Shipbuilding news for May 2004

• Strategic nuclear sub Tula has left the slipway of Zvezdochka after repair
  The ceremony which can be regarded as the most important event in the Russian Navy in the past year was attended by the Commander of the Belomorskaya naval base Vice Admiral Oleg Tregubov
  

  
  

• Kostromskoi Shipyard has put in the water the barge Afina
  The barge has the payload of 5000 tons. In June and August two more barges will be built, according to the Chairman of the board of the shipyard Mikhail Speglyanin
  

  
  

• Severstal will supply 3200 tons of rolled metal for the reconstruction of the Admiral Gorshkov
  According to the press service of the company the deal was considered at the joint meeting of Severstal
  

  
  

• Russian Navy refused from the strategic missile system Typhoon
  On April, 29 the CinC of the Russian Navy Vladimir Kuroedov held the meeting where it was officially stated
  

  
  

• Severnaya Verf put in the water the first of two project 956E destroyers for the Chinese navy
  The ceremony was attended by the Chinese delegation, Deputy Head of Rosoboronexport Vladimir Pahomov
  

  
  

• Kerch based Zaliv Shipyard intends to continue expanding into the EU market
  According to the Deputy General Director of the shipyard Anton Heifits today the shipyard’s production capacities are utilized to the degree of over 60%
  

  
  

• Yugtransitservice plans to buy 7-8 dry cargo carriers
  According to the General Director of the company Kirill Podolsky the ships will be used for exporting Russian grain
  

  
  

• 50 Let Pobedy ice breaker shall be deliverd to the customer in the end of the next year
  According to the General Director of BZ Oleg Shulyakovsky the budget of the ship construction this year is RUB913m and in 2005 RUB767m
  

  
  

• Performance of the Primorsky Zavod in 2003
  In 2003 JSC Ship Repair Complex – Primorsky Zavod (PZ) repaired 98 ships
  

  
  

• On April, 27 Baltiysky Zavod will start distributing its promissory notes
  The first lot of the ordinary discount notes will amount to RUB500m, according to the General Director of BZ Oleg Shulyakovsky
  

  
  

• Nerpa is not the only partner of the UK in Kola peninsular
  The representatives of the British Department of Commerce and Industry held pre-contract talks with Nerpa shipyard