Eduard Yefimov entered the office of Director General of Baltic Shipbuilding Plant “Yantar” (Kaliningrad, USC) on February 16, 2016. The decision was made by the Board of Directors in early February, the shipyard’s press center says.
The position of “Yantar” acting head was previously held by Igor Ponomarev, Vise-President of United Shipbuilding Corporation responsible for construction of warships. The period of anti-crisis management is thus over at the Baltic shipyard of the USC.
In 1989, Eduard Yefimov graduated from Sevmashvtuz branch of Saint-Petersburg State Maritime Technical University with specialization in ship propulsion plants. For more than 30 years he worked at the shipyards of the White Sea area (Zvezdochka and Sevmash). From June 2015 – held the position of First Deputy Director General of BSP “Yantar”.
Igor Ponomarev has been reelected the Chairman of “Yantar” BoD held by him before taking the position of acting Director General of “Yantar”.
Kaliningrad-based Baltic Shipbuilding Plant “Yantar” (Yantar Shipyard) was founded on July 8,1945 on the basis of a Koenigsberg unit of German’s Schichau Werft. Yantar Shipyard specializes in building and repair of warships and civil boats. Throughout the years the Shipyard has built 160 warships and more than 500 merchant vessels. The Russian Government holds majority stake in the shipbuilding firm through Western Center of Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation.