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The next visit of Mr. Huig Spaargaren, a representative of the Dutch VEKA Shipbuilding WT B.V., to the shipyard of Smart Maritime Group left him with positive impression of Kherson shipbuilders' performance. “My task is to monitor the quality of the work performed. I am pleased with what I saw today,” he said in an interview.

Vasiliy Fedin decided to resign from the post of CEO of Smart Maritime Group LLC (SMG) and continue his career outside the company.

During the upgrade process, a cylindrical insert weighing 240 tons will be installed onto the vessel. Another 60 tons of metal will be used for the manufacture of 4 hatchway covers. Shipyard specialists have already completed cutting operations and parting of the bulk carrier.

CEO of SMG speaks about the status of the Ukrainian shipbuilding, HR-related and financial challenges of the industry, loading of the company's shipyards and about the plans for the year.

Smart Maritime Group (SMG) has laid down the third outfitted hull of the chemical tanker for the Dutch VEKA Shipbuilding WT B.V.

Nikolaev shipyard of Smart Maritime Group has launched an outfitted hull of EMMA chemical tanker (order # 10002) for Dutch VEKA Group.

Smart Maritime Group (SMG) is preparing the first outfitted hull of a chemical tanker for delivery to the customer, Dutch VEKA Shipbuilding WT B.V. The official launching of the vessel took place today at Kherson Shipyard of SMG.

Ukraiinski Novyny talked to Vasiliy Fedin, Director General of the largest domestic shipbuilding company, Smart Maritime Group, about the current state of the industry, the search for foreign customers in spite of the wartime, the problem of human resource outflow and difficult relations with law enforcement agencies.

Smart Maritime Group (SMG, Kherson), incorporating Kherson and Nikolaev shipyards, almost doubled its production output in 2018 – to UAH 610 million compared to the previous year (UAH 317 million).