Okean Shipyard

46°51′19″N 31°59′07″E / 46.8554°N 31.9853°E / 46.8554; 31.9853 The Okean Shipyard (Ukrainian: Завод «Океан») is the third major ship construction yard in Mykolaiv, Ukraine.[1] It features modern production facilities supplied by world-renowned companies, and has both medium and heavy tonnage production lines.[2] The shipyard has constructed a variety of vessels, including non-self propelled barges, sea rescue tugs, timber-carriers, fish-processing factories, bulk carriers, and research ships.[1][2]

The shipyard was established in the 1950s and has specialized in large merchant ships, including the oil/ore carriers of the Boris Butoma class (130,000 DWT).[1]

  1. ^ a b c Norman Polmar, Guide to the Soviet Navy, Fourth Edition (1986), United States Naval Institute, Annapolis Maryland, ISBN 0-87021-240-0
  2. ^ a b Bart Finzel and Jelena Kmezic, Privatization of Ukrainian Shipyards (2002), Catholic University of Brussels, 11th Conference of the International Association for the Economics of Participation (IAFEP)