News

On 21 February, Regal Petroleum PLC (UK) started spudding of the new, SV-59, well at Sviridovskoye gas and condensate field.

The vessel has been designed for the mixed (river-sea) and sea bulk transportation of crude oil and oil products (including gasoline, without any flash point restrictions), wine materials, edible oils and molasses. The project provides for simultaneous transportation of two varieties of the same cargo type.

Kherson Shipyard (KhSY) and Chernomorsky Shipbuilding Yard (ChSY) being part of Smart-Holding’s shipbuilding business reported profit at year-end 2012.

Yevpatoria Construction Materials Plant (YCMP) curtailed its 2012 commercial output by 6% or 31,000 tonnes vs. the plan, down to 527,000 tonnes. At the same time, the company’s investment into the core production activity rose by 17%.

On 16 February, Amstor national retail chain opened its eighth store of the ‘Supermarket of Taste’ format in Donetsk.

Zaporozhnerudprom (Zaporozhye City) continues consistent building up of its output and shipment capacities. In 2012, the company increased its output by 34% or 247,000 tonnes as compared to the same period in 2011 (up to 976,000 tonnes). The company’s sales rose by 43% or 301,000 tonnes, i.e. up to 1,008,000 tonnes in the same period.

In 2012, Balaklava Mine Group curtailed its actual marketable output by 5% or 143,000 tonnes, down to 2.82 million tonnes, against the plan. That said, the sales of products amounted to 2.74 million tonnes. Over the same period, the company moved more than 950,000 tonnes of rock in preparing the area for the Balaklava Green project.

The 24^th international field-and-track competition Samsung Pole Vault Stars will take place on Saturday, 9 February.

Kiev, 6 February – The Supervisory Board of Okean Shipyard (Nikolaev City) has appointed Vasiliy Fedin as the company’s President.

The Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the world’s fastest growing hotel companies, part of The Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, and Smart-Holding investment company have signed a hotel management agreement for Park Inn by Radisson Troyitska in Kiev (Ukraine).