Admiralty Shipyards to vacate Novo-Admiralteiski island by 2017 (photo)
Admiralty Shipyards OJSC plans to completely vacate the Novo-Admiralteiski island by 2017, Aleksandr Buzakov, Director General of the shipyard, told today when answering the question of PortNews IAA journalist.
Complete transfer of Admiralty Shipyards is planned by the end of 2015 when all production facilities will be shifted to a so-called Southern ground.
As for the plan to move Admiralty Shipyards to the island of Kotlin according to an agreement signed in 2011, the project is postponed indefinitely and is not on the agenda, Buzakov said.
Admiralteiskie Verfi OJSC (Admiralty Shipyards) is a key enterprise of shipbuilding, a centre of conventional submarine building of Russia. The shipyard is affiliated with the United Shipbuilding Corporation OJSC. At the moment the shipyard facilities are fully engaged. A number of contracts are being successfully implemented at the shipyard for domestic and foreign customers. Two series of submarines are under construction now: project 636.1 for foreign Navies and project 636.3 for RF Navy. Besides, the Igor Belousov rescue vessel with the deep-operating vehicle Bester-1 is being built by the Shipyard. The Company’s staff numbers 6,500 persons.
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