Ceremonial launching of two boom-laying boats of Project А40–2Б-ЯР was held yesterday, 30 November 207, at Yaroslavsky Shipbuilding Plant, says press center of the Yaroslavl Region Government. The boats ordered by Transneft Kama Region JSC will operate in emergency situations for oil spill recovery.
The boats are intended for transportation and installation of boom guards in sea coastal search and rescue areas, to contain the spread of spilled oil products, to liquidate oil spills, to collect the spilled oil products into floating containers and their further towing to the reception points of shore or floating stations and also for the construction of oil-gathering orders.
When speaking at the ceremony, Svetlana Chekalova emphasized that Transneft Kama Region JSC is the shipyard’s new customer. “The company has an experience of building such boats, four vessels have been built and delivered to the Far East region”, she said.
According to the statement, shipbuilding plays an important role for the industry development in the Yaroslavl Region.
Annual production of the Region’s shipbuilding companies is valued at RUB 10 bln. In 2016, shipyards of the Yaroslavl Region launched 36 vessels, in the first half of 2017 – 16 vessels with 23 vessels planned for HII’17. Shipbuilding industry of the region numbers about 2,500 employees.
On 15 December 2017, the shipyard will host a meeting dedicated to local manufacturing of components for the shipbuilding industry of Russia. The meeting will gather heads of the region’s shipyards and representatives of the United Shipbuilding Corporation.