Admiralty Shipyards company is ready to take part in an international tender for the construction of Mistral helicopter class, the shipbuilder’s General Director Vladimir Alexandrov said today in an interview with journalists during the official keel-laying ceremony of the Novorossiysk submarine in St. Petersburg.
He said the shipyard would need about a year to prepare the enterprise capacity to accomplish the order. Mr. Alexandrov said, Far East Shipyard Zveza (Big Stone) might also participate in the tender. The issue will be discussed in September 2010 at a meeting in Kaliningrad.
Earlier this year, French President Nicolas Sarkozy at his the meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had said that France and Russia have "exclusive negotiations" about a possible purchase by Russia of four French helicopter carriers "Mistral". However, the issue is still pending, how many warships will be supplied by France and how many to be built by Russian companies.
Russian media reported earlier quoting the head of the United Shipbuilding Corporation Roman Trotsenko that the Russian Defense Ministry had said about possible international tender for helicopter carriers contract, inviting foreign and Russian bidders.
Read more on possible bidding for Mistral class contract, on PortNews’ Relevant Topic, August 20, 2010
He said the shipyard would need about a year to prepare the enterprise capacity to accomplish the order. Mr. Alexandrov said, Far East Shipyard Zveza (Big Stone) might also participate in the tender. The issue will be discussed in September 2010 at a meeting in Kaliningrad.
Earlier this year, French President Nicolas Sarkozy at his the meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had said that France and Russia have "exclusive negotiations" about a possible purchase by Russia of four French helicopter carriers "Mistral". However, the issue is still pending, how many warships will be supplied by France and how many to be built by Russian companies.
Russian media reported earlier quoting the head of the United Shipbuilding Corporation Roman Trotsenko that the Russian Defense Ministry had said about possible international tender for helicopter carriers contract, inviting foreign and Russian bidders.
Read more on possible bidding for Mistral class contract, on PortNews’ Relevant Topic, August 20, 2010