Shipyard "Yantar" OJSC has signed a contract with RF Ministry of Defense for construction of two scientific research vessels for RF Navy, press center of Kaliningrad Region’s Government reports. The contract is valued at RUR 7 bln. The delivery of the first vessel of project 11982 is scheduled for June 2011; the second vessel of project 22010 – for May 2013.
Shipyard "Yantar" was established on the base of the Konigsberg branch of Schichau Werft in 1945. Today "Yantar" is a modern and dynamically developing enterprise having wide experience in building and repair of vessels and ships of different classes and purposes. The shipyard has developed wide range of production directions: Commercial Shipbuilding, Naval Shipbuilding, Metal Structures Manufacturing, Shiprepair and Conversion, Shipbuilding from Aluminium Alloys, Mechanical Engineering Production. "Yantar" is the only Russian shipyard, which is situated in the South-East part of the Baltic region in the nearness of the largest industrial centers of Europe.