Krasnoye Sormovo says its backlog of orders for 2017 is 30% full

Order backlog of Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard (United Shipbuilding Corporation, USC) for 2017 is 30% full, IAA PortNews correspondent cites Nikolai Zharkov, Director General of the shipyard. 

Krasnoye Sormovo is currently building three tankers of Project RST-27 scheduled for delivery to the customers in 2017. 

The shipyard is building the second tanker for CMS (British Virgin Islands) and two tankers for Volgotrans LLC. 

“It is time for active search of customers and solving the task of the shipyard loading ... The shipyard needs the orders for seven vessels at least,” said Nikolai Zharkov.

Krasnoye Sormovo Plant is one of the oldest Russian shipbuilding companies, founded back in 1849. All vessels built at Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard meet the requirements of MARPOL conventions, having the state-of-the-art equipment. The shipyard specializes in civil shipbuilding, construction of sea-going and mixed river-sea vessels. Some of the ships built by Krasnoye Sormovo are in the list of Significant Ships of RINA.