KYIV. Nov 27 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Kherson Shipyard, part of the Smart Maritime Group (SMG), will build an oil garbage disposal vessel under the order of the Yuzhny branch of the Sea Port Authority of Ukraine (authority of the Yuzhny seaport, Odesa region).
The press service of SMG reported that the contract to build the ship, worth UAH 99.6 million, was signed in Kherson on November 24.
“Earlier, the shipyard won a tender of the Yuzhny branch of the Sea Port Authority. The offer of SMG was declared the best both in the cost and the terms,” the press service said.
The oil garbage disposal vessel can also be used as a ship handling tug and can be used to fight fires on vessels and at ports. The Ice 2 class will allow the vessel to operate in the winter, the press service said.
“We believe that this contract is one more chance to show the high level of qualification of our shipbuilders… I’m sure that we would not quit on the contractors,” SMG CEO Vasyl Fedin said.
Smart Maritime Group is the largest shipbuilding holding of Ukraine. It was founded in 2009 to manage marine assets of Smart-Holding of businessmen Vadim Novinsky. It includes Chornomorsky Shipbuilding Yard (Mykolaiv) and Kherson Shipyard.
