About Company
The enterprise was founded by «Brothers` Nobel Oil Manufacture Company» («Branobel»). For maintaining of the merchant fleet in good order the Company «Branobel» decided to construct ship repairing facilities in Rybinsk.
Here in 1904 arrangement of first in Russia engineering structure for lifting and launching of vessels – slipway – started, and already in 1907 first vessel lifting took place. This year is considered to be the year of enterprise foundation.
The enterprise seemed so promising that in the period from 1908 to1917 the first Volga steamers «Komar», «Shmel», «Tungus» were constructed at the Yard. In 1911 first self-propelled vessel: crew boat «Moshka“ with capacity 25 hp was constructed. Prior to the First World War powerful specialized bulk-oil fleet appeared on Volga river, then in February 1918 it was nationalized. Brothers` Nobel ships served to Soviet Authorities till 1950.
• 1907–1923 – Slipway of «Brothers` Nobel Oil Manufacture Company»
• 1923–1961 – «Volodarsky Yard»
• 1961–1993 – «Volodarsky Shipbuilding Yard»
• 1993–1999 – «Shipbuilding Yard «SLIP»
• 1999–2007 – Joint Stock Company “Rybinsk Shipbuilding Yard»
In 2007 «Nobel Shipyard» Ltd. was founded on the basis of production facilities of Joint Stock Company «Rybinsk Shipbuilding Yard»
