Smart Maritime Group (SMG) has signed a contract to build two outfitted hulls of chemical tankers for the Dutch VEKA Shipbuilding WT B.V.
The vessels are intended for transportation of petrochemicals and chemical cargoes along the inland waterways of Europe.
According to the contract, SMG will manufacture the hulls, will install the general pipeline systems of the vessels, will mount the deck-based outfitting and will also paint the hulls.
The duration of the construction will be 11.5 months per one hull.
The value of the contract will amount to over UAH 145 million.
"This is the first large external shipbuilding contract that entered the Ukrainian shipyards in the last five years. Taking into account an unstable economic situation in the country, the ongoing military conflict, this event in itself is extraordinary one and, we hope, it will be a positive signal for the entire market. We have been cooperating with VEKA for quite a long time. Our main advantage in this cooperation is not only a competitive price, but a consistently high quality confirmed by the leading international classification societies (marine registries)," said Vasiliy Fedin, CEO of SMG.
The history of successful partnership relations between SMG and VEKA Group is now more than 10 years. Over this time SMG built 8 hulls for VEKA’s chemical tankers. Overall, 12 vessels of the same class were built for the Dutch market.
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE SHIP
The overall length of the vessel is 110 meters, its width is 13.5 meters, the height of the hull is 6.59 meters, the weight of the hull is 1,200 tons, and the cargo-carrying capacity is 5,320 tons.
Smart Maritime Group (SMG) is Ukraine's largest shipbuilding holding company combining two shipyards: Nikolaev and Kherson.
VEKA Shipbuilding B.V. is part of VEKA Group Shipbuilding Company headquartered in Werkendam (the Netherlands). The group was founded in 1988. The company specializes in the construction and maintenance of inland navigation vessels. The company's reference list includes double-hulled chemical tankers and bunker tankers, LPG tankers, container ships, passenger ships and other types of vessels. VEKA operates four shipyards in the Netherlands: in Lemmer, Heusden, Rotterdam and Werkendam, as well as shipyards in Eastern Europe and, in part, in Asia.