The Syrian General Authority for Ports and Customs, created at the end of 2025, signed an agreement with the Turkish shipyard Kuzey Star Shipyard to start construction business naval protection in Syria within the framework of the international standards of the sector. The Syrian news agency "Sana" reported it explaining that the agreement provides for the construction of a shipyard in the port of Tartous under a contract of the build-operate-transfer. The agreement, which will last 30 years, provides for that the Turkish company invests at least $190 million in the first five years for the construction of the plant Navalmeccanico. In addition, the agreement provides that Kuzey Star Shipyard apply a 20% reduction on the price of construction services and repair of Syrian government ships and asks the company to generate 1,700 direct and 3,500 indirect jobs, of which at least 95% for Syrian citizens.