KYIV. Jan 12 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Nibulon Shipyard (Mykolaiv) will build a non-self-propelled B2000 vessel and three tugboats by the end of the 2016/2017 marketing year (MY, July-June).
According to a report on the website of the Nibulon agricultural enterprise, after that the company’s fleet will increase to 59 units.
Nibulon is implementing own shipbuilding program in cooperation with the European Investment Bank (EIB).
In 2017, Nibulon shipyard in cooperation with the EIB will complete the building of a series of non-self-propelled B2000 ships, launch a new Mykolayevets dredger.
“Due to this operation with the EIB, 100% load of the factory is scheduled for two years in advance,” the report reads.
Nibulon was created in 1991. It is one of the largest operators in the grain market of the country. It has elevators with a total capacity of about 2 million tonnes, as well as its own transshipment terminal of 5 million tonnes in Mykolaiv.
