(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 27. Russian authoritiesaim to create more than 1,700 river and sea vessels by 2037,Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said, Trend reports.
He made a remark during the strategic session on the developmentof the United Shipbuilding Corporation.
"The total order portfolio of manufacturers is growing. Now itexceeds 300 sea and river vessels. It is planned to build more than1.7 thousand vessels, including civilian ones, until 2037,"Mishustin said.
The Prime Minister said that Russia's shipbuilding industryfaced such serious challenges as the withdrawal from thetransportation market of all foreign vessels that were involved inthe transportation of Russian cargo.
"Such a situation has demanded an early renewal and build-up ofthe domestic fleet," Mishustin noted.
According to him, these are the results of the independent workof Russian shipbuilders.
"For example, more than 100 units were built last year,including an Aframax-type tanker, the ferry Alexander Deev,offshore platforms, and fishing vessels," Mishustin said.
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