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2023 October 6   17:47

PortNews Week 40 headlines summary

Ports and Hydraulic Engineering:

  • Work on the construction of the Nizhny Bestyakh cargo terminal is performed on schedule.
  • The Ust-Luga Company state owned 21% stake in put up for auction again.
  • The project of reconstruction of the bank protection of Dam No. 1 in the Port of Kaliningrad gets approval from state environmental expert review.
  • PBTF overhauled a fishing pier in Primorsky Krai based Preobrazheniya Bay.
  • Construction of a retaining wall has begun at sea terminal construction site in Pionersky, Kaliningrad region.
  • Second gauntry crane Vityaz enters service with the Nakhodka seaport handling equipment fleet.
  • Funds earmarked for the construction of a hydraulic engineering structures and dredging work at Cape Nagleynin in 2024 to exceed RUB 8 billion.
  • Russian Gov’t approves the development plan for the Arkhangelsk Transport Hub, to rehabilitate the deep-water port.

Shipping and Logistics:

  • The ship that have passed through the Northern Sea Route makes maiden call at Baltiysk in Kaliningrad region.
  • Russian-flagged ships with certain export cargo to get priority at the country's seaports.
  • Government to subsidise loans for the purchase of merchant ships by Russian companies.
  • Antey Group’s live crab-laden ships bound for the Far East via the NSR.
  • The Transit’s seventh container ship completes its maiden voyage on the route from China to Vladivostok.
  • FESCO enteres the list of top 50 most profitable companies in Russia.
  • The second transit train with containers from Russia to Saudi Arabia arrived at the Iranian port.
  • Antitrust regulator approves adjustment of harbour dues in Russian seaports by 4.9%.
  • The transit freight traffic on the NSR reached 1.5 million tonnes by the end of this September.

Shipbuilding and Ship Repair

  • Nakhodka Ship Repair Yard with few contracts for barges, tankers just four years ago, has become one of the largest shipbuilders of crab catchers in Russia.
  • Vostokgosplan: It is necessary to build up to 25 docks to ensure growing cargo volume carried on the NSR by 2035.
  • Nevsky Shipyard launches the 23130 design medium size sea-going tanker Vasily Nikitin.
  • USC analyzed the factors hindering the corporation's innovative and technical development.
  • The delivery of a ferry to link Far Easter ports delayed due to sanctions.
  • Moscow region based Port Kolomna lays the keel for a floating hospital.
  • The Ob-Irtyshvodput Authority accepts delivery of the Ts490DA project dredger.
  • Leningrad region based Pella Shipyard launches the Project 90600 harbor tug Izhorets.
  • Yaroslavl Shipyard launches 02220-series Yaroslavets-M crew transfer boat.
  • Vostochnaya Verf Shipyard to deliver a semi-heavy pontoon pier of the PM-61M1 design in November 2023
  • Yaroslavl based shipyard launches e-catamaran Looker 1100H.
  • Budget investments in major overhaul of Onega Shipyard in 2024 will reach RUB 885.8 million.
  • S7 Group and the regional government join hands to create a ship repair enterprise in Murmansk.
  • Factory freezer trawler “Kapitan Sokolov” sets out for sea trials in the Gulf of Finland.

Bunker Market

  • Shipping is the methanol boom.

Resignations and Appointments

  • Andrey Chernikov named Executive Director of Murmansk Seaport and Murmansk Bulk Terminal.

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