The construction of a buoy vessel for the Arkhangelsk branch of Rosmorport is to start on March 12, 2010, at the shipyards of the 176th shiprepair plant, branch of OAO “SRC “Zvezdochka” (Severodvinsk). More information…

Cost of dismantlement of Lepse delivering ship at Nerpa plant, the Murmansk region, is to amount to approximately EUR 40 mln. This was reported today in Moscow at the panel discussion on the draft Federal Law On Radioactive Waste Handling, said Evgeny Evstratov, Deputy Director General of Rosatom State Corporation. More information…

On February 26, 2010, the alteration of “Letny Bereg” dry-cargo carrier (home port Arkhangelsk) was finished. The alteration was performed by OSP Ukraina Shipyard, a part of the Odessa Commercial Sea Port. The alteration project was developed by the Marine Engineering Bureau, Odessa. More information…

The Nizhegorodsky Teplokhod Plant (ZNT), OJSC, won the open tender held by the Saint-Petersburg branch of FGUP Rosmorport for the power to effect a government contract for developing a detailed design and executing works to construct a buoy vessel. More information…

Severnaya Verf completes preparation for launching of 20380 project corvette Soobrazitelny. More information…

In the Nizhny Novgorod Region, there are design bureaus and enterprises capable of designing and constructing high-speed lake-, river- and sea-going vessels. The range of vessels produced in the region comprises hydrofoil, air-cushion and air-cavity vessels as well as airfoil crafts. More information…

The SeaNews was informed by the Marine Engineering Bureau that on February 27, 2010, the forebody of DCV33 multipurpose dry-cargo carrier Karelia with DWT of 4570 tons was stapled at the Onezhsky Shipbuilding Plant. More information…

The results of the implementation of the subprogramme “Marine Transport” within the framework of the FTP for the Retrofitting of the Transport Infrastructure of the Russian Federation (2002-2010) were summed up. This was reported to SeaNews in the press-service of Mintrans. More information…

On February 27, 2010, the forebody of DCV33 multipurpose dry-cargo carrier Karelia with DWT of 4570 tons was stapled at the Onezhsky Shipbuilding Plant (Petrozavodsk, the Republic of Karelia). More information…

MMC Norilsk Nickel, OJSC, signed a contract with Nordic Yards Holding GmbH, Germany, for construction of Arc7-class tanker. The construction is to be completed and the vessel to be launched in the end of September, 2011. More information…