The History of Novorossiysk shipyard started when on 26th January 1918 Common Commissar Council's Decree about nationalization of Merchant Fleet (including all ship repair and shipping companies) was published. On 5th May of 1918 locomotive depot premises located at the foot of the eastern pier and owned by Vladicaucasian railways were passed to the port. Today the shipyard has a reputation to be a highly structured industry which has over 15 workshops equipped with up-to-date equipment, engineering capabilities, two floating docks of 30,000 and 60,000 tones lifting capacity, gantry cranes and cargo handling facilities, repair berths, railways. The repair areas covers over 23 hectares. Apart from ship repair activity the shipyard offers cargo transshipment services. The yard started to offer these services to cargo owners in November 2004 and the facilities of Transshipping Complex in the yard have been continuously improved and can now handle over 2,5 million tons of cargo per year.more

Chernomorsk Shiprepair Yard was established in 1951 in convenient harbour of Sukhoi Estuary ( the northwestern Black Sea). It has favorable location: close to Ilyichevsk Sea port, 15 km from International airport and about 20 km from Odessa. Besides, ships calling at Ilyichevsk in winter have the additional benefit of mild climatic conditions here. Since the foundation of Shiprepair Yard, it has carried out repair works of all vessels types, using the latest technology. In 2006, the company changed ownership from public to private. These changes, along with increased activity of Shiprepair Yard in the world ship repair market led to a comprehensive modernization of the production capacity of the Yard. Today Shiprepair Yard is the largest Ukrainian shiprepair who provides first class facilities for any kind of ship repair and conversion. Nowadays the company is capable to repair all types of ships up to Panamax size including technically advanced types of vessels such as car carriers, ro-ro, ferries, Panamax product tankers, multipurpose vessels and container carriers. Today staff of Iliyichevsk Shiprepair Yard accounts 500 specialists skilled in naval architecture, mach inery repair, piping, electronics, etc. Technical and engineering depatments provide support of repair process at all stages of repair. The yard's capabilities are enhanced by a large local network of sub contractors qualified in a variety of specialities.more