Synopsis
Topical Interview
- Siemens in Russia – in
Good Earnest and for Long
In the period of the company establishing,
its founder Werner von Siemens
delegated one of his brothers, Karl, to
Russia. The first contract in Russia was
concluded in 1851. The finance received
from realization of this contract served
to the young company’s establishment
and development. It would not be an
overstatement to say that the roots of
Siemens company are to a large extent
located in Russia, where a Siemens regional
office was based in Saint-Petersburg
in 1855. Our conversation partner, the Head of Power Generation Department of Siemens in Russia and Central Asia, Nikolay J. Rotmistrov, ph.D., narrates about the company operation in Russia.
Shipbuilding
- Kronstadt Ltd: business out of politics
- First Ice-Class Tanker to Launch in Far East
- Nevsky Shipyard launched the vessel
“Spasatel Demidov”
On August 12, 2014, the launching
ceremony of the fourth multipurpose
salvage vessel “Spasatel
Demidov”, yard number 704,
capacity 4 МW, project MPSV07
took place at Nevsky Shipyard’s
slipway. The construction of the
vessel is carried out in accordance
with State Contract for the Federal
Marine and River Transport Agency
and for the Direction of State Contractor
of Marine Transport Development
Program. The project is
developed by Marine Engineering
Bureau-Design-SPb, JSC.
- Mixed-sailing tankers range of Marine Engineering Bureau
- Oily bilge water cleaning
Shipping
- Fighting friction with
chemistry and innovation
In today’s world, nanotechnology can be
employed in everything from cosmetics
to paint, or steel and even toothpaste.
It is also used in the oil and lubrication
businesses. But how can microscopic
particles help reduce fossil-fuel use and
extend the life of components for some
of the heaviest and largest machines –
used in shipping, railways, marine engineering,
mining, and heavy industry?
- ClassNK and Transas
partner to improve marine
simulator classification
requirements
ClassNK, one of the world's leading classification
societies, and Transas Marine,
global specialist in maritime simulation,
navigation and surveillance systems,
today signed a Memorandum of Understanding
in area of classification of maritime
simulators.
- UNIT45 launches long distance
innovative diesel-electric
refrigerated container
Container specialist UNIT45 has opened
up new opportunities for shippers seeking
to move temperature-controlled products
over long distances by rail, water and/
or road.
Ports
- Mobile ports from
the United Instrument
Corporation
The Compass Moscow Design Bureau,
part of Rostec Corporation’s United
Instrument Corporation, has created a
mobile, multipurpose port that can be
assembled within a month on virtually any
undeveloped coast.
- Port news
- In Its 5th Edition – SAUDI TRANSTEC 2014
One of the most comprehensive events in the region for transportation
Ocean and shelf exploration
- The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian
Federation Announced Coordination of Industrial
Cluster in the Far East
The members of the Consortium of the Far Eastern Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Center
(FESRC) participants involving the Ministry of Industry and Trade signed the Memorandum
of Joining the Equity Capital of Gazprom and Novatek FESRC under the XXI World
Petroleum Congress held this summer in Moscow.
- Rosneft and ExxonMobil
Start Drilling in the Kara Sea
Rosneft and ExxonMobil joint venture
company Karmorneftegaz began drilling
at Universitetskaya-1, the Russian
Federation's northernmost well using the
West Alpha rig.
- Chinese Expedition Studies
Climatic Changes
in the Arctic Region
The Chinese research vessel Xue Long
(“Snow Dragon”) went on the sixth scientific
expedition from Shanghai via the
Northern Sea Route.
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