=https://www.tradewindsnews.com/gas/senegal-finally-receives-first-lng-cargo-for-fsru-as-power-plant-switches-to-gas/2-1-1818273 |access-date=2025-07-22 |website=tradewindsnews.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nikše |first=Dragana |date=2025-07-16 |title=Four years in the making: Africa's first LNG-to-power project up and running off Senegal |url=https://www.offshore-energy.biz/four-years-in-the-making-africas-first-lng-to-power-project-up-and-running-off-senegal/ |access-date=2025-07-22 |website=Offshore Energy |language=en-US}}</ref>
In August 2025, Karpowership, through its subsidiary BKPS, signed an agreement with Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity to provide up to 590 MW of electricity using two powerships stationed at ports in Basra.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-20 |title=Turkish floating plant operator to supply electricity to Iraq |url=https://www.dailysabah.com/business/energy/turkish-floating-plant-operator-to-supply-electricity-to-iraq |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Daily Sabah |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sykes |first=Patrick |date=2025-08-20 |title=Iraq Orders Floating Power Plants to Ease Electricity Crisis |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-20/iraq-orders-floating-power-plants-to-ease-electricity-crisis |access-date=2025-09-29 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}</ref>
=== Operations === Karpowership has offices and is operational in Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Karpowership's International Projects operate out of Istanbul, from where they can supply floating power plants to overseas locations.{{cn|date=May 2025}}
==== Ghana ==== Karpowership signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in June 2014 to supply a total of 450MW of power with two Powerships to the people of Ghana.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zhuwakinyu |first=Martin |title=Ghana to introduce powership-generated electricity into energy mix |url=https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/powerships-2015-11-02 |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=Engineering News}}</ref> The first 225MW Powership was delivered in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Patel |first=Sonal |date=2020-10-01 |title=The 470-MW Floating Powership That Buoyed Ghana |url=https://www.powermag.com/the-470-mw-floating-powership-that-buoyed-ghana/ |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=POWER Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2016, the PPA was consolidated into one single 450MW Powership, and in August 2017, Karpowership deployed a 470MW Powership, the largest in the world, to Ghana. It began operations in September 2017, a month after its arrival.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-08-28 |title=New 470mw Karpowership arrives in Ghana |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/new-470mw-karpowership-arrives-in-ghana.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com |location=Accra, Ghana|access-date=2025-11-08 |newspaper=Daily Graphic|language=en-gb}}</ref>
==== Brazil ==== In May 2024, Karpowership signed an agreement with Brazil's state-owned energy company Petrobras to develop natural gas projects in the Americas. The company has been active in Brazil, supplying floating power solutions to support the country's energy infrastructure.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Erkalan |first=Başak |date=2024-07-05 |title=Türkiye's Karpowership and Brazil's Petrobras to develop natural gas projects in Americas |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/energy/news-from-companies/turkiyes-karpowership-and-brazils-petrobras-to-develop-natural-gas-projects-in-americas/41575 |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=Anadolu Agency}}</ref>
==== South Africa ==== In April 2021, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy in South Africa entered into a 20-year power supply agreement with Karpowership to address the ongoing energy crisis. Under this agreement, South Africa's Risk Mitigation IPP Procurement Programme (RMIPPPP) is set to receive the bulk of 1845 MW in new energy capacity through a total of five powerships and three gas ships at three South African harbours (Ngqura, Durban and Saldanha Bay).<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-africa-grants-turkeys-karpowership-deal-ease-power-crisis-2023-05-18/</ref> Energy Department says 20-year contracts for floating powerships will keep prices down.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cronje |first=Jan |title=Energy Department says 20-year contracts for floating powerships will keep prices down |url=https://www.news24.com/business/economy/energy-department-says-20-year-contracts-for-floating-powerships-will-keep-prices-down-20210420 |access-date=2026-05-13 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}</ref> On 1 August 2022, the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment denied the appeal by the South African subsidiary to continue their project to deploy three ships with a total capacity of 1220 MW due to lack of consultation, unconvincing environmental reports and "questioned the need and desirability of the proposed project". The minister has allowed the company 180 days to address gaps and defects in their submission for reconsideration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mg.co.za/the-green-guardian/2022-08-12-creecy-shoots-down-karpowership-appeal-but-extends-a-lifeline-to-the-project/|title=Creecy shoots down Karpowership appeal but extends a lifeline to the project|date=August 12, 2022}}</ref> Minister of Electricity sought to decrease the 20-year contract to a 5-year one as it was revealed heavy fuel oil was also to be used.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nyathi |first=Mandisa |date=2023-06-06 |title=Karpowership: Contract to be negotiated amid heavy fuel oil fears |url=https://mg.co.za/environment/2023-06-06-karpowership-contract-to-be-negotiated-amid-heavy-fuel-oil-fears/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}</ref>
In 2023, Karpowership bought and gifted a game farm to Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife in exchange for not objecting to mooring a 450 MW ship-mounted power plant at Richards Bay Harbour.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dailyinvestor.com/energy/30187/karpowership-to-donate-game-farm-for-gas-plant-approval/|title=Karpowership to donate game farm for gas plant approval}}</ref>
On 26 February 2023, as one of the last acts as Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula granted Karpowership a Section 79 permit; one of two outstanding permits. This came after Karpowership parent company, Karadeniz, broke off an existing agreement with a BEE company and signed a secret MOU to partner with Anna Mokgokong in an attempt to acquire the Section 79 permit. Mokgokong's company Tamasa Investment Holdings was to also build an onshore regasification terminal at the Port of Ngqura and required the Section 79 permit.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Comrie |first=Susan |date=2023-10-06 |title=Karpowership: failed interdict unearths 'State Capture on steroids' agreement |url=https://amabhungane.org/stories/karpowership-failed-interdict-unearths-state-capture-on-steroids-agreement/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=amaBhungane |language=en-ZA}}</ref>
=== Ships ===
{| Class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Name ! IMO ! Converted ! Class ! MW(E) ! Location ! Previous ! Ref |- | ''Karadeniz Powership Doğan Bey'' | 8117031 | 2010 | | 126 | Sierra Leone | Basra, Iraq | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kpsdoganbey - Type of ship: Cargo Ship - Callsign: A8TB7 - vesseltracker.com |url=http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Melpomeni-8117031.html |access-date=2016-06-08 |website=www.vesseltracker.com}}</ref> |- | ''Karadeniz Powership Rauf Bey'' | 7925522 | 2010 | | 179 | Sudan | Basra, Iraq | <ref>{{Cite web |title=photo of the "Karadeniz Ps Raufbey" by Chiefe - vesseltracker.com |url=http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/ShipPhotos/516253-Karadeniz-Ps-Raufbey-7925522.html |access-date=2016-06-08 |website=www.vesseltracker.com}}</ref> |- | ''Karadeniz Powership Kaya Bey'' | 7925546 | 2011 | | 216 | Pakistan | Basra, Iraq | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kps Kaya Bey - Type of ship: Other Ship - Callsign: TCZP4 - vesseltracker.com |url=http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Karadeniz-P.kaya-Bey-7925546.html |access-date=2016-06-08 |website=www.vesseltracker.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/19/ship-power-station-pakistan |title=Pakistan to plug into the world's largest floating power station|agency=Associated Press|date=2010-11-19|website=the Guardian|access-date=2016-06-08}}</ref> |- | ''Karadeniz Powership Alican Bey'' | | 2011 | | 104 | Pakistan | | |- | ''Karadeniz Powership İrem Sultan'' | 8222252 | 2012 | Shark | 114 | Nacala, Mozambique | Basra, Iraq | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://zitamar.com/mozambique-zambia-powership-nacala/ |title=Turkish 'powership' docks in Nacala to generate 114 MW for Zambia - Zitamar|date=2016-02-19|website=Zitamar|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-06-08}}</ref> |- | ''Karadeniz Powership Fatmagül Sultan'' | | 2013 | Orca | 202 | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire | Beirut, Lebanon | |- | ''Karadeniz Powership Orhan Bey'' | 7942582 | 2013 | Orca | 202 | Beirut, Lebanon | | |- | ''Karadeniz Powership Esra Sultan'' | 9116967 | 2015 | | 235 | Beirut, Lebanon | Tema, Ghana | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gbcghana.com/1.8407975 |title=1.8407975|last=Adjorlolo|first=Ruth Abla|website=gbcghana.com|access-date=2016-06-08|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151031230849/http://www.gbcghana.com/1.8407975 |archive-date=2015-10-31|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.denizhaber.com.tr/yuzen-santraller-aysegul-sultan-ganaya-zeynep-sultan-endonezyaya-ugurlandi-haber-64631.htm |title=Yüzen santraller Ayşegül Sultan Gana'ya, Zeynep Sultan Endonezya'ya uğurlandı|website=Deniz Haber|access-date=2016-06-08|archive-date=2016-04-13|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160413044639/http://www.denizhaber.com.tr/yuzen-santraller-aysegul-sultan-ganaya-zeynep-sultan-endonezyaya-ugurlandi-haber-64631.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | ''Karadeniz Powership Zeynep Sultan'' | 8116051 | 2015 | Shark | 125 | Amurang, Indonesia | | |- | ''Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan'' | 9189158 | 2016 | Khan | 470 | Tema, Ghana | | |- | ''Karadeniz Powership Onur Sultan'' | 9248514 | 2016 | Khan | 470 | Belawan, Indonesia | | |- | ''Karadeniz Powership Gökhan Bey'' | 9214563 | 2016 | Shark | 125 | Kupang, Indonesia | | |- | ''Karadeniz Powership Yasin Bey'' | 9214551 | 2016 | Shark | 125 | Ambon, Indonesia | | |- | ''Karadeniz Powership Mehmet Bey'' | 9232785 | 2018 | Shark | 126 | XXXX, Indonesia | | |- | ''Karadeniz Powership Nezih Bey'' | 9034781 | 2018 | | 37 | Ambon, Indonesia | | |- | ''Karadeniz Powership Koray Bey'' | 9086203 | 2018 | | 36 | Gambia | | |- | ''Karadeniz Powership Barış Bey'' | 9166546 | 2019 | Seal | 36 | Cuba | | <ref>{{cite web |author= |date = 2019-04-10 | title = Sailing to Cuba Comes Power Plant Manufactured in Turkey | url = https://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=40804&SEO=sailing-to-cuba-comes-power-plant-manufactured-in-turkey | website = plenglish.com | publisher = Prensa Latina | accessdate = 2019-04-11}}</ref> |- | ''Karadeniz Powership İbrahim Bey'' | 9216638 | | Shark | | | | |- | ''Karadeniz Powership Orka Sultan'' | | | Khan | | | | |- | ''Karadeniz Powership Orhan Ali Khan'' | 9248514 | | Khan | | | | |- | ''Karadeniz Powership Ayşegül Sultan'' | | | Orca | 235 | Dakar, Senegal | Ghana, Lebanon | |- | ''Karadeniz Powership Filiz Sultan'' | | | Mermaid | | | | |- | ''Karadeniz LNGT Powership Americas'' | 9045132 | 2025 | LNG - NWS | 0 | | | <ref>{{cite web |title=Synergy Marine Group delivers next-generation FSRU 'KARADENIZ LNGT POWERSHIP AMERICAS' |url=https://www.shipmanagementinternational.com/news/stena-bulk-appoints-exclusive-global-partner-for-jettyless-lng-technology-pfm2b |website=SMI DIGITAL |access-date=10 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=LNGT AMERICAS ex. Northwest Stormpetrel {{!}} Helderline.com |url=https://www.helderline.com/tanker/lngt-americas-ex-northwest-stormpetrel |website=www.helderline.com}}</ref> |} <!-- == Corruption allegations ==
Karpowership and its parent company Karadeniz have faced corruption allegations in several countries. In Lebanon, Karadeniz is accused of corruption and faces a potential $25-million fine.<ref>{{cite web|author=Daily Sabah with Agencies|date=12 May 2021|title=Turkey's Karadeniz tells Beirut 'end court action or face power cut'|website=Daily Sabah |url=https://www.dailysabah.com/business/energy/turkeys-karadeniz-tells-beirut-end-court-action-or-face-power-cut|agency=Daily Sabah|access-date=5 October 2021}}</ref>
In Pakistan, a Karadeniz subsidiary allegedly paid middlemen to secure a $565 million government contract. The Supreme Court voided the contract in 2012 and launched a corruption investigation. It was resolved in 2019 through political negotiations between Pakistan and Turkey.<ref>{{cite web|author=Staff Writer|date=4 November 2019|title=Pakistan saved from paying $1.2bn penalty as Karkey dispute 'amicably' resolved: PM Imran|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1514885/pakistan-saved-from-paying-12bn-penalty-as-karkey-dispute-amicably-resolved-pm-imran|agency=Dawn|access-date=5 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=amaBhungane team|date=19 June 2021|title=Powership company trails corruption claims in its wake|url=https://www.news24.com/fin24/companies/powership-company-trails-corruption-claims-in-its-wake-20210618|agency=News24|access-date=5 October 2021}}</ref>--> == Lifeships == Lifeships are emergency aid vessels developed by Karadeniz Holding to provide both immediate relief and longer-term support to disaster-affected communities. Each vessel is equipped with facilities for food service, medical care, childcare, and education, with the capacity to support up to 1,500 people.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potter |first=Mark |date=2023-02-11 |title=Turkish company to send ships to house 3,000 in earthquake zone |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkish-company-send-ships-house-3000-earthquake-zone-2023-02-11/ |access-date=2025-07-01 |work=Reuters |language=en}}</ref>
Following the Türkiye–Syria earthquake on February 6, 2023, Karadeniz Holding deployed the first Lifeship, ''Süheyla Sultan'', to the port city of İskenderun in Hatay Province.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-12 |title=Fully equipped ship to host 1,500 of Türkiye's quake survivors |url=https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/fully-equipped-ship-to-host-1500-of-turkiyes-quake-survivors/news |access-date=2025-07-01 |website=Daily Sabah |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hasan Benli |first=Mesut |date=2023-03-16 |title=Ship put into service of quake survivors in Iskenderun |url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ship-put-into-service-of-quake-survivors-in-iskenderun-181609 |access-date=2025-07-01 |website=Hürriyet Daily News |language=en}}</ref> Over the course of its deployment, the vessel provided shelter and services to approximately 12,000 survivors.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kemal Zerenli |first=Ali |date=2024-11-11 |title=The ship, which is a temporary home for earthquake victims in Hatay, is ready for possible disasters |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/gundem/hatayda-depremzedelere-gecici-yuva-olan-gemi-olasi-afetler-icin-hazir/3390802 |access-date=2025-07-01 |website=Anadolu Agency |language=Turkish}}</ref>
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== External links == * [https://www.africaintelligence.com/central-africa/2024/10/28/gabon-s-ailing-power-utility-desperate-to-unplug-crippling-karpowership-contract%2C110332353-gra Gabon's ailing power utility desperate to unplug crippling Karpowership contract], Africa Intelligence, 28 October 2024 (requires free registration)
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