The Sindurakshak submarine sailed from Severodvinsk to Mumbai. The diesel-electric submarine was repaired and updated by Zvyozdochka for two years. From the shipyard berth, the ship put off on 29 January. In history of the Indian submarine fleet, it was the first transfer commenced in ice conditions. The Sindurakshak with the Russian and Indian crews on board sailed through the White, Barents, Norwegian, North, Mediterranean, Red Seas, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. The transfer was successful.
The counter-terror boat was laid today at Gorky Zelenodolsk Shipbuilding Plant. The boat is designed to guard water area of the Russian Navy bases. Advanced equipment and high navigation performance allow using the boat for a wide range of tasks usually conducted by ships of a much larger displacement.
- Displacement: 140 t
- Length: 30 m
- Beam: 7.3 m
- Draught: 1.8 m
The boat with a crew capacity of six men, is capable of reaching a speed of 23 knots. Cruising range is 200 miles.
In May 2013, Baltic Shipyard will get advanced automatic flat section welding machines. Installation and setting-up of the equipment will have been completed by October 2013, as reports RBC. Baltic Shipyard purchased this production line to modernise the production process for ice-breakers of up to 100 MW. As reported before, the total modernisation cost will be 650 million roubles, where 230 million roubles to be public finance under the federal target programme, the rest to be own funds.
Two new motor vessels built by Samus Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Yard, Tomsk region, were launched. They will operate in the Ob basin rivers. In 2009 to 2010, the shipyard was bankrupted. After that, it was purchased by the Siberian Logistic Centre that includes Tomsk Shipping Company. In 2011, the shipping company got a state order to build eighteen new ships by 2015. In August 2012, the company launched first two motor vessels for the Khabarovsk Territory.
On 5 May 2013, they launched the first of the two VLCC tankers (Very Large Crude Carrier) ordered by Sovcomflot. Sovcomflot is one of the worldwide leaders as regards product tankers as well as crude oil tankers of standard size, the Aframax and the Suezmax. Both VLCC tankers under construction will operate under long-term time-charter agreements with PetroChina International company, China (branch of the Chinese national oil and gas corporation CNPC) on crude oil shipping. In December 2011, the companies signed the corresponding agreements that, in particular, provide for transporting oil by Softcomflot fleet from the countries of Near East, West Africa and Venezuela to China.
