CHERNOMORTEKHFLOT WAS FOUNDED IN 1933 AS DREDGING COMPANY FOR DREDGING AND RECLAMATION WORKS IN BLACK SEA AND AZOV SEA PORTS, APPROACH CHANNELS AND ADJACENT INLAND WATERWAYS.

DURING THE FIRST DECADE OF ITS EXISTENCE CHERNOMORTEKHFLOT PARTICI-PATED IN CONSTRUCTION OF DNIESTR, OCHAKOV AND INGULETS IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; DREDGED THE FOUNDATION PIT FOR DNIEPR HYDRO POWER STATION; THE NAVIGABLE CANALS FROM OCHAKOV TO NIKOLAEV AND IN THE MOUTH OF THE DANUBE RIVER.

THE SECOND DECADE WAS THE TIME OF HARD WORK CONNECTED WITH REHA-BILITATION OF THE SEA PORTS DAMAGED DURIG THE WAR, RECONSTRUCTION AND EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING PORTS; DREDGING WATER AREAS OF NEW PORT ILYICHEVSK AND NEW FISHERY PORTS IN SEVASTOPOL AND KERCH, DRY DOCK PITS IN NIKOLAEV AND KERCH, FOUNDATION PITS OF TWO HYDRO POWER STATIONS ON DNIEPER AND TWO HYDRO POWER STATIONS ON VOLGA DURING THIS PERIOD THE VOLGOBALT WATERWAY WAS COMPLETED. THE DREDGING WORKS WERE COMPLETED IN VIETNAM (NAVIGABLE CANAL) AND IN YEMEN (THE PORT OF HODEIDAH AND APPROACH CHANNEL) LATER THE COAST PROTECTION AND BEACH RESTORATION PROJECTS IN ODESSA AREA AND CAUCASUS HEALTH RESORTS AREAS WERE EXECUTED SUCCESSFULLY AND WAS THERE NO CLAIM DURING THE PASSED TWENTY YEARS. FROM 1975 TILL 1985 CHERNOMORTEKHFLOT WAS ENGAGED IN TRENCH DREDGING ACROSS DANUBE, VOLGA AND DNIEPR FOR GAS PIPELINES. IN THIS PERIOD FERRY TERMINAL IN ILYICHEVSK FOR THE FERRY LINE ILYICHEVSK-VARNA WAS BUILT WITH PARTICIPATION OF CHERNOMORTEKHFLOT. FROM 1978 TILL 1984 WE DREDGED THE APPROACH CHANNEL AND WATER AREA OF THE NEW SHIPYARD FOR DEEPSEA DRILLING INSTALLATION NEAR BAKU IN AZERBAIJAN.

THE DREDGING, RECLAMATION AND PILE-DRIVING WORKS IN THE NEW PORT OF YUZHNY STARTED IN 1975 AND ARE NOT COMPLETED YET. IN RECENT TEN YEARS OUR COMPANY PERFORMED DREDGING AND RECLAMATION WORKS IN UKRAINE (SKADOVSK, MARIUPOL, ODESSA, ILYICHEVSK, YUZHNY), RUSSIA (NOVOROSSIYSK, TUAPSE), TURKEY (MERSIN, TUZLA-ISTANBUL, MARMARA- EREGLI), BULGARIA (BURGAS), ARGENTINA (LA PLATA, BUENOS-AIRES) GEORGIA (POTI, SUPSA).