Croatia: Brodosplit Economic Recovery to Be ‘Slow and Bumpy’

Croatian-based Brodosplit shipyard has won two contracts for the construction of five three-mast schooners and one luxury passenger yacht. The three-mast schooners are designed to carry 36 passengers for cruise in service area 2, as per class requirements for passenger vessel.

Ships length will be 60 meters, breadth of 10 meters and depth to main deck of 5, 35 meters, the ships will be able to develop speed of 11 knots. The first cruise vessel is scheduled to be delivered in 2015, when will be ready for tourist season.

Additionally, Brodosplit Shipyard signed a contract for the construction of a luxury passenger yacht, also for the domestic shipping company Brodosplit-Plovidba Ltd., based in Split.

The 60 meters ship will be able to accommodate 12 passengers in her six equipped cabins and other public spaces on four decks, with 10 crew members. The luxurious cruise vessel is scheduled to be delivered in 2014.

”This orders represents further step forward for DIV Group in the field of economic recovery of Brodosplit, Dalmatia county and Croatia. By building these ships we continue our successful work of building high class passenger vessels on the demanding world market’‘, says Tomislav Debeljak, CEO of Brodosplit Shipyard.

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Press Release, May 20, 2013