As of January, 2016, Hak Boğaziçi Ship Supplier, a well-respected Turkish ship-chandler with over 30 years of history, has become part of NBS Ship Supply. Hak Boğaziçi Ship Supplies has been delivering provisions, technical items and equipment, spare parts and marine chemicals to vessels at all Turkish ports and shipyards since 1975 and is a member of IMPA and ISSA. NBS Ship Supply is part of the NBS Group of companies, which includes also Navibulgar Services in Bulgaria and Romania. The ship supply network of NBS Group covers all major ports in the Black Sea Region and the company is amongst the leading maritime companies in the area. The founder and CEO of NBS Group of companies, Mr. Alexander Alexandrov, commented: “This acquisition is part of the long term growth strategy of NBS Group. We were monitoring and cooperating with Hak Boğaziçi for many years and we are excited that one of the oldest ship supply companies in Turkey has joined our forces. I believe that the combination of Hak Boğaziçi’s expertise and tradition and NBS’s high quality policy will bring numerous benefits to our clients. Turkey is a significant and very interesting market for us, and we are confident that we will be able contribute to the community. Our focus is to provide to our customers top quality and reliable service at all Turkish ports.” The team of Hak Boğaziçi Ship Supply, headed by long-term manager Jifko Lerga, already moved to the premises of NBS Ship Supply in Zeytinburnu, Istanbul. The Managing Director of NBS Ship Supply in Turkey, Mr. Senol Kabiloglu, said: “We are glad to welcome Mr. Lerga and all of Hak Boğaziçi’s associates to NBS Ship Supply. We share the same approach in our business conduct to concentrate on honesty, reliability and customer satisfaction in our relationships with clients”. The ongoing ship supply operations of Hak Boğaziçi will not be affected by the transition. All incoming orders and inquiries are processed and organized by NBS Ship Supply. 7DENİZ