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  • 2022 October 21

    Arctic happiness – not in money but in its amount


    In view of the eastward pivot of logistics, Arctic shipping is to play its role by unloading overburdened railway infrastructure. However, that requires subsidies and essential capital investments. Can Russia cope with such expenses in the current situation?

  • 2022 October 18

    Big nations have to design ships themselves


    Russian shipbuilding through the Icelander’s eyes: Icelandic company Nautic Ehf came to Russia almost five years ago having established a design bureau focused on creation of fishing ships according to European standards. In his interview with IAA PortNews, Alfred Tulinius, Chief Designer and Chairman of the company, explains why it is interesting and profitable for a European company to work in Russia

  • 2022 October 14

    Bronka’s underloaded investments


    Over the recent months, Bronka, the only deep-water port in Saint-Petersburg, has been handling primarily Belarusian potash. The terminal’s capacity is just used to handle about 1 million tonnes of fertilizers while the port’s design capacity taking into account the programme for modernization of railway infrastructure can be as high as 23 million tonnes. As the market players told IAA PortNews, the port development is expected to be revised.

  • 2022 October 13

    Alternative fuel: ammonia is still in the air


    Despite all the ups and downs in the energy market, the trend towards alternative fuels in shipping is firm. Among the most promising types of fuel for the future shipping is ammonia. What has been done for the development of the related technologies and infrastructure since the beginning of 2022?

  • 2022 October 7

    IAA PortNews’ interview with Aleksandr Solovyov, General Director of Vyborg Shipyard


    PAO Vyborg Shipyard (a company of United Shipbuilding Corporation, USC) has launched a patrol icebreaker built under the state defence order. It is the first ship of this kind in the company’s civil portfolio. Aleksandr Solovyov, General Director of Vyborg Shipyard, tells IAA PortNews about its prospects for further projects in the interest of the defence industry.

  • 2022 October 4

    In case of blockade: can Russia get a fleet of large ships?


    Russia’s own commercial fleet is able to handle slightly over 10% of the country’s total seaborne foreign trade. At the same time, Russia lacks shipyards able to build sufficient number of large ships. The problem could be solved through a program of preferential loans provided for the purchase of foreign ships.

  • 2022 September 27

    Coal flows to the South


    Redirection of coal exports requires revision of logistic chains in the country. In the current situation, ports compete for the capacity of railways striving to continue shipments to available markets.

  • 2022 September 23

    Ship repair bases prescribed for the fleet


    By 2023, RF ship repair market is expected, by some estimates, to grow 1.6 times to RUB 144 billion. It is Russia’s fishing fleet numbering about 2,000 ships that suffers one of the most urgent ship repair problems. Ship repair bases should be developed in all fishery basins with investments estimated at RUB 20 billion. Experts believe that this segment development can be financed by private resources if alliances of ship repair companies and ship owners are set up.

  • 2022 September 21

    Sergey Doronin: “The use of geotechnical vessels for drilling stratigraphic wells is much cheaper than deployment of exploration drill rigs”


    Russian geologists have gained their first experience in successful application of a relatively cheap method to conduct geological survey of the continental shelf subsoil by drilling stratigraphic wells of small depth using geotechnical vessels. That lets do without expensive exploration drill rigs but Russia has only one proper ship, head of RosGeo department for offshore geological exploration, told IAA PortNews.

  • 2022 September 19

    LPG and methanol exports amid sanctions


    Russian liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and methanol used to be mainly bound for Europe. However, Russia lacks dedicated port facilities. The bulk of seaborne methanol exports and a considerable share of LPG exports goes via Finland and can be blocked any time.