Vladivostok-based Vostochnaya Verf Shipyard plans to complete before the summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the first three passenger catamarans of capacity of 223 passengers each. The serial high speed crafts were designed by Composite Shipbuilding LLC (the Pacific Design Bureau).

There have been quite a lot of green protests recently in Russia against operation of various marine terminals. It appears to be a dilemma: on the one hand - the necessity of expansion of stevedoring facilities and on the other - the comfort of inhabitants - on the other.

The round table "Maritime and Inland Waterways Transport. Outlook of Development” held at the exhibition “MIR” (World), was organized in the framework of the project "Russian Shipping.” Managing Director of North-Western Shipping Company Albert Vygovsky in his speech delivered at the round table told about prospects of development of different segments of shipping business in Russia. PortNews gives the speech text.

The historical part of Big Port St. Petersburg has reached the limits of its physical expansion. The main limiting factor here is the capacity of access roads leading to the port. According to St. Petersburg Transport and Transit Policy Committee, the projected throughput volumes announced by investors do not meet even the potential capacity of the city.

General Director of FSUE Baltic Basin Emergency and Rescue Administration (Baltic BASU) has told PortNews about revamping of Russia’s Gosmorspassluzhba (State Marine Rescue Service), its emergency response and rescue operations preparedness, about winter season, operations in the Arctic and on the Northern Sea Route, as well as about teams training for Gosmorspassluzhba

In a recent interview with PortNews Alexander Ganov, Chief Executive Officer of Continent Group told about the development of Russian market of customs services, its features, advance reporting scheme, electronic Advance Cargo Declaration and about the group’s development programs.

Russian coal exporters have been focused recently on the Far East region. In an interview with PortNews Anatoly Lazarev, Chief Operations Officer of JSC Vostochny Port told about the development of the stevedore company, the largest in the region specializing in handling export coal.

The appointment of Marina Kovtun as new Governor of the Murmansk region could give impetus to the project of the Murmansk transportation node development, which has been substantially modified.

An official presentation of the project "Creation of Port Taman’s Dry Cargo Area" was held by the Russian Ministry of Transport jointly with Rostransmodernizatsiya at the SITL-2012 exhibition on March 28, 2012. Deputy Transport Minister Victor Olersky told potential investors about ongoing construction and details about the new deepwater project.

Port of Ust-Luga began the long-awaited shipment of crude oil delivered to the terminal through the BTS-2 pipeline. Transneft company intends to use the new supply route to avoid the commodity transit through the territory of foreign states, as well as to redirect the cargo flow from the ports of Primorsk and Novorossiysk. Experts predict several affects effects of the project launch.