OREANDA-NEWS. Myklebust Prosjekt AS (Norway) has taken delivery of service vessel ASSO VENTINOVE from Kherson Shipyard OJSC (Ukraine). It is the head vessel of the series.

The characteristics of m/v ASSO VENTINOVE are as follows: the vessel is designed to render services to Offshore Drilling Platforms; she can provide with all necessary components for the drilling process as well as handle anchor operations. The length – 70 m, the width – 17 m, the depth – 7.5 m. According to Vasili Fedin, Director General of Kherson Shipyard, the order had been valued at $5 million.

According to Mr. Fedin, Kherson Shipyard cooperates with Norwegian, Spanish, Dutch and Russian companies. Theyard is fully booked for 2008. As for 2009, it is booked for 80%, 2010 – for 50%-60%. The yard is currently working with 15-16 shipbuilding orders and 18-20 shiprepair orders. The fourth hull of reefer series, under construction now also for Norway, is on the building berth position. She has a 99.9 % of completeness. The company’s production output for 9 months of a.c. made UAH 163.7 million, which is 20 % higher in comparison with similar period of the last year. The production workers’ average salary in September is UAH 2521.