Varna shipyard

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Varna Shipyard

Type	Open joint-stock company
Industry	Shipbuilding
Founded	1907

The Varna Shipyard (Bulgarian: Варненска корабостроителница) is one of the oldest shipyards in Bulgaria. It is located in Varna in the south-eastern part of the town. It is one of three active shipyards in Bulgaria.

Reconstruction of Varna shipyard

History[]

The shipyard was founded in 1907. Originally, the owner built boats and motor boats from six to nine meters in length. In 1937, the passenger ship Galata was built there. After 1945, it was renamed to Georgi Dimitrov Shipbuilding Plant. The 100,000-ton tanker Khan-Asparukh was manufactured there in 1977. It was later renamed to Bulyard Shipbuilding.^[1]

Facilities[]

• Large dock 237mx40mx7m with two thin tall (yellowish sunset gold) Ardelt Krupp (DE, Eberswald ? EKW ) gantry cranes (300 550 ? ton lift each)
• Small Dock Camera 187mx28mx6m
• Corps-forming workshop
• Sole-welding workshop^[2]

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