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The Giurgiu shipyard (), formally Shipyard ATG Giurgiu, is a

shipyard A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boatyard, is a place where ships are shipbuilding, built and repaired. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Compared to shipyards, which are sometimes m ...

located on the

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Giurgiu Giurgiu (; ; ) is a city in southern Romania. The seat of Giurgiu County, it lies in the historical region of Muntenia. It is situated amongst mud-flats and marshes on the left bank of the Danube facing the Bulgarian city of Ruse on the op ...

, a city located in the

Muntenia Muntenia (, also known in English as Greater Wallachia) is a historical region of Romania, part of Wallachia (also, sometimes considered Wallachia proper, as ''Muntenia'', ''Țara Românească'', and the rarely used ''Valahia'' are synonyms in Ro ...

region of

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. Ship repair began in Giurgiu in 1897. Starting in 1910, the yard’s activity expanded and diversified. However, it remained a fairly small concern until 1973, when the equipment and buildings were modernized. New facilities and workshops were built; henceforward, Giurgiu became a place for building as well as repairing ships. The enlarged site covered 280,000 square meters. Further modernization took place in 1979-1980, with ship production and repair expanding tremendously during the 1980s. A vertical

shiplift A shiplift is a modern alternative for a slipway, a dry dock, floating dry dock or a dry dock, graving dry dock. A shiplift is used to dry dock and launch ships. It consists of a structural platform that is lifted and lowered exactly vertically, ...

was installed in 1985; this is used for both river and sea ships. Other items produced included pushers, floating pumping stations and cranes.History
at the Shipyard ATG Giurgiu site In 1989, there were 3600 employees. Bogdan Vladu

''Adevărul'', September 18, 2011 Following the

Romanian Revolution The Romanian revolution () was a period of violent Civil disorder, civil unrest in Socialist Republic of Romania, Romania during December 1989 as a part of the revolutions of 1989 that occurred in several countries around the world, primarily ...

that year, the shipyard entered a period of severe decline. In 1996, when the Giurgiu Free Zone was established, the shipyard was divided and sold to investors, who used the workshops as storage spaces. Meanwhile, the shipyard changed owners, who declared bankruptcy in 1998. Two attempts to relaunch the company in 1999-2000 failed. Production was halted in April 2002. The following month, a Romanian investor purchased the workshops, dry dock and shiplift. Production restarted gradually; existing facilities were in poor shape, and modern equipment was purchased. By 2011, the shipyard had become the last remaining industrial unit in Giurgiu. It had launched 20 ships over the preceding two years, with over 90% of orders coming from abroad. There were 300 employees. Bogdan Vladu
“‘Laboratorul’ de nave - Şantierul Naval”
''Adevărul'', February 22, 2011

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External links

Shipyard ATG Giurgiu official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Giurgiu shipyard Giurgiu Companies of Giurgiu County Manufacturing companies established in 1897 Shipyards of Romania 1897 establishments in Romania