In particular, the company’s shipbuilders are completing the production of sections of the after half-hull and the assembly of them. Soon they will start to form new fore half-hulls of both the first and second vessels.
The shipbuilding progress over the past weeks is the following:
– the production and assembly (into the after half-hull of the first vessel) of bottom subsections of the units No.2-6, sides of the unit No.2 and a transverse hold bulkhead (subsection of the unit No.6);
– the completion of production of bottom subsections of the units No.10, 11 (parallel body of the fore half-hull of the second vessel) and subsections of the unit No.12 (half-hull forebody of the second vessel).
At the same time Pallada state plant (Kherson) is completing to cut metal-roll for the three non-self-propelled vessels. At present the state plant has produced and delivered to Mykolayiv more than 95% of the total amount of parts.
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According to the shipbuilding plans, NIBULON’s three non-self-propelled vessels of the new project, designed for operation along shallow rivers (in particular, the Southern Bug), will join NIBULON’s shipping company in July. They will be officially put into operation.
In general, the company plans to construct at its own shipyard 12 non-self-propelled vessels (NBL-91 project) with the total deadweight of 9 thousand tons, 12 shallow-draught tugs (121 project) of 14.4 thousand h.p. and 35 self-propelled “Volgo-Don Max” vessels with the total deadweight of about 200 thousand tons.