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COMPETITIVE YUGOSLAV SHIPYARDS

AMONG THE WORLD'S LEADERS

Europe's Leading Builder Receives Steady Influx Of Export Orders

The Baltic cruise car/passenger ferry Amoreila (left), built by Brodosplit of Split, and the containership Sarajevo Express, built by Uljanik Shipbuilding of Pula, are just two examples of the highly sophisticated ships being delivered by Yugoslav shipyards.

World shipbuilding is undergoing a period of positive transition. Pros- pects in the world shipbuilding market appear to be brightening after several years of downturn.

Throughout all of this period, how- ever, competitive Yugoslav yards have maintained a steady influx of export orders. The Yugoslav ship- building industry has maintained its third place position in the world market, behind Japan and South

Korea, for three consecutive years.

Although some tendencies were already apparent in 1985, when

Yugoslavia ranked third with an or- der intake of about 0.5 million dead- weight tons and eighth on the world total orderbook list with 3 percent of the world total, 1986 proved to be the year that put Yugoslavia "over the top." During that year, Yugo- slavia secured its relatively stable position in the top three world ship- builders by taking orders for about 1.25 million dwt, slightly less than first-place Japan.

According to Lloyd's Register of

Shipping, as of December 31, 1988, the orderbooks of Yugoslav ship- yards comprised 57 ships, totaling 1,420,044 gt (2,242,900 dwt), or about 5.7 percent of the world or- derbook.

In 1988 five major Yugoslav ship- yards delivered 22 ships (including one floating dock), totaling 251,043 gt (350,406 dwt) which represented 2.3 percent of total shipbuilding production in the world. More than 90 percent of overall production in the last 30 years has been for export, according to Jadranbrod, Yugoslav- ia's Association of Shipbuilding.

At the recent Cruise + Ferry 89

Exhibition and Conference in Lon- don, Dusko Kosanovic, sales and design director, Brodosplit, gave an insightful look at how his shipyard has achieved success.

Ship Construction At Top Yugoslav Yards

Orderbook as of October 1988

Yard Hull No/Vessel Owner Delivery

Uljanik 384 40,000 Dwt Product carrier OSCO Product Services, Liberia 1988

Shipbuilding, 381 10,600 Dwt Reefer Atlantic Ocean Steamship, Liberia 1989

Pula 382 10,600 Dwt Reefer Atlantic Ocean Steamship, Liberia 1989 375 16,200 Dwt Product carrier Sudoimport, USSR 1989 385 40,000 Dwt Product carrier OSCO Product Steamship, Liberia 1989 376 16,200 Dwt Product carrier Sudoimport, USSR 1989 383 10,600 Dwt Reefer Atlantic Ocean Steamship, Liberia 1989 386 23,200 Dwt Container Cross Seas Shipping Corp., Panama 1989 387 40,000 Dwt Product carrier Vroon Ship Management B.V., Holland 1990 388 40,000 Dwt Product carrier OSCO-Stripe A/S, Norway 1990 389 9,600 Dwt Reefer RO-RO Pluto Shipping Corp., Liberia 1990 390 9,600 Dwt Reefer RO-RO Pluto Shipping Corp., Liberia 1990 391 40,000 Dwt Product carrier Vroon Ship Management B.V., Holland 1990 392 31,750 Dwt Crude/Product Probo PTY., Australia 1990 393 15,000 Dwt Chemical carrier K/S, A/S Stentroms, Norway 1990 3. Maj 638 60,000 Dwt Ore/Bulk/Oil Ecoban Steamship Co., Liberia 1988

Shipbuilding, 640 110,000 Dwt Crude carrier VSSI Carriers Inc., Liberia 1988/89

Rijeka 648 16,200 Dwt Product carrier Sudoimport, USSR 1989 651 60,000 Dwt Ore/Bulk/Oil Garden Gate Shippng, Liberia 1989 617 1,200 Ton LC Crane Sudoimport, USSR 1989 633 39,500 Dwt Bulk carrier Czechoslavak Ocean Shipping 1989 635 39,500 Dwt Bulk carrier Czechoslavak Ocean Shipping 1989 641 110,000 Dwt Crude carrier VSST Carriers Inc., Liberia 1990 652 83,700 Dwt Chemical carrier Stockholms Rederi Ab SVEA, Sweden 1990 654 110,000 Dwt Crude carrier VSST Ocean Inc., Liberia 1990

Brodo Split, 355 16,200 Dwt Product carrier Sudoimport, USSR 1988

Split 359 140,000 Dwt Crude carrier Park Transport Co., Liberia 1989 357 2,800 Dwt Car Passenger SF Line, Finland 1989 363 9,500 Dwt Reefer Freshwater Marine Inc., Panama 1989 360 140,000 Dwt Crude carrier Park Shipping Co., Liberia 1989 358 48,000 Dwt Bulk carrier Larkspur Shipping Co., Liberia 1989 364 9,500 Dwt Reefer Crawfish Marine S.A., Panama 1989 361 140,000 Dwt Crude carrier Park Transport Co., Liberia 1990 362 140,000 Dwt Crude carrier Park Shipping Co., Liberia 1990

J.L. Mosor 197 180 Dwt Tug boat Brodospas, Yugoslavia 1989

Shipbuilding, 198 180 Dwt Tug boat Brodospas, Yugoslavia 1989

Trogir 195 35,600 Dwt Floating dock Sudoimport, USSR 1989 196 40,500 Dwt Chemical carrier Trans Tanker, Liberia 1989 199 40,500 Dwt Chemical carrier Lattitude International, Liberia 1990 200 40,500 Dwt Chemical carrier Lira Shipping Corp., Liberia 1990 201 40,500 Dwt Chemical carrier Lira Shipping Corp., Liberia 1991 202 40,500 Dwt Chemical carrier Lira Shipping Corp., Liberia 1992

Titovo 475 124 Dwt Tug boat Luka Rijeka, Yugoslavia 1988

Shipbuilders, 480 480 Dwt Ferry Jadrolinija, Yugoslavia 1989

Kraljevica 483 2,400 Dwt Pallet carrier Simonsen & Slang A/S, Norway 1989 485 2,400 Dwt Pallet carrier Simonsen & Slang A/S, Norway 1990

Source: Jadranbrod 28 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News