It remains a privately held firm, with its board of directors chaired by Ali Gürün.
[2] In November 2013, the firm delivered the world's first two tugboats powered by natural gas.
[3][4][5] Firms aiming to leave a smaller environmental footprint are converting their fleets to vessels powered by natural gas because they produce less pollutant byproducts.
This makes them able to change the direction of their propulsion even more quickly than possible with an azimuth thruster.
On the 40th anniversary of its founding, in March 2016, the firm's own fleet numbered 23 vessels.