Total cargo fleet under RF control numbers 1,441 units as of January 1, 2013
Total cargo fleet under RF control numbers 1,441 units as of January 1, 2013, IAA PortNews journalist cites RF Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov as saying at the extended Ministry of Transport Board meeting.
Total tonnage of this fleet is 20.2 mln t including 5.3 mln t of 1,096 vessels under the Russia flag. 568 vessels are registered with the Russian International Register.
In 2012, Russian cargo fleet was extended with 41 vessels with deadweight exceeding 1 mln t. Besides, 27 support vessels joined the fleet.
Cargo fleet of inland water ways accepted 12 vessels.
Within the framework of renovating the service fleet operating at inland water ways, Moscow Shipbuilding & Repair Yard completed the construction of 8 buoy tenders of project 3050. Besides, under the federal special purpose program “Economic and social development of the Far East and Transbaikalia till 2013” the year of 2012 saw the financing and implementation of activities on construction of marine ro-ro self-propelled barges with the capacity of 250 tonnes (accepted by the commission on November 7, 2012) and designing of two rail/motor ferries.