At the session of the Presidium of the Government of the Russian Federation which took place on August 5, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said: “The state steers significant money into shipbuilding. As recently as this year, RUR 14.3 bln were appropriated to this end. So, we are within our right to expect adequate return from our shipbuilders, since the situation offers consistent opportunities are available now: output growth in 2009 exceeded 30%”. More information…

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…

Blagoveschensk Shipyard has launched by now the fourth, of this year, seiner built by order of Far Eastern fishermen. After 2 month trials the vessel will depart for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. More information…

In the Pechora Sea construction operations of the self-elevating floating drilling rig (SEFDR) Arkticheskaya reached its final stage. The rig is designated for exploration and production drilling of oil and gas wells of down to 6,500 m depth with sea depth from 10 to 30 m. 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…

On June 28, 2010, in Saint-Petersburg a meeting of the committee of the Interregional Shipbuilding and Shiprepair Workers Union took place. Union leaders from Severodvinsk, Saint-Petersburg, Astrakhan and Kaliningrad were discussing execution of an agreement with United Shipbuilding Corporation. 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…

The IMO’s Sub-Committee on Safety of Navigation held its 56th session on 26-30 July 2010 in London. It was declared that till 2012 the sub-committee means to elaborate a strategy of implementation of electronic navigation (e-navigation). By the time, e-navigation architecture is to be designed and its functionality, user elements, on-board and onshore equipment, databases and communication means, specified. More information…

Construction of the offshore ice-protected Prirazlomnaya stationary oil production platform in the Barents Sea will soon be completed. The platform is designated for development of the same-named field. More information…