Kherson Shipyard

The Kherson Shipyard (Ukrainian: Херсонський суднобудівний завод (ХСЗ)) is a located in Kherson, Ukraine at the mouth of the Dnieper River. The shipyard specializes in building merchant ships to include dry cargo ships, tankers, ice-breakers, container-ships, drilling vessels, and floating dry docks. In 1983, the shipyard delivered the impressive Alexei Kosygin class (named after Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin) of Arctic barge carriers (40,900  tons deadweight (DWT)).

The city of Kherson was founded in 1778 on a fortress place, which protected the lands of Russian Empire from Turkish raids. Kherson’s proximity to the Black Sea initiated shipbuilding and people settlement in the estuary of the Dnieper river.

In 1953 first Soviet tanker ships Kherson and Grozny completed in this shipyard.

The shipyard consists of two main production areas:

The hull assembling and metal processing facilities performs pre-processing of rolled metal to include straightening, shot-blasting, priming, cutting, and bending. Specific capabilities include:

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