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2023 July 7   17:49

PortNews’ Week 27 headlines summary

Ports and hydraulic engineering

  • In 2023, global coal prices began to decline, pushing exporters to redistribute trade flows both on the external market between recipients and within the country between the main export routes
  • The depth of the new deep-water area of the Port of Arkhangelsk should be 20 m
  • The container volume of the Great Port of St. Petersburg in May 2022 recovered to 58% of the 2022 average
  • Completion of Port Lavna construction nears 68%
  • Dredgers of the Ob-Irtyshvodput have excavated 1.25 million cbm of materials since the beginning of navigation
  • The Maritime Rescue Service has completed the overhaul of the protective pier in the Port of Novorossiysk
  • Work on the reconstruction and expansion of the Korsakov port will begin in 2024
  • Cargo volume of Russian seaports may increase by 7-8% in 2023, Rosmorrechflot says.

Shipping and logistics

  • Newnew Shipping Line launches regular container service between China and Arkhangelsk
  • An agreement was signed on the opening of international regular container route Vladivostok-Donghae-Busan
  • FESCO management announces the Group's development plans
  • The Federation Council approved amendments to the country’s shipping codes concerning autonomous navigation.
  • The number of foreign-flagged calls at Russian ports in 2022 decreased by 10.2% to 25,600
  • RZD Logistics is expanding the geography of groupage shipments from China, India and the UAE.

Shipbuilding and ship repair

  • Russian engineers repaired the imported a steerable propulsion unit of a Northern Alliance tugboat
  • Arkhangelsk Oblast invited investors from China to take part in the construction of a new dockyard
  • Ship Repair and Shipbuilding Corporation launched a non-self-propelled dredger of Project 4395
  • Zvyozdochka Centre completed the construction of a new ship propulsion workshop
  • The property of Ust-Donetsk Shipyard was sold to a natural person
  • Fishing vessel owners took delivery of seven ships in 2022-2023, built under a 'quota-per-keel' newbuilding subsidy mechanism.
  • The Project 00216M chemical tanker Sergey Lvov delivered
  • The PNS-4 floating pumping station delivered to the customer took place at Balakovo Shipyard.
  • Yuri Zakker, a Project 3052 buoy tender was commissioned for the Lena Basin Authority in the Irkutsk region.
  • Rosmorrechflot plans to build at least three sea-going training ships by 2030
  • Zelenodolsk Gorky Shipyard set to build yachts under the Aurus brand.

Bunker Market

  • The volume of bunkering in the Port of Vladivostok in H1, 2023, fell 20% to 240,000 tonnes
  • The decline in bunker sales in Vladivostok is slowing down, and ships with DF engines are being built globally: Bunker Market / Prices Digest

Resignations and appointments

  • Denis Ushakov, Deputy Head of Rosmorrechflot steps down
  • Konstantin Golubev, appointed General Director of Almaz Central Design Bureau
  • Leonid Irlitsa named as General Director of Atomflot.

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