Shipbuilding news for May 2007

• New head of the Russian Fishery Department
  On May, 24 Andrey Krainy was appointed the head of the Russian Fishery Department
  

  
  

• New huge series of tankers for Palmali
  Group MNP together with Group Palmali and the Odessa (Ukraine) based Marine Engineering Bureau presented the project of building a series of 47 tankers of the type «Novaya Volgoneft» (project RST12, 6010 tons dwt) at the meeting of the Association of Ship
  

  
  

• Sevmash hosts high guests
  Svemash was visited by the delegation consisting of the representatives of Rosimuschestvo (State Property Fund), Rostechinventory, Agency of Industry, department of industry of the regional administration
  

  
  

• Interregional Trade Union of Shipbuilders to contribute to forming the OSK
  The process of the formation of the integrated shipbuilding structures in Russia is not only discussed on the top political level. The principal political will of the government provided the conditions and instruments for the participants of the industry
  

  
  

• Russia displays naval arms in the land locked Belarus
  At the 4-th International exhibition of arms «MILEX-2007» that took place on May, 22 – 25 in Minsk (Belarus) Russian defense industry was presented more than impressively
  

  
  

• OSK to select its shape
  The government has released the first information regarding the proposals of different shipyards on establishing new shipbuilding capacities in their home region.
  

  
  

• Russia views Caspian Sea differently
  The adviser to the President of the Russian Federation Alexander Burutin visited the based Astrakhan shipyards within the frameworks of the project of creation the state run «United Shipbuilding Corporation»
  

  
  

• Military Severnaya Verf to build civil ships
  «Northern shipyard» and company «Siddis Skipper II AS» (Norway) have signed the contract
  

  
  

• Third Russian ship for Palmali Group
  Nizhni Novgorod based Krasnoe Sormovo (Group MNP) delivered the third sea multi-purpose dry-cargo carrier
  

  
  

• New patrol cater for the border guards
  New project 10410 fast patrol cater Svetlyak was commissioned with the Russian border guards in the Far East region
  

  
  

• Indian experts inspect Russian shipyard
  During the whole past week the group of inspectors of the Indian Navy worked on Sevmash
  

  
  

• Officials to run the shipbuilding appointed
  Russian Minister of Industry Victor Khristenko approved the structure of the commission on selecting the projects aimed at the development of the capacities of the shipbuilding industry
  

  
  

• The certification association «Russian Register» certified Sevmash
  The certification association «Russian Register» certified Sevmash according to the quality management system MS ISO 9001 – 2000 and GOST R ISO 9001-2001 within the systems «MRS» and «GOST R»
  

  
  

• The board of directors of Northern Shipyard recommended to the annual meeting to meet on June, 22
  The board of directors of Northern Shipyard (St.-Petersburg) recommended to the annual meeting of shareholders to meet on June, 22nd not to pay dividends for 2006
  

  
  

• Baltic Shipyard completed making the first batch of the equipment
  Baltic Shipyard completed making the first batch of the equipment for Rostov Nuclear Power Station
  

  
  

• Zvezdochka completed the upgrade of the Indian sub Sinduvijai (Sea Victory)
  This is the fourth Indian sub of the project 877 EKM “Kilo” that was repaired and upgraded by the Severodvinsk based enterprise
  

  
  

• SF Almaz starts plant’s tests of the project R-2030T vessel for the Russian customs service
  The ship was constructed for the Southern Customs Department will be operated in the city of Rostov-on-Don.
  

  
  

• Concern Termal got the order from the Russian Navy
  Concern Termal got the order from the Russian Navy
  

  
  

• Rybinsk based shipyard «Vympel» constructed the sixth fire boat of the project «Mangust»
  Rybinsk based shipyard «Vympel» constructed the sixth fire boat of the project «Mangust» for the Russian Ministry of Emergencies
  

  
  

• Russian businessmen against foreign companies in the Caspian Sea
  The declared integration of the three large Astrakhan based shipbuilding companies Astrakhansky Korabel, Lotus and III International into the JSC Astrakhan Shipbuilding Production Association (ASPO) can be delayed or reversed
  

  
  

• American experts inspect in Severodvinsk the process of recycling submarine cruiser TK-12
  American experts inspect in Severodvinsk the process of recycling submarine cruiser TK-12 (plant number 713)
  

  
  

• Russian Auditing Chamber concluded that Russian Navy is unable to pay for its newbuilding program
  This conclusion was made by the experts of the Auditing Chamber of the Russian Federation after the target check of the efficiency of military-technical cooperation with foreign countries regarding the arms and military hardware of Russian Navy
  

  
  

• Nine companies participate in the tender of the Russian Ministry of Industry
  Since the beginning of this year Russian government seeks investors ready to finance new projects in shipbuilding
  

  
  

• Russian Maritime Collegium and the State Council held a joint meeting
  The meeting took place on May, 2 in Murmansk. Part of it took place on board of the newly commissioned ice breaker 50 Let Pobedy
  

  
  

• Chief of Staff of the Indian Navy denies problems with upgrading Russian aircraft carrier
  Chief of Staff of the Indian Navy Suresh Mehta denies problems with upgrading Russian Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier
  

  
  

• Far East Shipbuilders to focus on oil and gas
  The being created «Far East Shipbuilding and Ship-Repair Center», a sub-holding of the JSC «United Shipbuilding Corporation» (OSK), will be focused, first of all, on the requirements determined by the oil-and-gas branch.
  

  
  

• About the Commission on Competitive Selection of the Leasing Projects in Civil Shipbuilding
  Russian Ministry of Industry approved the structure of the Commission on Competitive Selection of the Leasing Projects in Civil Shipbuilding