Ukraine and France signed a contract for the construction of five ships in Mykolayiv
Ukraine and France have signed a contract for the construction of five ships for the needs of the State Border Guard Service, the production of which will be concentrated in Mykolayiv.
As Ukrinform reports, about it informs Communication Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
“On November 30, the French shipbuilding company OSEA and the Ukrainian company NIBULON signed a contract for the construction of five ships for the needs of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. Production will be concentrated in Nikolaev », – in the message.
In total, Ukrainian border guards will receive 20 such ships, 15 of which are being built in France. The transfer of the first trial will take place in Odessa. It is planned that it will be launched on December 9. In January 2022, the ship’s crew will undergo special retraining with French specialists.
The implementation of such a project became possible due to the signing in 2019 of a framework intergovernmental agreement between Ukraine and France. In total, it was lending to the French government and leading European banks, which are building French ships worth 136.5 million euros with the localization of production in Ukraine.
“In this project for Ukraine there was a question of localization and involvement in production of the Ukrainian companies. As a result of the agreement, we can not only create a powerful fleet for the SBGS, but also raise the potential of our companies at the European level. As a result for their French colleagues, they will discover Ukraine even more and will be confident in our reliability and business, ”said Serhiy Honcharov, a partner of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
The agreement was signed by representatives of two shipbuilding companies. On the Ukrainian side, Bohdan Muzyka, Deputy General Director for Economics of the NIBULON Limited Liability Company, and Gonzak Delanoy, CEO of Procurement, on the French side.
It is expected that all five ships will be released on the water from the Nikolaev plant by the end of 2023.
After representatives of the French company conducted a study of Ukrainian companies, they found that Ukraine produces one of the world’s best inflatable boats with a rigid hull – Brig. In the future, these boats will be equipped with 20 vessels for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. After working on the Ukrainian market, OSEA decided to basicly equip its vessels with Ukrainian inflatable boats. Preparation of the order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the French company already agrees signing of two big contracts for production of ships in a new complete set with the Ukrainian boats Brig.
According to Ukrinform, the American dry cargo carrier Osean Grant, which arrived on November 23 with the boats “Fastiv” and “Sumy” on board, which are intended for the Ukrainian Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, moored to 35 berths of the port of Odessa.