Kherson, Sept. 14 – Kherson Shipyard has signed contracts with Norwegian and Dutch companies to build hulls of 10 anchor-racers and eight tankers, respectively, by 2009.

"The contracts on the building of around 10 hulls for Norway's' Kleven Prosject, four hulls of chemical tankers for Dutch Zanen Shipbuilding B.V. and four hulls of river tankers for Dutch VEKA Shipbuilding B.V.," reads a company report issued in the local mass media on Thursday.