In 2010 Russian shipyards competed and delivered to its customers 14 cargo ships.
In 2010 Russian shipyard competed and delivered to its customers 14 cargo ships of total deadweight of more than 1.4 million tons, the Russian Transport Ministry’s provisional data said.
The newbuilding orders were funded primarily by shipowners and shipping companies through credit facilities.
St. Petersburg-based Admiralty Shipyards built and delivered to Sovcomflot two Arctic tankers – the Mikhail Ulyanov and the Kirill Lavrov, each of 70,000DWT. Tankers have reinforced icebreaking stern, which allows the vessels to sail without icebreakers escort in the ice with thickness below 1,2 meters. The vessels are intended for the transportation of hydrocarbons from offshore fields in the Arctic.
Sevmash completed and delivered two chemical tankers (1,943 dwt each) to Murmansk Shipping Company.
Domestic shipyards constructed nine salvage and rescue vessels for Gosmorspassluzhba, intended for emergency response teams. Russian shipyards have 5 newbuilds orders - 3 multipurpose rescue ships of capacity of 4MW and 3 diving support vessels scheduled for delivery in 2011.
