Synopsis
Shipbuilding
- On situation in shipbuilding industry
On February 04, 2009, the Minister of Industry
and Trade of the Russian Federation
Mr. Viktor Khristenko addressed the Federation Council meeting with the report “On the Progress of Implementation of the Strategy of Shipbuilding Industry Development
for the Period up to 2020 and Further
Perspective”.
- Large improvement has been completed
- New Dry-Cargo Ships
Will Be Constructed
Volgo-Baltic Company and the Korean
Corporation Hyundai signed the contract
for the construction of four maritime drycargo
ships on February 05, 2009 in Moscow.
Last spring the companies entered
into the contract on the construction of six
ships of this type. Therefore, the Korean
company will construct ten multi-purpose
dry-cargo ships of 5280 t deadweight for
Russia.
- Cooperation: “Rostechnologii” and “Consolidated Shipbuilding Corporation
- Shipbuilding in Arkhangelsk
Has Been Restored
On February 05, 2009, a keel-laying ceremony for
the new ship took place in Arkhangelsk branch of
OJSC Ship Repair Center “Zvezdochka”. In December
2008, the shipyard won a tender for the
construction of 2453 project self-propelled barge,
FSUE State Trust “Arktikugol” being the Customer.
The self-propelled barge is 24 m long, 5.2 m wide
and has freight-carrying capacity of 60 t. It was laid
in the hull shop of the branch.
Shipping
- Norilsk Nickel Company has obtained the full Arctic fleet
At the end of January 2009 Mining and
Metallurgical Company Norilsk Nickel completed
the construction of their own fleet of
icebreakers. Diesel-electric ship “Nadezhda”
arrived at the port of Dudinka with
the cargo for the Norilsk Nickel Company.
This is the fifth ship constructed under the
project on establishing the own fleet.
- New FESCO's container vessel
- New information and communication systems for inland water transport
Ports
- The crossing point on the State Border has been accepted
- Maritime transport:
Opening up French ports
to foreign transport
France, known for its maritime vocation due to its coastlines facing the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and the Mediterranean, is now reforming its ports to improve its
economic attractiveness and competitiveness.
- Liebherr Mobile Harbour Cranes
The worldwide market for port equipment
continues to develop positively in line with
expectation. As the leading producer of Mobile
Harbour Cranes and through its extensive
international business Liebherr has increased
world market share and further strengthened
its competitive positions in all regions. With the
delivery of 102 Mobile Harbour Cranes in 2008
Liebherr was for the first time able to jump the
hurdle of 100 machines. This figure signifies
an increase of 16% in deliveries compared to
2007. Furthermore it’s the third double-digit
growth in a row and by far the best performance
of all manufacturers.
- Ingosstrakh’s Clients Receive In Excess
Bunker Convention Certificates
The holders of Ingosstrakh’s ship owner liability insurance policies
have received the so-called ‘blue cards’ to confirm their liability coverage
in the event of damage by spills of bunker fuel. The blue cards
facilitated Ingosstrakh’s clients in receiving more than 450 Bunker
Convention certificates from seaport authorities.
Ocean and shelf exploration
- The first Russian LNG
On 18 February The President of the Russian
Federation and the Prime Minister
of Japan attended a solemn ceremony
to mark the opening of operations at
Russia’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG)
plant, which is based in the settlement of
Prigorodnoye (the southern part of the
Sakhalin Island).
- Timofey Guzhenko is sailing on
The naming ceremony for Timofey Guzhenko,
the Russian Arctic shuttle tanker
of 70,000 DWT, ordered by the Sovcomflot
(SCF) Group, took place on 17 February
2009.
- Technical Design completed for the new European Research Icebreaker Aurora Borealis
Wärtsilä and The Alfred Wegener Institute
for Polar and Marine Research, part of the
Helmholtz Association, presented in the
begining of December in Berlin the technical
design of the European Research
vessel Aurora Borealis, a multi-purpose
icebreaker, deep-sea drilling, and research
ship for polar sea conditions.
- LUKOIL has created their own fleet
February 3, 2009. The ceremony of consecration
of the “Varandey” multi-purpose icebreaker
took place in Murmansk. The vessel
was built by Keppel Singmarine (Singapore)
under the contract with LUKOIL. The ship is to
operate at the Varandey Oil Export Terminal in
the Barents Sea.
The vessel is to be on continuous watch at
the Stationary Ice-Resistant Sea Export Moor
(SIRSEM), the Varandey Terminal, to ensure safe
ice conditions during the loading of tankers.
Technologies. Books. Exhibitions
- Man – Sea – Technology
International news and innovations
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