Brodosplit Shipyard Company, located in the Supaval bay, on the north side of the Split

Split (city)

Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...

 peninsula, is the Croatia's largest shipyard.

History

There has been shipbuilding

Shipbuilding

Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and floating vessels. It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to before recorded history.Shipbuilding and ship repairs, both...

 in what is now the outskirts of Split

Split (city)

Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...

 for a thousand years. The current company was founded in 1922, by the merger of shipyards in the area and has been in its current location since 1932. With significant development in the latter half of the 20th century, it has grown into one of Croatia's largest shipyards.

Brodosplit is a joint stock company, with the Government of Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

 as the majority holder. Today, it employs nearly 4000 people and has experience in designing and building a wide range of ships for an international market.

Ships built

Brodosplit can build and launch ships of 280 metre length and 166,000 DWT

Deadweight tonnage

Deadweight tonnage is a measure of how much weight a ship is carrying or can safely carry. It is the sum of the weights of cargo, fuel, fresh water, ballast water, provisions, passengers, and crew...

 in one piece. To date, they have delivered about 350 vessels, with a total deadweight of over 9 million tons, including many tankers, both panamax

Panamax

Panamax and New Panamax are popular terms for the size limits for ships traveling through the Panama Canal. Formally, the limits and requirements are published by the Panama Canal Authority titled "Vessel Requirements"...

 and non-panamax, as well as container ships, bulk carriers, dredgers, and passenger ships.
80% of the ships built are exported to foreign contractors from large number of countries, like England, France, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Poland, Germany, Switzerland, Greece, Russia, India, Liberia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela and the USA.

The "BSO - Brodogradilište Specijalnih Objekata" special division is responsible for the construction of numerous advanced vessels. These include warships - fregates, patrol boats, landing craft, submarines etc. for the Ex-Yugoslav Navy, as well as the current Croatian Navy. BSO also constructed off-shore platforms, luxury yachts, small cruise ships, catamarans, medium-size ferries like Jadran

MV Jadran

MF Jadran is a ro-ro vehicle and passenger ferry owned and operated by Jadrolinija, the Croatian state-owned ferry company. She was built in 2010 by the Brodosplit shipyard in Split, Croatia. As of June 2010 she serves on the Split—Stari Grad route....

 for Jadrolinija

Jadrolinija

Jadrolinija is a Croatian sea shipping company. It is a state-owned company and its main mission is connecting Croatian islands to the mainland by operating regular passenger and cargo transport services...

, as well as some specialized ships like the "Bios Dva" research vessel, launched in 2009.
From 1988. to 1994. Brodosplit has built four large, 34,384GT

Gross tonnage

Gross tonnage is a unitless index related to a ship's overall internal volume. Gross tonnage is different from gross register tonnage...

, ferries for different contractors, with Viking Line

Viking Line

Viking Line is a Finnish shipping company that operates a fleet of ferries and cruiseferries between Finland, the Åland Islands, Sweden and Estonia. Viking Line shares are quoted on the Helsinki Stock Exchange...

 being the biggest one. They were named Amorella, Isabella, Gabriella and the Crown of Scandinavia. These vessels collected numerous "ship of the year" awards.

A recent innovation is two tankers for Greek clients, a combination between tanker

Oil tanker

An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a merchant ship designed for the bulk transport of oil. There are two basic types of oil tankers: the crude tanker and the product tanker. Crude tankers move large quantities of unrefined crude oil from its point of extraction to refineries...

 and ro-ro ship. They can transport the oil products from the mainland to Greek islands, and transport the trucks to continue distribution across the islands.

Yard number 469 is a 189m long juice tanker, specialized for trasportation of 32,000,000 liters of fresh orange juice in 14 specially made, sterilized and refregerated tanks. These types of highly sofisticated tankers are made only in Croatia and Norway.

Yard number 468, due for delivery to a French client SNCM

SNCM

SNCM is a French ferry company operating in the Mediterranean.Its ferries sail from Marseille, Toulon, Nice on mainland France, Calvi, Bastia, Ajaccio, Ile Rousse, Propriano, and Porto Vecchio on Corsica, Porto Torres on Sardinia, Algiers, Oran, Skikda and Bejaia in Algeria as well as Tunis in...

 in 2011, is a 41,300GT

Gross tonnage

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, 180m long Ro-Pax vessel with 12 decks, for 750 passengers, with 2,500 lane meters for vehicles and a helipad on the top deck. With the selling price of over 150 million dolars, it's the most expensive ship ever built in Croatia.

Yard no	Name	Type	Year	DWT Deadweight tonnage Deadweight tonnage is a measure of how much weight a ship is carrying or can safely carry. It is the sum of the weights of cargo, fuel, fresh water, ballast water, provisions, passengers, and crew...
465	MV Stena Premium	Handymax Oil Tanker	2011	65,056
468	MS Piana	Car Passenger Ferry Ferry A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...	2011	11,300
469	MV Orange Star	Orange Juice Tanker	2011	35,750
464	MV Stena Penguin	Handymax Handymax Handymax and Supramax are naval architecture terms for a bulk carrier,in a series that is called Handysize class. Handysize class consists of Supramax , Handymax , and Handy Handymax and Supramax are naval architecture terms for a bulk carrier,in a series that is called Handysize class. Handysize...  Oil Tanker Oil tanker An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a merchant ship designed for the bulk transport of oil. There are two basic types of oil tankers: the crude tanker and the product tanker. Crude tankers move large quantities of unrefined crude oil from its point of extraction to refineries...	2010	64,843
467	MV Sveti Dujam	Handy Handysize Although there is no official definition in terms of exact tonnages, Handysize most usually refers to a dry bulk vessel with deadweight of about 15,000–35,000 tons...  Bulk Carrier Bulk carrier A bulk carrier, bulk freighter, or bulker is a merchant ship specially designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo, such as grains, coal, ore, and cement in its cargo holds. Since the first specialized bulk carrier was built in 1852, economic forces have fueled the development of these ships,...	2010	52,113
466	MV Peristil	Handy Bulk Carrier	2010	52,113
463	MV Stena Polaris	Handymax Oil Tanker	2010	64,917
459	MV Arctic Char	Panamax Panamax Panamax and New Panamax are popular terms for the size limits for ships traveling through the Panama Canal. Formally, the limits and requirements are published by the Panama Canal Authority titled "Vessel Requirements"...  Oil Tanker	2010	74,999
462	MV Stena Progres	Handymax Oil Tanker	2009	65,056
458	MV Arctic Flounder	Panamax Oil Tanker	2009	74,999
461	MV Olib	Aframax Aframax An ' ship is an oil tanker smaller than and with a breadth above 32.31 m. The term is based on the Average Freight Rate Assessment tanker rate system. class tankers are largely used in the basins of the Black Sea, the North Sea, the Caribbean Sea, the China Sea and the Mediterranean...  Oil Tanker	2009	108,433
457	MV Marinor	Panamax Oil Tanker	2008	74,999
460	MV Dugi Otok	Aframax Oil Tanker	2008	108,414
456	MV Marika	Panamax Oil Tanker	2008	74,999
451	MV Mariann	Panamax Oil Tanker	2008	74,999
450	MV Mari Ugland	Panamax Oil Tanker	2008	74,999
446	MV Stena Perros	Handymax Oil Tanker	2007	65,079
445	MV Stena President	Handymax Oil Tanker	2007	65,079
447	MV Donat	Suezmax Suezmax Suezmax is a naval architecture term for the largest ship measurements capable of transiting the Suez Canal, and is almost exclusively used in reference to tankers. Since the canal has no locks, the only serious limiting factors are draft , and height due to the Suez Canal Bridge...  Oil Tanker	2007	166,188
449	MV Maribel	Panamax Oil Tanker	2007	74,998
455	MV Palva	Panamax Oil Tanker	2007	74,940
454	MV Stena Poseidon	Panamax Oil Tanker	2006	74,927
448	MV Marilee	Panamax Oil Tanker	2006	74,898
453	MV Zefyros	Oil Tanker/Ro-Ro	2006	1,999
444	MV Stena Performance	Handymax Oil Tanker	2006	65,000
443	MV Stena Primorsk	Handymax Oil Tanker	2006	65,000
442	MV Stena Provence	Handymax Oil Tanker	2006	65,000
452	MV Apiliotis	Oil Tanker/Ro-Ro	2006	1,975
441	MV Stena Paris	Handymax Oil Tanker	2005	65,000
432	MV Elka Delos	Oil/Chemical Tanker Chemical tanker A chemical tanker is a type of tanker designed to transport chemicals in bulk.Ocean-going chemical tankers generally range from to in size, which is considerably smaller than the average size of other tanker types due to the specialised nature of their cargoes and the size restrictions of the...	2005	44,598
434	MV Hrvatska	Suezmax Oil Tanker	2005	166,447
438	MV Elka Apolon	Aframax Oil Tanker	2005	101,970
437	MV Elka Athina	Aframax Oil Tanker	2005	101,970
440	MV Guvernor Farkhutdinov	Aframax Oil Tanker	2004	108,078
433	MV Alan	Suezmax Oil Tanker	2005	166,739
436	MV Elka Vassiliki	Aframax Oil Tanker	2005	95,000
439	MV Sakhalin Island	Aframax Oil Tanker	2003	108,078
435	MV Elka Aristotle	Aframax Oil Tanker	2003	94,143
423	MV Equinox Seas	Handy Bulk Carrier	2003	51,000
428	MV Elka Glory	Oil/Chemical Tanker	2003	44,598
431	MV Stinice	Oil/Chemical Tanker	2003	45,467
427	MV Elka Herkules	Oil/Chemical Tanker	2002	44,481
430	MV Baluni	Oil/Chemical Tanker	2002	45,467
422	MV Equinox Voyager	Handy Bulk Carrier	2002	50,568
429	MV Bene	Oil/Chemical Tanker	2002	45,467
421	MV Equinox Dawn	Handy Bulk Carrier	2002	50,583
417	MV Elka Eleftheria	Oil/Chemical Tanker	2001	45,000
416	MV Elka Angelioue	Oil/Chemical Tanker	2001	44,787
415	MV Elka Nikolas	Oil/Chemical Tanker	2001	44,787
409	MV Mosor	Handy Bulk Carrier	2001	42,600
407	MV Nounou	Handy Oil Tanker	2000	44,990
406	MV Marinoula	Handy Oil Tanker	2000	44,990
404	MV Lady Korčula	Reefer/Container Vessel Container ship Container ships are cargo ships that carry all of their load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization. They form a common means of commercial intermodal freight transport.-History:...	2000	12,913
403	MV Lady Račišće	Reefer/Container Vessel	2000	12,913
401	MV Podravina	Oil/Chemical Tanker	1999	44,577
400	MV Posavina	Oil/Chemical Tanker	1999	44,881
397	MV Lovely Lady	Oil/Chemical Tanker	1999	47,431
402	MV Split	Handy Bulk Carrier	1998	42,584
396	MV Bering Sea	Oil/Chemical Tanker	1998	47,431
395	MV Barents Sea	Oil/Chemical Tanker	1998	47,431
399	MV Don Frane Bulić	Handy Bulk Carrier	1997	42,584
388	MV Oluja	Handy Bulk Carrier	1996	42,584
390	MV Tikhvin	Oil/Chemical Tanker	1996	40,727
389	MV Tambov	Oil/Chemical Tanker	1996	40,727
387	MV Arctic Mariner	Handy Bulk Carrier	1996	41,712
386	MV Arctic Navigator	Handy Bulk Carrier	1996	41,712
377	MV Frankopan	Aframax Oil Tanker	1995	101,000
379	MV Arctic Voyager	Handy Bulk Carrier	1994	48,000
378	MV Arctic Traider	Handy Bulk Carrier	1994	48,000
376	MV Zrinski	Aframax Oil Tanker	1994	101,000
377	MS Crown of Scandinavia	Car Passenger Ferry	1994	4,105
370	MV Comor	Suezmax Oil Tanker	1993	140,000
372	MS Gabriella	Car Passenger Ferry	1992	4,105
369	MV Sunda	Suezmax Oil Tanker	1992	140,000
368	MV Marble	Suezmax Oil Tanker	1992	140,000
367	MV Granite	Suezmax Oil Tanker	1991	140,000
371	MV Žirje	Handy Bulk Carrier	1990	48,000
366	MV Promina	Handy Bulk Carrier	1990	48,000
364	MV Pacific Frigo	Reefer Vessel	1990	11,000
362	MV Jahre Traveller	Suezmax Oil Tanker	1990	140,000
361	MV Jahre Target MV Target MV Target is a semi-submersible heavy transport ship.-History:Built in 1990 as a tanker, MV Jahre Target, MV Target is the second of six single hull tankers to be converted into heavy lift vessels...	Suezmax Oil Tanker	1990	140,000
363	MV Atlantic Frigo	Reefer Vessel	1989	11,000
360	MV Jahre Traider	Suezmax Oil Tanker	1989	142,031
359	MV Jahre Transporter	Suezmax Oil Tanker	1989	142,031
358	MV Šibenik	Handy Bulk Carrier	1989	48,320
357	MS Isabella	Car Passenger Ferry	1989	4,105
356	MS Amorella	Car Passenger Ferry	1988	4,105
355	MV Georgij Ordzenikidze	Product Tanker	1988	16,231
354	MV Akademik Uznadze	Product Tanker	1988	16,231
353	MV Ilia Chavchavadze	Product Tanker	1988	16,231
351	MV Prorvin	Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger	1988	1,949
350	MV Perekopskiy	Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger	1988	1,949
352	MV Akademik Vekua	Product Tanker	1987	16,231
349	MV Tamanskiy	Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger	1987	1,949
347	MV Kriti Color	Handy Oil Tanker	1987	43,305
346	MV Kriti Champion	Handy Oil Tanker	1987	45,308
339	MV Zadar	Handy Oil Tanker	1987	45,222
345	MV Kriti Palm	Handy Oil Tanker	1986	45,184
344	MV Kriti Filoxentia	Handy Oil Tanker	1986	45,263
335	MV Astrakhan	Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger	1985	2,044
334	MV Tiligulskiy	Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger	1985	2,044
333	MV Belomorskiy	Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger	1985	2,044
332	MV Kapitan Yerishov	Product Tanker	1985	16,354
331	MV Nata Vachnadze	Product Tanker	1985	16,354
330	MV Yasup Kobaladze	Product Tanker	1985	16,354
329	MV David Bakradze	Product Tanker	1985	16,354
328	MV Bolshevik Kamo	Product Tanker	1985	16,354
327	MV Kapitan Makatsariya	Product Tanker	1985	16,354
326	MV Kapitan A. Kacharava	Product Tanker	1984	16,354
325	MV Kapitan Naganyuk	Product Tanker	1984	16,354
324	MV Josip Broz Tito	Product Tanker	1984	16,354
Source: Brodosplit