RF Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov has supported the proposal on introduction of utilization grants for ship owners willing to renovate their fleet at Russian shipyards. The Minister announced this when visiting Sredne-Nevskiy Shipyard in Saint-Petersburg, IAA PortNews journalist says.
“We fully and completely support the proposals forwarded by the Ministry of Transport,” Manturov said.
He emphasized, that the demand for Russian products should be motivated and this measure encourages customers to place orders for construction of new vessels with the domestic shipyards.
As it was reported earlier, the proposals aimed at the support of the national shipbuilding and allowing renovation of the fleet flying the flag of the Russian Federation have been recently advanced by the National Shipping Chamber (NSC Union).
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