Zaliv Shipyard’s 50-mln-euro portfolio of contracts includes several ships to be built until 2011, Ukrrudprom reports quoting Nikolai Kuzmenko, the chairman of the ZS JSC’s supervisory board as saying at a press conference yesterday.
The shipbuilding industry hit by the global financial crisis had in 2009 orders shortages, the official said, but in the past three months Zaliv Shipyard (Kerch, Cremea) has been considering the possibility of 20 new shipbuilding projects. Some of them, he explained, for a series of several ships.
There are some 5-6 projects in the portfolio of orders, Mr. Kuzmenko said, for complete vessels. The first ship, ordered by a foreign customer, with advanced European equipment is to be build at Zaliv dockyards by late 2010.
Mr. Kuzmenko highlighted the company had been building ships ordered for oil and gas industry, "not more than 50% of all contracts". He added the Zaliv Shipyard would be willing to construct oil platforms, reminding Kazantipskaya oil platform that was built by Zaliv.
The official was optimistic about the prospects of shipbuilding industry development in Ukraine. Given the recent major orders outflow to Asian shipbuilders from Europe, Ukraine in the next 15 years could take on a market niche of Romania, Croatia, Poland shipbuilders.
Shipbuilding plant "Zaliv" JSC is one of the leading shipbuilders in Eastern Europe. The company specializes in the construction of tankers, chemicals and container carriers, drilling platforms for oil and gas industry. Since 1992 the company has been building ships for export. In 2006 the plant was integrated into AvtoKrAZ Holding. According to the company’s statistics, it ended up last year with a net profit of 33.4 million hryvnia against a net loss 87.7 million hryvnia the company had in 2008. Net income was 280.5 million hryvnia, up 16.67% over 2008. The volume of production grew by 37%, up to 451 million hryvnia, Ukrrudprom reported
The shipbuilding industry hit by the global financial crisis had in 2009 orders shortages, the official said, but in the past three months Zaliv Shipyard (Kerch, Cremea) has been considering the possibility of 20 new shipbuilding projects. Some of them, he explained, for a series of several ships.
There are some 5-6 projects in the portfolio of orders, Mr. Kuzmenko said, for complete vessels. The first ship, ordered by a foreign customer, with advanced European equipment is to be build at Zaliv dockyards by late 2010.
Mr. Kuzmenko highlighted the company had been building ships ordered for oil and gas industry, "not more than 50% of all contracts". He added the Zaliv Shipyard would be willing to construct oil platforms, reminding Kazantipskaya oil platform that was built by Zaliv.
The official was optimistic about the prospects of shipbuilding industry development in Ukraine. Given the recent major orders outflow to Asian shipbuilders from Europe, Ukraine in the next 15 years could take on a market niche of Romania, Croatia, Poland shipbuilders.
Shipbuilding plant "Zaliv" JSC is one of the leading shipbuilders in Eastern Europe. The company specializes in the construction of tankers, chemicals and container carriers, drilling platforms for oil and gas industry. Since 1992 the company has been building ships for export. In 2006 the plant was integrated into AvtoKrAZ Holding. According to the company’s statistics, it ended up last year with a net profit of 33.4 million hryvnia against a net loss 87.7 million hryvnia the company had in 2008. Net income was 280.5 million hryvnia, up 16.67% over 2008. The volume of production grew by 37%, up to 451 million hryvnia, Ukrrudprom reported