Saint-Petersburg Governor: 61 naval and civil ships are under construction at the city shipyards

In 2023, Saint-Petersburg shipyards laid down 6 units and launched 5 units

Shipyards of Saint-Petersburg are currently building 61 naval and civil ships. In 2023, Saint-Petersburg shipyards laid down 6 units and launched 5 units, according to the press center of the city authorities citing Saint-Petersburg Governor Aleksandr Beglov.

When commenting on the opening of the 17^th International Exhibition and Conference for Commercial Shipping, Shipbuilding, Offshore Energy, Ports, Inland Waterways and Oceanography, NEVA 2023 in Saint-Petersburg, the head of the city emphasized the role of Saint-Petersburg as Russia’s center of shipbuilding with more than 40 industry-focused organizations and shipbuilding products accounting for  over 20% of transport engineering in the city. All the organizations including designing, instrument-making and machine-building ones as well as manufacturing ship equipment employ over 60 thousand people.