HAT-SAN Shipyard is an affiliation of PEKAR GROUP. PEKAR GROUP which had already been into mining, construction, foreign trade and energy business, made a decision in 2006 to invest in shipbuilding and marine business. Thus they became a member of Shipyard Entrepreneurs INC. (Tersane GiriSimcileri A..) for starting shipyard investments in the allocated area for shipyards in AltInova / Yalova.

Based on an area of 50.000 m², HAT-SAN Shipyard completed its fundamental investments in 2007 with a 2x125 tons gantry crane on a 52x180 m. slipway and a 6000 m² closed production area equipped with 5 pieces of gantry cranes. Closed production area also contains a plate bending machine and a profile bending machine; two pieces of CNC cutting machines. With these investments HAT-SAN Shipyard started new building activities in 2008.

In addition to above, HAT-SAN SHIPYARD continued its investments in 2013 with building its own floating dock of 180x30 meters and extending the piers to 215 and 150 meters. Since June, 2014 the yard commenced to serve in repair and maintenance activities. Second new building slipway of 170x24 meters was constructed; closed block production areas have been extended and outfitted with new cranes. Construction of the administration building, warehouse for new building equipments, machinery workshop was completed by end of 2014.