OREANDA-NEWS. January 18, 2010. One more, now the third, supply boat ordered by Kleven Prosjekt III of Norway left on January 15 off the stocks of Kherson Shipyard (Kherson Shipyard, Ukraine), the shipbuilder press service said. The vessel is built according to VS 491 CD draft, developed by VIK-SANDVIK (Norway) and to perform operations with anchors, towing and supply of drilling platforms.  The boat named Siem Opal is 91 m length, width - 22 m, depth – 9.6 m. The Ukraine’s shipyard has nearly completed the fourth supply boats. The first one was handed over to Norway company in March 2009.

The press service also said the production and service amounted the shipyard’s revenues in 2009 to 416.6 million hryvna (about USD 52 million), a 19.6% increase over 2008.

Kherson Shipyard JSC repairs and construct ships, tankers of up to 30 tons, in particular, the supply of ice-class ships, ore carriers, container ships, multi-purpose dry cargo vessels, drilling vessels with a drilling depth capacity up to 6.500 m. The factory founded back in 1951 is now a part of the "Smart-Holding” owned by Vadim Novinsky, a Russian buisnessmen.