Uljanik's unenviable woes continue.

ZAGREB, October 3, 2018 - Istrian Democratic Party (IDS) lawmaker Tulio Demetlika on Wednesday called on the government to amend the Law on Emergency Administration in Companies of Systemic Significance in the Republic of Croatia under a fast track procedure so that it could be applied to the Pula-based Uljanik shipyard and Rijeka's 3. Maj.

ZAGREB, October 2, 2018 - The Croatian government is interested in shipbuilding surviving according to market principles because it would be unrealistic to endlessly subsidise that branch, as it has been until now, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Tuesday.

ZAGREB, October 2, 2018 - Uljanik on Tuesday reported that its bank account had been blocked and that negotiations were underway to have it unblocked.

ZAGREB, October 1, 2018 - Canada's Algoma Central Corporation last Friday unilaterally terminated a contract for a bulk cargo vessel that was to have been built by the Uljanik Group, the Pula-based shipbuilding group said on Monday.

ZAGREB, September 22, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Friday the government had the motive and the political will to keep shipbuilding viable and help the Uljanik and 3. Maj docks, which must be done legally, and that the European Commission's preliminary positions coincided with the suggestions the economy and finance ministries gave Uljanik's management regarding its draft restructuring plan.

ZAGREB, September 19, 2018 - Economy Minister Darko Horvat said on Wednesday the European Commission's first comments on a restructuring programme for the Uljanik shipyard had arrived and that they doubted the strategic partner's financial capability and warned about the state's too big involvement.

ZAGREB, September 17, 2018 - The state guarantees issued to the Uljanik shipyard are a risk to the state budget, Finance Minister Zdravko Marić said in an interview with Croatian Radio on Monday.

ZAGREB, September 13, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković on Thursday discussed the situation in the Uljanik dock with members of the Uljanik shipbuilding group's management board, unions and leaders of the Town of Pula and Istria County, telling reporters the most important issue at the moment was keeping jobs and the company's functioning.

ZAGREB, September 13, 2018 - Economy Minister Darko Horvat said on Wednesday three of the four ships cancelled by a Norwegian client would most likely be scrapped and that a model would be sought to complete the construction of the fourth so that it could be delivered.