The launching ceremony was attended by Russian Govt’s top officials, the industry ministers, Valery Shantsev, the regional Governor, UCL Holding’s owner Vladimir Lisin, the USC’s President & CEO Roman Trotsenko.
Universal Cargo Logistics Holding (UCL Holding) an International Transport Group that manages a number of major transportation assets. The Group incorporates ports in Russia’s North-West and South, Volga and North-Western Shipping companies, Oka Shipyard, as well as several other shipbuilding, shipping and logistics assets. The Holding’s shipyards are capable to build 7,000dwt vessels, including sea-going and river-going vessels as well as universal ships.
The UCL Holding’s full-scale development program is aimed at an upgrade of facilities of shipbuilding and shipping companies. The program implementation is expected to boost by 2015 the annual production capacity of the Group’s shipyards to 8-10 vessels and significantly renovate the shipping company’s freight carriers.
Shipbuilding company Oka (Okskaya) Shipyard, founded in 1907, is located on the Oka River in Navashino of Nizhny Novgorod Region. The shipyard is a major manufacturer and supplier of river and sea-going vessels of various types and purposes. The enterprise production facilities allow construction of ships, which meet all international requirements.