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2023 August 18   17:48

IAA PortNews’ summary of past week news

Ports and hydraulic engineering

  • Gosexpertiza approved the project on reconstruction of hydraulic engineering facilities in the port of Korsakov (Sakhalin)
  • Cleaning of riverbeds of over 190 km in the Astrakhan Region to be performed until the end of 2024
  • GBS platform of Arctic LNG 2’s first LNG train installed at Gydan
  • Caspian Pipeline Consortium announces completion of scheduled work on SPM-1
  • Samus Shipbuilding and Repair Yard to build 10 more barges

Shipping and logistics

  • Rosselkhoznadzor introduced new fumigation technology on seagoing ships in Saint-Petersburg
  • Vessels of over 1,000 containers in capacity should be used on the Northern Sea Route – Kamchatka Governor
  • Morwenna Shipping Company expands its NSR fleet with two barges
  • RZD Logistics launches container trains from Russia to Iran by new route
  • Over 1.8 million cbm of bottom soil dredged in Sea Canal to ensure transportation of GBS-1
  • M/V Severny Proekt to perform the first extended subsidized voyage by the Northern Sea Route
  • Rules for movement and docking of vessels in the Ob-Irtysh Basin of IWW have been published
  • Rosmorport approves terms for providing privileged rates for cargo transportation between Ust-Luga and Kaliningrad
  • Crab catching ship Vaigach of Project КСП01 built by Krasnoye Sormovo completed sea trials

Shipbuilding and ship repair

  • Delivery of two Kometa 120M hydrofoils to be postponed from 2023 to 2024
  • Repair of M/V СТК-1005 completed in Arkhangelsk
  • Bunkering tanker Odin returned to Great Port of Saint-Petersburg upon completion of scheduled classification repair
  • Shipbuilding industry needs to reduce the demand for personnel
  • Baltiysky Zavod shipyard holds steel-cutting ceremony for the fifth icebreaker of project 22220
  • Aleksey Rakhmanov expects financing of development programmes after USC transfer to VTB
  • Victor Yevtukhov: key task for VTB is to ensure the delivery of all ships as scheduled
  • Russian shipyards to deliver about 20 ships under investment quotas programme in 2023 Victor Yevtukhov

Bunker market

  • RF Government and Sistema PJSFC have recently signed an agreement of intent to develop hydrogen energetics. Designing of hydrogen-power ships is already underway in Russia but their commercial prospects are still vague.
  • The epoch of electric propulsion to begin on the horizon of 10-20 years - Aleksey Rakhmanov

Appointments

  • Aleksey Gribanov appointed as Deputy General Director of FSUE Natsrybresurs