"Ilya Muromets" will go for the state tests in the next few days. TASS refers to the words of the representative of information department and mass communications of the Russian Navy Defense Ministry Igor Dygalo, saying that the new ice breaker "Ilya Muromets" constructed for the benefit of Russian Navy will go for the state tests in the next few days.
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Shipbuilding
The state commission signed the receiving act of a tracker "RB-393" project 90600
As LSZ Pella press service reports, in the nearest future the vessel will be given to the state customer and will be a part of the Baltic Fleet of Russia. The tracker is intended for execution towing operations in port, on the raids and coastal areas corresponding to the navigation area of R3, removal from a bank of the ships and vessels, suppressions of the fires on buoyant objects and coastal constructions, involvements in the operations LARN, transportation of goods, ice blurs.
Norway declared development of model of the first-ever cargo pilotless vessel
In Norway it is declared completion of development of model of the first-ever cargo pilotless vessel, Yara Birkeland. It is joint development of group of heavy and special mechanical engineering of KOGSBERG and Yara - the supplier of mineral fertilizers. The vessel will bear a name of the founder of Yara company Christian Birkeland.
The Onega SSZ will construct the dredge for Rosmoport on projects of Damen
The Damen company sighned a contract with Onega ship-building and ship-repair plant for construction of the TSHD 2000 dredge. The dredging vessel will become the sixth, constructed on projects of the Danish company.
Conrad is to build nine barges for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock?
Conrad Shipyard of Louisiana announced on Wednesday that it has been awarded a contract for four anchor barges, two deck barges, and three crane barges for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company LLC (GLDD) of Illinois. GLDD is America's largest dredging contractor, and it also provides full-service marine construction, environmental remediation and geotechnical services.
Admiral Makarov frigate successfully passed tests
As TASS reports with reference to the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoygu, USC finished the state tests of the Admiral Makarov patrol ship and repair of the atomic submarine Oryol Oryol.
Navigation
The Yenisei shipping company finished cargo delivery to the most northern settlement of Russia
The Yenisei River Steamship Lines (YRSL) finished cargo delivery to the most northern settlement of Russia - Dikson (Krasnoyarsk Region). On Tuesday the press service of shipping company reported about it.
CMA CGM buys the regional shipping line SOFRANA Unilines
As TASS reports, the French container carrier company CMA CGM concluded the agreement on purchase of a controlling stake of SOFRANA Unilines, the regional shipping line operating in the region of a southwest part of the Pacific Ocean.
At the end of November the new ferry line will connect Vladivostok to South Korea and Japan
As TASS reports with reference to the press service of Primorsky Region administration, the new ferry line will connect Vladivostok, South Korean port Sokcho and the ports of Shimonoseki and Maizuru in Japan on November 26.
Events
One shipbuilding company: JSC Baltic Shipyard and LLC Baltic Plant Shipbuilding unite
On September 14, 2017 general meetings of JSC Baltic Shipyard and LLC Baltic Plant — Shipbuilding have made decisions on reorganization of two ship-building enterprises. Creation of the uniform ship-building center Baltic Shipyard for vessel construction and the ships with the atomic power station, production of mechanical engineering for surface ships and submarines through the state defensive order will become result of reorganization that will allow to increase efficiency of the joint enterprise as uniform property industrial complex, to create conditions for his development, including the program of modernization of his equipment, structure of management, to increase the market value of the joint enterprise, to reduce risks of non-productive losses.
The condition of research vessels is recognized as "catastrophic"
The condition of the subordinated research fleet of the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations (FASO) and Roshydromet in the report of the Ministry of Defence on complex assessment of a condition of national security of the Russian Federation in the field of sea activity in 2016 is estimated as "crisis" and "catastrophic", reports Kommersant newspaper with reference to sources.
Atomenergomash sent the second RITM-200 reactor for the new Siberia ice breaker
PJSC ZiO-Podolsk (a part of a machine-building division of Rosatom – Atomenergomash) delivered the main equipment of the most modern in the world ship reactor installation RITM-200 for the first production universal atomic LK-60Ya ice breaker of the project 22220 Siberia which was launched on September 22. The enterprise has made and has shipped on Baltic Shipyard – Shipbuilding the integrated case of the second steam-generating block "RITM-200". The mass of a product was 147,5 tons, height – 7,3 meters, diameter – 3,3 m.
The movie about a feat of a rear admiral Vladimir Bogdashin became won at the film festival in Yekaterinburg
As the correspondent of TASS reports, the movie "The last parade of the "Bezzavetnyi" director Tatyana Skabard in which the main charachter is the rear admiral Vladimir Bogdashin, became the owner of the first prize of the 28th Open festival of documentary cinema Russia heldin Yekaterinburg.
Navy
The ships of the Black Sea Fleet went out to sea for tests
As the press service of the Southern Military District reports, within several days crews of the ships will undergo tests as a part of ship striking, anti-submarine and mine and trawl tactical forces in interaction with coastal rocket and artillery connections, sea aircraft and air defense of the fleet.
Russian Navy will receive a series of working diving boats of the project 23040 ahead of schedule
"Russian Navy will receive a series of the working diving boats (WDB) of the project 23040 with a considerable advancing of the schedule, – reported the chief of the Navy Search and Emergency Service the captain of 1 rank Damir Shaykhutdinov. – These boats intended for services search and a wrecking of the fleet and flotillas, have already perfectly proved in various climatic zones and latitudes – from the South and to the Polar region", – he added.
The marines of the Caspian flotilla during the doctrine have destroyed groups of illegal armed groups
Within carrying out the battallion tactical tests (BTT) on the mountain Adanak ground in the Republic of Dagestan, divisions of marines of the Caspian flotilla (CFl) liquidated groups of the conditional illegal armed groups (IAG).
The Russian Deputy Minister of Defence Timur Ivanov has inspected construction of strategic objects of the Northern Fleet
The Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Timur Ivanov has inspected construction of strategic military facilities of the Northern Fleet during a working trip to troops of the Western Military District.
Two ships of Japan Naval Forces will visit Vladivostok in October
As TASS reports, Naval Forces of Japan send to Vladivostok on October 15-18 an educational group of the rocket destroyer and the training ship with a visit of courtesy.
Ports
Market volume of container transportations will reach $14,4 billion by 2025
The market volume of container transportations by 2025 will reach 14,4 billion US dollars. The Compound Annual Growth Rate of the market (CAGR) during the period from 2017 to 2025 will be 5,7%, predict analysts of Transparency Market Research (TMR).
The cost of cargo delivery to the Hamad port decreased in three times since the beginning of blockade
Development of operations in the new port of Hamad helped to reduce the cost of delivery of cargo to Qatar by 31%, despite the sanctions imposed against the emirate by three neighboring countries reports The Gulf Times with reference to the report of the largest Qatar developer company SAK Holding Group.
The construction project of Hambantota port in Sri Lanka is "stuck" at a stage of framework agreement
The project by CMPort on construction of Hambantota port on the southeast coast of Sri Lanka clogged at a stage of the framework agreement, reports Port Today with reference to publications of local media.
The volume of export of domestic grain to Iran through the Makhachkala port increased three times in a year
As TASS reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Dagestan, export volume of wheat, rye and corn from the Russian Federation to Iran through Makhachkala Commercial Seaport grew increased by 30% in nine months of 2017 and made 220 thousand tons.
