KYIV. Nov 18 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Kherson State Plant Pallada, part of Ukroboronprom state concern, has built a floating dock at the request of a South African company, the press service of the state concern has said.
According to the report, the order that the Kherson plant received will become one of the largest orders at the enterprise.
The company told Interfax-Ukraine that under the contract worth $10 million, the plant will provide a new composite floating dock with a lifting capacity of 8,500 tonnes for civil fleet repairs, including vessels for shelf development.
As part of the order, the plant will build a new dock.
“Today the African region operates six docks produced by Kherson State Plant, including two in the Republic of South Africa, and all they had a certain period of operation before supply,” he said.
Kherson State Plant Pallada is the world’s only shipyard specializing in building composite floating docks of the next generation for servicing civilian and military fleet ships. The warranty period of the equipment made is 50 years.
Among the customers of the company are Japan, South Korea, Finland, Bulgaria, Turkey, Algeria, Croatia, France, and South Africa.
Kherson State Plant Pallada under the decision of the government of Ukraine has been part of Ukroboronprom state concern since April 2011.
