Saint-Petersburg – based shipyards Baltiysky Zavod and Admiralteiskie Verfi (Admiralty Shipyards) are to be gradually moved to new territory. According to IAA PortNews reporter, this was announced Vladimir Shmakov, President of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, at the meeting of the Marine Board under the Government of the Russian Federation. He says the project is to be completed by 2024 without any negative impact on implementation of the existing contracts.
“Further investments into these oldest enterprises of the industry produce no significant effect while their current problems are connected with the location inside the city,” the USC President explained. However he did not specify the place to host the shipyards’ facilities.
This plan was supported by Mikhail Remizov, Chairman of the Presidium of the Military-Industrial Commission under the Government of the Russian Federation.
Admiralteiskie Verfi OJSC (Admiralty Shipyards) is a key enterprise of shipbuilding, a centre of conventional submarine building of Russia. The shipyard is affiliated with the United Shipbuilding Corporation OJSC. At the moment the shipyard facilities are fully engaged. A number of contracts are being successfully implemented at the shipyard for domestic and foreign customers. Two series of submarines are under construction now: project 636.1 for foreign Navies and project 636.3 for RF Navy. Besides, the Igor Belousov rescue vessel with the deep-operating vehicle Bester-1 is being built by the Shipyard. The Company’s staff numbers 6,500 persons.
Baltiysky Zavod OJSC specializes in construction of rank 1 surface-crafts, ice class vessels with nuclear and diesel-electric propulsion plants, nuclear floating energy units, floating distilling plants. The shipyard was set up in 1856. In its history Baltiysky Zavod which built over 600 ships and vessels was privatized several times and returned to state control when financial problems arose. In late 2011, the shipyard once more fell under the control of the state represented by the United Shipbuilding Corporation. To preserve the staff and the competence of the shipyard, USC founded Baltiysky Zavod – sudostroyeniye LLC.
The Backlog of orders of Baltiysky Zavod-Sudostroyeniye LLC is currently valued at about RUB 60 bln. The largest orders are: 60-MWt nuclear icebreaker, 25-MWt diesel-electric icebreaker, floating power unit of the world’s first floating nuclear heat and power plant. In 2012, the Company’s turnover mage RUB 9 bln, net profit – RUB 55 mln.