KYIV. Aug 14 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Specialists of the Pallada Kherson state-owned plant as part of the resumption of freight transportation by river have initiated the designing of a ferroconcrete environment friendly tow boat with a carrying capacity of 1,000 tonnes, the top managers of the enterprise have told Interfax-Ukraine.
The tow boat will be able to transport mineral and construction freight, agricultural products, heavy and other freight.
“Shipbuilding concrete based on sulfate resistant ordinary portland cement will be used for the hull of the boat. The Pallada plant has been using this material for building floating composite docks operated in many countries,” the plant said.
“When ferroconcrete facilities are built and used no expensive protective paint-and-lacquer coating is used, and the Pallada-made tow boats will be environment friendly,” the plant said.
Pallada Kherson state-owned plant is currently the world’s only shipyard that specializes in building next generation composite floating docks for maintenance of civil and naval ships. The warranty period of the equipment it makes is 50 years. Among the company’s customers are Japan, South Korea, Finland, Bulgaria, Turkey, Algeria, Croatia, France, and South Africa.
