According to the press-service of OAO PO Sevmash, the company got an appraisal of the program of technical upgrade and modification of the enterprise till 2020 drawn by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation. More information…

According to RIA Novosti, admiral Vladimir Vysotsky, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, informed on activities for creation of a domestic aircraft carrier. More information…

Before delivery planned for August, 2010, Kirill Lavrov, Arctic shuttle tanker being built at OAO Admiralteyskie Verfi, will undergo sea trials in the Russian part of the Gulf of Finland. The trials are to take 2 weeks. More information…

The Federal Law On Fisheries and Conservation of Aquatic Biological Resources is to be amended so as to give domestic shipbuilders quotas of the catch of aquatic bioresources. More information…

On August 3, 2010, within the scope of the working trip across the territory Sergey Darkin, the governor of the Primorie Territory, held a meeting dedicated to construction of fishing vessels at Zvezda Far Eastern Shipyard in ZATO Bolshoy Kamen. More information…

OAO United Shipbuilding Corporation (OSK) announced a ship construction tender for leasing companies. Its press-service informs that participation in the project is limited to construction of vessels at Russian shipyards and under the Russian flag. More information…

On June 21, 2010, at Amur Shipbuilding Plant, affiliate of the Far East Shipbuilding and Shiprepair Center of OAO United Shipbuilding Corporation, a solemn ceremony of laying down a 6 MW multipurpose rescue and salvage icebreaking vessel under project MPSV06 (construction number 360) was held. More information…

In June, 2010, Oka Shipyard, town of Navashino of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, delivered three Primemax-type tankers (project 00216) to Petronas Company, Malaysia. More information…

Russia and France are now negotiating for purchase of four Mistral-class amphibious-assault ships. The parties are discussing the number of ready-to-operate ships Russia can purchase and the number of ships to be built at Russian shipyards under license. More information…

Nordic Yards Company established by ex-head of Gazprom Vitaly Yusufov on the basis of Wadan Yards assets (shipyards located in Germany) may be sold to United Shipbuilding Corporation. More information…