Mr. Nikitin now believes “Zvezdochka” has good chances for a stepped up industrial cooperation with China. –We already have contracts with China on technical assistance, on production deliveries. Now [however] we are talking about perspectives for an extended cooperation between companies from our countries with regard to repair of destroyers, the company director says.
He maintains that Zvezdochka has experiences from repair of the Russian destroyer “Besstrashny” – a vessel which is similar to several Chinese destroyers.
The Zvezdochka is one of Russia’s biggest shipyards with 10,000 employees. The yard, specialised within the field of nuclear suhmarine repair, also has three units in Murmansk Oblast.