Nikolayev yards struggling to adapt to modern conditions

摘要

A presidential decree of October 20, 1998 approved the initiative of the Nikolayev Regional State Administration (NRSA) to create a special economic zone on the territory of the three large shipyards situated there - Chernomorsky, 61 Kommunars, and Okean -and ordered the cabinet of ministers to set it up. The harrowing difficulties of these shrinking yards - dominant employers in the area -depressed the whole region, and the decree was a sop to NRSA, aiming to give the impression that something was being done towards solving two huge problems: reducing shipbuilding costs and securing funding.