Russia needs dry bulk carriers of high ice class, IAA PortNews correspondent cites Yury Tsvetkov, Deputy Minister of Transport – head of Rosmorrechflot (Federal Marine and River Transport Agency), as saying at the ‘Arctic: Territory of Dialogue’ 5th International Arctic Forum. According to him, there are few vessels of this type in the market (they are operated by Nordic and Murmansk Shipping Company). Yury Tsvetkov says they could be built in Russia and sail under the flag of the Russian Federation.
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