Photo: Meyer Werft
uled to set sail on its maiden voyage on
April 7, 2012.
In August 2009, Russian investor Vitaly Yusufov bought the Rostock and Wis-
ship “Nordic AT 19” is set to be delivered
at the end of September 2011.
mar facilities, renaming them as Nordic
In November 2010, Nordic Yards al-
RUSSIANS TO THE RESCUE
Yards. In February 2010, Russian mining
so announced a smaller contract with the
The eastern German shipyards in Rostock-
company Norilsk Nickel put in a life-sav-
Hammonia shipping company on the de-
Warnemuende and Wismar have struggled
ing order for a special tanker to be con-
livery of a container ship. The ship, which
in recent years, but better days may be in
structed at Wismar.
has already been constructed in parts, will
the cards for this pair as well. The shipyards
Vitaly Yusufov has commented that
had to file for insolvency in June 2009,
even though they were among the strong-
ny’s strategic focus as the construction of
est yards in the country before the finan-
Arctic ships becomes more important. The
be completed in Warnemünde.
the project signifies a shift in the compa-
cial crisis set in.
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