OREANDA-NEWS. NIBULON that continues construction of its own fleet at its own shipbuilding and repair yard "NIBULON" can be rightfully called a pioneer of agrarian shipbuilding in Ukraine.

Taking into consideration current problem of inefficient operation of shipbuilding companies in the country and in view of continuation of NIBULON's investment program implementation to revive the Dnipro and the Southern BugRiver as transport waterways of Ukraine, NIBULON had to purchase a property complex of Mykolayiv shipbuilding yard. At present reconstruction of the existing facilities is being performed at the shipbuilding and repair yard "NIBULON", where the company's cargo fleet is being built. Its goal is to ensure repair, maintenance of the company's fleet and also construction of a technical line to build vessels with the displacement of up to 5 thousand tons for further logistics development of the company.

The first orders of the shipyard are the tugs NIBULON-5 and NIBULON-6 of POSS-115 project constructed by more than 250 workers hired from other shipbuilding companies of Mykolayiv city. The shipyard operates in two shifts and without weekends. Production program with 100% workload for future five years has been developed and has successfully been implemented at the shipyard. The company plans to build at its own shipyard 12 shallow-draught tugs of 12 thousand h.p. (121 project), 12 non-self-propelled vessels with the total deadweight of 48 thousand tons (NBL-91 project) and 35 self-propelled vessels of "Volgo Don Max" type with the total deadweight of 175 thousand tons.

Besides shipbuilding for own needs, the shipyard also offers ship repair services. Thus, in September 2014 there were performed repair works on Zapravshik-10 vessel built in 1991 with the deadweight of 129 tons belonged to VIK OIL Ltd.

Ship repair included works on a slip:

- hull part: defectoscopy of hull with measuring its plating thickness; dismantling, rubbing and mounting of Kingston valves; cleaning of hull (sandblast); 2 layer painting; repair of fender bar and deck pillar; metal replacement on hull outer plating;

- mechanical part: dismantling, inspection and assembly of propeller shaft, its centering; pressing-out and press-fitting of after and bow bush of deadwood; dismantling and assembly, inspection of stock; inspection of main starting bottles of compressed air with fittings, reducing valves, their inspection and hydraulic test.

On completion of all works, they were submitted for approval to the Shipping Register of Ukraine, and then the vessel was launched and delivered to the customer.