Shipbuilding news for August 2003

• Baltiysky Shipyard has delivered the boilers to Severnaya Verf
  Baltiysky Shipyard has delivered the boilers for the two Chinese destroyers being built by Severnaya Verf
  

  
  

• Mr. Klebanov supports FLC
  Last week the Minister of Industry Ilya Klebanov was elected the chairman of the board of the Financial Leasing Company
  

  
  

• Shipbuilding industry and merchant fleet are confused with draft laws and programs
  Russian shipping companies continue to escape abroad; it is not profitable for them to build ships in their own country
  

  
  

• The first floating filling station started working in the Volga delta
  The first floating filling station designed by Astrakhan Central Design Bureau and built by Astrakhan Shipyards started working in the Volga delta after successful trials
  

  
  

• Yaroslavlresinotechnika plans to sign a $2m contract
  Yaroslavlresinotechnika (YaRT (which stands for Yaroslavl Rubber Technique)), part of NTM-Holding, plans to sign a $2m contract with Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd
  

  
  

• Vyborg Shipyards is testing a cater
  According to the head of the marketing dept. of Vyborg Shipyards Alexei Tunimanov his company is testing a new unique cater
  

  
  

• The Administration of Tyumen region has ordered a new ship
  Krasnoyarsk shipyard has signed the agreement with the Administration of Tyumen regional authorities on building the second project 2707 ship
  

  
  

• Project “Losharik”. Unique, top secret nuclear submarine has been put in the water
  According to the official newspaper of Sevmash shipyard “Korabel” the solemn ceremony of putting in the water the unique research and rescue submarine took place in the regime of top secrecy
  

  
  

• A farewell ceremony to the sub
  Nerpa Shipyard in Snezhnogorsk specializing in the utilization of the decommissioned subs held yet another sub’s farewell ceremony
  

  
  

• Rosagroleasing started deliveries of the seiners
  OAO Rosagroleasing press service informed that the two seiner Zvezda Rybaka and Zvezda Udachi worth about 62$m each were built for the regional fishery enterprises Udarnik-1 and Udarnik-2
  

  
  

• Russia – Malaysia: ships follow the aircraft
  Apart from the aircraft Russia can deliver warships to Malaysia, said Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Moskovsky
  

  
  

• By 2010 Russian navy will get four newest subs
  According to the head of the newbuilding dept. of the MoD Alexei Moskovsky Russian fleet will get four newest nuclear strategic subs armed with new missiles by 2010
  

  
  

• The CinC of the Ukrainian navy suggests to reconsider the scientific research
  According to the CinC of the Ukrainian navy Rear Admiral Igor Knyaz the R&D conducted for the navy should be reconsidered
  

  
  

• Baltiya Shipyards concludes the contract with AKER FIN
  On May, 16 this year Baltiya Shipyards has concluded the contract with the Finnish AKER FINNYARDS on building 11 blocks for the cruise ship
  

  
  

• Krylov Research Institute has designed and manufactured the mobile radar
  The Science Principle of the Institute Academician Valentin Pashin said the complex is deigned for developing and assessing the efficiency of the stealth technologies
  

  
  

• St. Petersburg attorney’s office orders Baltiysky Shipyard to arrange for the delivery of boilers
  The St. Petersburg attorney’s office has issued the order to the Chairman of the Board of Baltiysky Shipyard Alexander Nesis to stop delaying the deliveries of the boilers
  

  
  

• The trade union of the navy asks to write off the debts of the military enterprises
  The Central Committee of the All-Russia Trade Union of Workers and Employees of the Navy asks to write off the debts of the naval FGUPs
  

  
  

• “Scania loses us as its partner”
  Almaz Shipyards considers the niche of the ports’ fleets as very perspective
  

  
  

• The Ukrainian shipbuilding news
  The Ukrainian MoT and Odessa Oblast Authority worked out a program aimed at revival of the Black Sea Shipping Company which is to take 2 years
  

  
  

• A new contract for 6 oil tankers
  Iranian National Oil Company and two shipyards have concluded the contract for building 6 oil tankers
  

  
  

• Zvezdochka has finished building the fishing plant
  The fishing plant has been built by Zvezdochka for the Norwegian Selfa Arctic
  

  
  

• The Krylov Research Institute has created an instrument capable of detecting explosives
  A new instrument created by the Krylov Research Institute can detect small volumes of explosives, radioactive and other dangerous materials