Source: Asiasis

The capacity of civil shipbuilding in Russia should not just be rebuilt but built all over again, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told in an interview with local media.

source: setcorp.ru

«Nevsky Shipbuilding-Shiprepair Plant» starts the campaign on choosing the equipment and materials for the construction of a universal dry-cargo vessel deadweight 7000 tons of project RSD49 (According to classification of «Marine Engineering Bureau», the developer of the project, the vessel will have the following class: «Volgo-Don-max class»)

source: defpro.com

 The French head of state President Nicolas Sarkozy told employees of the STX shipyards that they would build the imminent Russian order. The procurement contract for two ships of the Mistral-class is to be signed by year-end.

source: atorus.ru

Yachts which fly the flags of foreign countries will possibly be able to enter the Russian waters in autumn.    

source: BarentsObserver

The Vyborg Shipyard has stopped plans to build a new shipyard in Primorsk, General Director Valery Levchenko said yesterday. The new shipyard was to specialize in construction of LNG tankers from Russian offshore fields, first of all from Shtokman.