OJSC Shipbuilding Yard “Zaliv” (Kerch, Crimea, Ukraine) is fully booked with orders till autumn 2008. According to the yard’s press center, the series of 15,000-dwt chemical tankers is under construction for Norwegian-based AKER, as well as a series of container carriers for DAMEN. The yard’s strategic task is a stage-by-stage transfer from construction of partially fitted hulls for West-European yards to fully-fitted vessels according to orders of ship owners.
A number of negotiations with West-European customers are in progress today.