NIBULON shipbuilding and repair yard to launch two vessels in September
At the same time with modernization of the facilities of NIBULON shipbuilding and repair yard, which will increase the efficiency of its operation and production volume, NIBULON successfully implements its shipbuilding program.
NIBULON says its shipbuilders complete constructing the last (eighth) non-self-propelled B2000 project vessel and a high-capacity self-propelled СДС-15 project dredger which has no analogues in Ukraine. They also have started to build non-self-propelled B5000 project vessels and a non-self-propelled П-38 project grain loader.
The eighth non-self-propelled B2000 project vessel
Currently, the specialists are installing electric items, system of air pipes, and deck equipment. They finish producing hatch covers. Outer plating is almost completely painted. There is active preparation to launch the vessel and perform mooring trials at the beginning of September. So, it is scheduled to launch the vessel on September 8. It will have been put into operation by the end of the month.
The high-capacity self-propelled СДС-15 project dredger
The strength hull and the superstructure are formed. Their cleaning and priming are next in turn. The cooler box, bottom and side accessories have been assembled. The specialists are installing foundation of main and technological equipment, assembling the propulsion unit, producing and installing welded outfitting, installing cable paths, mounting the inclined and vertical ladders, manholes, fender bar, placing watermarks and name of the vessel. In addition, insulation works are being carried out; the specialists are preparing ballast tanks to test for tightness, to clean and paint them. The dredger that can crash rocks without explosions at the depth of 4 m and dredge at the depth up to 15 m will be launched in the second half of September.
The first non-self-propelled B5000 project vessel
More than 35 % of metal for hull has been cut. The procurement campaign is being carried out; the designer is developing design documentation. In total, NIBULON shipbuilding and repair yard will launch 24 vessels of this project during 2017-2022.
The non-self-propelled П-38 grain loader
More than 25 % of metal for hull has been cut. The procurement campaign is also being carried out; the designer is developing design documentation.
Due to modernization of its shipyard and cooperation with the European Investment Bank, NIBULON will have the opportunity to build up to 15 units of its cargo fleet per year and increase it to 100 units in the coming years.
"It should be noted that while implementing the investment program, the company not only revives the Dnipro River and other rivers as transport waterways of Ukraine but also minimizes the traffic of cargo transport transporting grain to regional centers: Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Cherkasy, Kyiv, and next year to Dnipro. NIBULON’s shipping company has transported about 820 thousand tons of agricultural products along the Dnipro River and the Southern Buh River this year; to transport this volume we would need more than 34 thousand trucks. Moreover, river transport enables one not only optimize logistics but also significantly reduce the cost of cargo transportation", says the statement.
