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KHERSON SHIPYARD FINISHES BUILDING FIRST TUG FOR PANAMA’S KIRGAN HOLDING

2 September , 2015  

KYIV. Sept 2 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Public joint-stock company Kherson Shipyard, part of Smart Maritime Group (SMG), has finished building a ALTAIR tug of the Т2440 Project under the order of Кirgan Holding S.A. (Panama).

The press service of SMG reported that the new vessel was launched at the enterprise.

The tug was built under a contract to build two Т2440 Project tugs which was signed in November 2014 between SMG and Kirgan Holding S.A.

“At present, the second ANTARES tug is being built,” the company said.

Kherson Shipyard and Chornomorsky Shipbuilding Yard (Mykolaiv) are part of SMG, the shipbuilding holding founded in 2009 to manage the maritime assets of Smart-holding.