Equipped with a helipad and living quarters for 200 personnel, the ship had the upper section of its drilling tower removed to allow passage through the Bosphorus and Çanakkale straits en route to Filyos Port in Zonguldak.
Assigned to operate in the Black Sea, Yıldırım will have its drilling tower reassembled at Filyos Port and be readied for exploration and production operations in the Black Sea.
The Yıldırım deep-sea drilling vessel is scheduled to begin its Black Sea mission in April.
