Odessos Shiprepair Yard

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Odessos Shiprepair Yard S.A.
Type Public company [1]
Industry Shipyard
Founded Varna, Bulgaria
(1955 (1955))
Headquarters
Varna, Bulgaria
,
Bulgaria
Area served
Worldwide
Number of employees
700
Divisions Shiprepair, Conversion
Website www.odessos-yard.bg

Odessos Shiprepair Yard is situated at the southern end of the city of Varna, Bulgaria, on the island between the old and new canals connecting the Black Sea and the Lake of Varna and is about one mile far from the mouth of Port Varna. Spread over an area of about 320,000 square meters, Odessos is the largest well-equipped yard in Bulgaria suitable for repair and drydocking of vessels up to 35,000 DWT and afloat repairs of vessels up to 150,000 DWT. Odessos Shiprepair Yard is the most busiest yard in the Black Sea. [2]

Contents

The total length of berths are 1 153,5 m with an average depth of 6,35 m. The depth of the port varies from 5,30 m to 9,80 m. Odessos Shiprepair Yard S.A. has 17 cranes. The graving dock is equipped with one 30 t crane, two 15 t cranes and one 10 t crane. Floating dock No. 2 is equipped with two 15 t cranes and floating dock No. 3 is equipped with two 20 t cranes. Also available is a 100 t floating crane.

History

It is assumed that the date of birth of Odessos Shiprepair Yard, Varna, Bulgaria, is the day of 1 September 1955 [3] when the Graving dock was commissioned at the Georgi Dimitrov shipbuilding and shiprepair yard. Some time after their foundation, the two main activities of the Georgi Dimitrov shipbuilding and shiprepair yard separated, so Odessos undertook the shiprepair services. [4]

The construction of the Graving dock was related at that time with the necessity for execution of emergency dock repairs of war ships in case of eventual military operations in the Black Sea basin during the Cold War. [4]

The first docked vessel was the Bulgarian M/V “Shipka”. This docking marked the commencement of service of the Graving dock.

Key figures 2015

Annual repairs by type of vessel:

Facilities

Total docked projects 1955-2015: 4 940

Certificates

Odessos Shiprepair Yard [9] SA is certified by Class Societies for the following activities:

Today

The yard has invested over 30 million US dollars [10] in improvement of infrastructure, buildings, purchase of machinery, equipment and stations, improvement of workplace and safety. Commissioning of the Floating dock No. 3 with lifting capacity of 20 000 tons.

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