Aleksey Seleznev has been appointed Director General of Severnaya Verf, IAA PortNews learnt from the shipyard. Earlier he was heading Astrakhan branch of Ship Repair Center ‘Zvezdochka’.
Yury Taratonov, Acting Director General of Severnaya Verf will stay in the Company in the position of Chief Engineer, the other post held by hem concurrently with the key position.
OJSC "Severnaya Verf" Shipyard (part of United Shipbuilding Corporation Group) is a leading shipbuilding company in Russia, building more than 75% of the Russian military surface warships. The company was founded on November 14, 1912, as "Putilovskaya Shipyard."
The company is dedicated to construction, repair and retrofitting of surface warships, including destroyers, frigates, corvettes under the state defense contracts for the Russian Navy. The company also executes contracts for foreign Navy under military and technical cooperation. Severnaya Verft also specializes in commercial shipbuilding for the domestic and foreign markets, manufacturing PSVs of various types, icebreakers, tankers and 12000dwt dry cargo carriers.