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2022 September 9   17:54

IAA PortNews’ summary of past week news

Ports and Hydraulic Engineering Structures

  • Cargo throughput of Russian seaports in 2022 remains flat, year-on-year – Vladimir Putin
  • Container throughput of Global Ports’ north-western terminals fell by about 80% in summer 2022
  • Handling of Belorussian cargo via Astrakhan Region’s ports in 8M’22 exceeded 70 thousand tonnes. Besides, Belarus redirects part of its export cargo to ports of the Murmansk Region.
  • Vostochny Port took part in the Eastern Economic Forum
  • FESCO to invest RUB 24 billion in expansion of CPV handling and processing facilities
  • Grain exports to Iran via Makhachkala port in 8M’22 surged by 60% to 142 thousand tonnes
  • NORDENG offers innovative solution for construction of deep-water berths in the Arctic
  • By 2025, port Korsakov to become the key for development of international container shipping via Sakhalin
  • Capacity of Far East ports to surge by one-third totaling 390 million tonnes by 2030
  • Shortage in capacity of coal facilities in the Far East ports estimated at over 50 million tonnes per year
  • Dredging works completed on inland water ways of the Ob Basin

Shipping and Logistics

  • Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran sign declaration on development of North-South International Transport Corridor
  • The role of the Northern Sea Route is growing amid the current situation according to Sergey Frank
  • NSR cargo traffic can rise to 220 million tonnes per year – Vladimir Putin
  • TransContainer’s subsidiary in Japan to focus on multimodal shipments via Far East ports. TransContainer and SVLOGRUS will jointly develop multimodal transportation via Far East ports.
  • Cargo traffic on Russia’s IWW in H1’22 rose by 2% YoY
  • Clobal coal trade sees structural changes with a shift from the Atlantic to the Pacific region – Irina Olkhovskaya
  • Capacity of the Eastern Operating Domain to increase by 9.7% to 158 million tonnes in 2022
  • Fesco to expand its fleet with three ships by the end of 2022
  • Number of passengers on Astra Marine ships in Saint-Petersburg rose by 65% this summer

Shipbuilding and Ship Repair

  • Russia’s demand for construction of new ships by 2035 increased to 1,500 units
  • Far East shipyard Zvezda holds name-giving ceremony for new tanker of Sovcomflot
  • Development of Rules for subsidizing of ship equipment manufacture nears completion
  • Batches of technically independent ship equipment expected at shipyards from 2024-2025 – RF Ministry of Industry and Trade
  • State Duma Committee for Economic Policy suggests setting zero-level VAT for ship construction
  • Ministry of Industry and Trade to ask for RUB 280 for revised programme of civil shipbuilding leasing
  • Rosmorport to tell about its fleet repair at Ship Repair, Modernization and Components Conference on September 20
  • Russian Federal Fisheries Agency calls on additional capitalization of shipyards
  • United Engine Corporation to present its 8MW dual-fuel gas turbine engine at Petersburg International Gas Forum
  • Crab catching ship Omolon arrives at the delivery base in the Primorsky Territory
  • Nakhodka Ship Repair Yard JSC launches first crab catcher of Project Сса5712LS, Kapitan Khazan
  • Regions demand over 250 passenger ships – Yevgeny Ditrikh
  • Capital repair of specialized fleet begins at the branches of Ob-Irtysh Basin Administration
  • New ship repair and shipbuilding hub being created in Sovetskaya Gavan
  • Karelia Government to subsidize the development of Medvezhyegorskaya maintenance base
  • Ministry of Industry and Trade introduced mandatory expertise prior to signing of shipbuilding contracts
  • Rosatom to create a composite shipbuilding yard in Korsakov (Sakhalin).
  • Nakhodka Ship Repair Yard to launch three ships for Antey ahead of schedule

Bunkering Market 

  • Bunker sales at Vladivostok port in 8M’2022 fell by 28% YoY