Work at the Kherson and Mykolayiv shipyards doubled last year, to $22 million

Work at the Kherson and Mykolayiv shipyards doubled last year, to $22 million, reports Smart Maritime Group, owner of the yards. For a Dutch company, VEKA Shipbuilding WT BV, the yards are building hulls for two chemical tankers, the Nevada and the Nebraska. In addition to repairing 76 ships, the yards repaired an 80-ton crane, and manufactured 2,000 tons of steel structures for Southern Mining and Beneficiation Plant, or YuGOK.