Despite the limited possibilities .. making a ship in Tartous with international specifications

Tartus-Sana

The Syrian coast has been associated with many traditional industries and crafts, especially those related to marine industries. The small ship industry started from Arwad Island to the Syrian ports and is well known for its manufacture and beauty, and its most important types are “boat, launch, boat and felucca”. This industry is passed on to children by parents and grandparents.

A family from Tartous governorate demonstrated the skill of the Syrians and their creativity in this industry and wanted its name to be associated with the manufacture of a large ship in Tartous and completely and with high skill and technology despite the lack of capabilities where Hossam Abu Al Nasr worked in the field of ship iron repair for forty years, after which he decided to employ his experience and what he learned throughout that Years in the manufacture of a Syrian ship carrying international specifications in all its departments and features. Hossam Abu Al Nasr, with his two sons and about twelve people who worked in his own workshop and who have the same experience, managed to manufacture a two-storey vessel in addition to a special floor in the engine room, driving room, wards, tower, and A place in addition to the rooms for the ship's crew and a special section for the captain.

Abu Al-Nasr stated in a statement to SANA correspondent that the weight of the ship is 160 tons, its length is more than 28 meters, its width is seven meters, the depth of its diving is three and a half meters and its speed is about 20 nautical miles per hour and it can carry 300 tons per hour, pointing to the introduction of amendments and additions to the scheme for the ships which he deems necessary To distinguish the ship's work as water and diesel tanks, and others.

Abu Al-Nasr, who owns a workshop for ship repair and maintenance and holds a license to practice the profession of ship maintenance and repair in addition to shipbuilding between that what he inherited from his father and grandparents from an ancient profession that distinguished the Syrian coast for thousands of years is keen to transfer it to his children who found love and passion in order to follow the same way to support their expertise The process by academic study in the field of shipbuilding and engineering, confirming the ability to build ships with a tonnage of up to ten thousand tons in the event of the availability of appropriate conditions, foremost of which is the establishment of dry docks for ship repair and construction in the Syrian coast region which is characterized by a wide area that allows them to be established which provides a great effort The time it takes to work a requirement that everyone who works in this area is necessary and considered it implemented the time, adding that the time it takes to build a ship in the event of the availability of appropriate technical conditions do not exceed one year.

Abu Al-Nasr said: The ship whose construction began at the end of 2014 did not stand in the way of its completion except the conditions of the terrorist war on Syria and the unfair western blockade, which delayed their acquisition of equipment for the command room that is not present in Syria, as Mohamed said one of the sons of Hosam Abu Al-Nasr who holds a mechatronic certificate "Mechanic and Electron" responsible for installing the engine and technical devices in the ship, indicating that its engine has a power of 600 nautical HP, which makes it run with more force.

Muhammad pointed to the ability to build ships that are larger and much larger than the global ships in the event of dry basins so that we can see the whole world that, despite all the circumstances and crises, how the human person and the Syrian mind is capable of creativity and excellence in all fields.

Fatima Hussain