Shipbuilding in Ukraine

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Shipbuilding in Ukraine was developed in the 1920-30-s; from 1928 till 1929 it was producing 14% of total engineering production and its weight increased in the USSR.

In the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic major shipbuilding companies were located in Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kherson, Kyiv; smaller companies were located in Sevastopol, Zhdanov, Kerch; outside the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic - in Tahanrih, Novorossiysk, Tuapse; river ship repair companies in Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Kiliya, Pinsk and others.

Also, by 1914 it was built the first world underwater barrage "Crab" and the first one in the Russian Empire turbine destroyers.

Kuznya na Rybalskomu Plant was founded in 1862, as an engineering enterprise, but in 1913 was turned into a shipyard.

Kuznya na Rybalskomu produces river vessels, sea fishing trawlers and others.

[2] Nowadays different types of vessels are building in Ukraine including dry cargo, bulk tankers, whaling base, freezing fishing trawlers, receiving and transport, reefer timber, for seismic search, passenger hydrofoils, etc.

In the first part of 2002 shipbuilding companies of Ukraine produced products worth ₴270 million.

A number of companies continue the construction of vessels previously entered into unprofitable contracts.

Plants are experiencing enormous difficulties in obtaining loans for modernization, lack of working capital, with loading capacities.