Kalistani Major History

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Reconstruction of Kaliburg Shipyards Completed
Port Devon expanded and harbor dredged to allow for deep draft modern shipping
Kaliburg, Ananto District
January 12, 4004


Kaliburg National Shipyard, at Port Devon, Kaliburg, Ananto District

The Kaliburg Shipyards at Port Devon in Kaliburg have been completely rebuilt following the war.  Investment into this facility was increased after the Government decided not to rebuild the yard at Eveari following the war, which was destroyed during its early phases.  Kalistani firm, Gorrish, Harris and Sawant, has overseen the reconstruction of Kaliburg Shipyards, the expansion of Port Devon, and the deepening of Devon Bay to accommodate larger, more modern container ships.  Eveari will remain Ananto's primary port for commerce, given its ease of approach and naturally deepwater port, but Kaliburg now joins the naval infrastructure in Kalistan by making fabrication of naval and commercial vessels an option once more for Kalistan.

The shipyards contain several drydock berths, which will allow for the construction, repair, refitting, and scrapping of naval vessels of all sizes.  Additionally, Kaliburg will be returned to its position of Ananto's "Second Port" which is held before port facilities were utterly destroyed during the war, though its commercial capacity, in terms of frequency of servicing of ships, has been reduced due to the expansion of the shipyard facilities.  So Kaliburg will handle fewer ships than before the war, but the ships that it can handle now will be significantly larger than before, resulting in a projected net increase of commercial activity at Kaliburg.

The Bay will need to be dredged regularly to keep the port facility open, but the contractors expect that regular dredging will need to occur at intervals of 70-75 years, depending on erosion of the landscape around the Zappa River system, as well as other rivers which flow into Devon Bay.  The Kalistani Government expects to take over maintenance of the Bay within 5 years.

The reconstructed and expanded shipyards join Port Elga in Sulari and the recently completed ion range links of the Kalistani National Railroad as examples of modern investment in infrastructure following the War.  Working together, Kalistan is expected to increase its share of world trade, as well as increase its ability to build and maintain its defenses against future invasion and aggression from Seafaring nations.


The First of the four Shmee Class Battleships begins to take shape.  This one will be Christened the KRS-12 "Victory"

Even as Port Devon was being expanded and the Harbor was being dredged, Kalistani shipmakers were beginning the construction of four new Shmee Class battleships utilizing the Mk. 22 Naval Battery designs, using Kalistani Steel, Kalistani Designs, and Kalistani Labor.  The Shipyards are also receiving orders for new oil tankers and commercial container ships, which will create a dramatic boom in demand in the building trades in and around Kaliburg for the next few years.  The news is welcomed, as Kaliburg has been in a bit of an economic slump since the end of the war.  This new construction will create residual jobs throughout the Island and with higher than the national rate of Growth, Ananto is expected to make up for economic losses due to the invasion by 4011.