Civil shipbuilding (Russian market)

2024

Moscow shipyard created in the capital of Russia

On September 27, 2024, it became known about the completion of the construction of the Moscow shipyard in the Nagatinsky backwater. A new enterprise focused on the production of modern river vessels is planned to be commissioned on December 31, 2024. Read more here

In St. Petersburg, launched the freezing fishing trawler "Captain Yunak"

In September 2024, a new freezing fishing trawler "Captain Yunak" was launched in St. Petersburg - one of the most modern fishing vessels in the world, characterized by high ecology and safety. The vessel is part of the ST-192 project, under which ten trawlers have been built at the Admiralty shipyards since 2017. "Captain Unak" became the fifth in this series. Read more here

Shipyard "Emperium" presented the river passenger electric ship "Moika 2.0"

In September 2024, a presentation of the new river passenger electric ship "Moika 2.0" took place in St. Petersburg. The designer and manufacturer of the innovative vehicle was the Emperium shipyard, located in the Leningrad Region and part of the Sitronics Group. Read more here

The first floating electrode in Russia was launched

In August 2024, the first floating house in Russia with an electric engine was launched. The ship, developed by the Russian company Houseboat, has already found its owner - it was acquired by a resident of Nizhny Novgorod. This housebot is a project that has no analogues in the country, capable of working both on electric traction and on a diesel engine. Read more here

350 billion rubles spent on the construction and renovation of fishing vessels in Russia in 10 years

Over the past ten years, Russian fishermen have invested at least ₽350 billion in the construction and renewal of fishing vessels, which has significantly strengthened the capabilities of the domestic fleet and ensured more efficient development of fishing resources. This was announced in September 2024 by the President of the All-Russian Association of Fisheries (VARPE) German Zverev. Read more here.

Digital Shipyard and CAD. The Ministry of Industry and Trade told about the digitalization of Russian shipbuilding

At the end of June 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Trade spoke about the digital transformation of the shipbuilding industry in Russia. Initiatives are being implemented to rethink all processes of design bureaus and shipyards, including design, production, supply, logistics, repair, product maintenance, application of new equipment and software.

One of the projects is Digital Shipyard, the purpose of which is to create a modern high-tech enterprise on the basis of a single digital platform. It will cover all stages of the life cycle of the management object: it is an advance project, design, production, operation, maintenance and disposal. It is assumed that the creation of the Digital Shipyard will increase the volume of ship production by 2.5 times.

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In addition, the LOGOS-Shipbuilding software solution has been developed in the Russian Federation. It makes it possible to assess the hydrodynamic characteristics of the hull and ship propellers, thermal conditions in transport and residential compartments, as well as to simulate emergency situations, including flooding and smoke. Thanks to this approach, even at the design stage of the vessel, its fuel consumption can be adjusted.

At the same time, the United Shipbuilding Company (USC) speaks of the need to create a domestic shipbuilding computer-aided design (CAD) system. The development of comprehensive software solutions will take into account the peculiarities of the production and maintenance of marine equipment facilities according to the adopted structural and technological platforms. In general, as noted, the effectiveness of digital transformation in the field of shipbuilding depends on many factors: the modernization or replacement of the main production equipment of construction plants, including automation systems, as well as experience in working with digital models and standards of relevant data.^[1]

Russia's largest civilian hovercraft released

On July 3, 2024, it became known about the release of the largest civilian hovercraft in Russia. The vessel, named "Huska-10," was designed and built at the Rybinsk shipyard in collaboration with the Krylovsky State Scientific Center. Read more here

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about digitalization in the field of shipbuilding

Digitalization of design, as well as the translation of design and technological documentation into electronic form will help reduce the construction time of Russian ships. This was announced by President RFVladimir Putin on June 26, 2024.

According to the head of state, shipbuilding is a complex, high-tech industry that operates on plans for 10, 20 or more years. Putin noted that when mastering new ship projects, development work on equipment, instruments, an element base and weapons systems should be carried out in advance. The work should be carried out within the framework of interdepartmental integrated target programs, and for the interaction of design bureaus, shipyards and other industry participants, it is necessary to use secure data transmission systems.

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In the current geopolitical situation, the President of the Russian Federation emphasizes, the introduction of systems for remote detection of threats, including from unmanned aerial vehicles, is required. This is the control of airspace by air defense systems, as well as the observation of the surface and underwater situation to combat the enemy's marine robotic complexes. Russian ships can be retrofitted with drones.

It is necessary to protect our fleet from possible attacks already on the far approaches to the naval bases and areas of operation of our ships, to develop reconnaissance aircraft of the fleet, to increase the forces and means of conducting electronic reconnaissance and electronic warfare, Putin said.

In shipbuilding, the use of information and communication technologies will optimize the production process. Digital twins, shipyard digitalization tools, additive technologies, etc. will help increase the efficiency of ship design and construction.^[2]

A shipyard is being built in Moscow to create electric ships

In May 2024, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced the timing of the opening of the shipyard for the construction of electric ships in the Nagatinsky backwater: it will start working at the end of 2024. Read more here.

2023

Increase in production of sea tugs by 10% to 11 units

The production of sea tugs in Russia reached 11 units in 2023, showing an increase of 10% compared to 2022. Over the past five years, the industry has shown significant growth dynamics, as evidenced by data from a study published on October 31, 2024.

According to the Agency for Market Research and Business Plans "GuideMarket," in total from 2019 to 2023, Russian shipyards built 29 sea tugs with an average annual growth rate of 92%.

The production of this type of vessel is concentrated in four large integrated structures: the United Shipbuilding Corporation, the Far Eastern Center for Shipbuilding and Ship Repair, the Ak Bars Shipbuilding Company and the Sea Underwater Weapons - Hydropribor Concern, which control 90% of the market.

277 organizations are registered in the industry section of the shipbuilding industry of the Register of the military-industrial complex, including 75 shipbuilding and ship repair plants, as well as 11 service and ship installation enterprises.

After slumping to a minimum of one unit in 2020, the industry has seen steady growth, with three tugboats in 2021 and ten units in 2022, matching an increase of 233.3%.

The development of the production of sea tugs is due to the need to update the fleet of shipping companies and the growing needs for servicing the port infrastructure. Tugs are used to move ships, conduct rescue operations and fire extinguishing.

Forty-nine organizations work in the scientific and design direction, including three design bureaus specializing in ship construction. The total number of employees in the industry reaches 150 thousand people.^[3]

Increase in production of civil ships by 36% to 112 units

The production of civilian ships in Russia in 2023 increased by 36% compared to 2022 - up to 112 units. This is evidenced by the data of the research company "Infoline-Analytics," published at the end of February 2024.

As Kommersant writes with reference to this study, Russian shipyards in 2023 handed over ships (tonnage of more than 50 thousand tons) in the amount of 330.6 billion rubles, which is 47.1% more than a year ago. Excluding the Novatek platform, the cost of ships in civil shipbuilding in 2023 decreased by 16.4%, to 92.6 billion rubles, and in a special one - increased by 62%, to 184 billion rubles.

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According to Infoline Analytics, in 2023 USC accounted for 59.1% of the total value and 19.4% of the tonnage in 2023, the Zvezda shipyard was in second place with 22.9%, and the Ak Bars holding company was in third.

The newspaper also cites data from the Ministry of Industry and Trade, according to which in 2023 the shipyards handed over 108 civilian vessels, including 64 vessels with a displacement of more than 100 tons, while in 2022 84 civilian vessels were transferred to customers.

In general, in 2023, the portfolio of orders of industry enterprises included over 300 units of civilian sea and river vessels, watercraft, as well as river and marine equipment, which are at a different stage of construction, - commented Deputy Minister Viktor Yevtukhov.

According to Infoline Analytics, 90 ships handed over in 2023 belonged to the civilian segment, 22 to the "special shipbuilding." According to the results of 2023, the total displacement of large and medium-sized vessels increased 2.4 times, to 1.2 million tons, taking into account the offshore base of the gravity platform for the Novatek LNG plant Arctic SPG-2 weighing 640 thousand tons (without it, the growth was 10.7%, up to 459 thousand tons).^[4]

Start of construction of a series of electric ships for Moscow for 8 billion rubles

The Emerium Shipyard (Emperium) (part of Sitronics, controlled by AFK Sistema) in the Leningrad Region will build a new series of passenger pleasure ships powered by electric traction Moscow 2.0. This became known on August 11, 2023. Read more here.

Russia will spend 150 billion rubles on the purchase of ships abroad

The volume of the program of state subsidies to replenish the fleet for foreign trade operations in the period up to 2034 will amount to 70 billion rubles. With its help, it is planned to purchase 85 vessels abroad with a total value of more than 150 billion rubles. This, as Kommersant writes in the issue of March 6, 2023, is stated in the program of state subsidies for loans for the purchase of a fleet for export-import operations of the Russian Federation.

One of the newspaper's interlocutors said that both used and under construction ships, including 60 bulk carriers, including the 12 largest Capesize bulk carriers in terms of carrying capacity, will be included in the program.

Both used and built ships will be included in the fleet replenishment program for foreign trade operations

Subsidies are also claimed from seven to nine container ships, seven multipurpose vessels, 15 tankers of class no higher than Aframax and eight Aframax (a popular class of tankers that most ports can accept). But one of the interlocutors claims that the tankers will not be included in the program. The government has been developing a program since 2022, it is ready to subsidize loans for banks to buy ships, including from foreign shipyards and in the secondary market. The foreign trade turnover of Russian ports is mostly served by ships not controlled by Russian companies. They accounted for about 70% of export-import cargo turnover in 2022.

According to the head of Infoline-Analytics Mikhail Burmistrov, Russia previously almost did not have its own sea bulk carriers, and coal companies are very interested in integrated logistics, especially in the case of exporting cargo on ultra-long routes from the northwestern part of the country to Asia. Burmistrov noted that Russian shipbuilding will not be able to participate in the program, since it is not yet ready for it.

In his opinion, the needs for oil tankers were met with the help of the "shadow fleet," including due to the fact that oil companies are independently able to purchase ships for these purposes.^[5]

2022

Ship sales growth by 6.1% to 177.3 thousand units

In 2022, 177.3 thousand ships were sold in Russia, which is 6.1% more than a year earlier. The market continued to grow, but in 2021 the pace was higher (+ 21.2%). This is evidenced by data from BusinesStat analysts, which were released in April 2023.

The study notes that shipbuilding market participants expected a drop in demand in 2022 due to a decrease in the purchasing power of the population. However, sales, on the contrary, increased, the growth in sales fell on outdoor equipment. Distributors noted an increase in demand for PVC boats and outboard boat motors, which was caused by consumer concerns about a possible shortage and significant price increases. The second reason for the high demand for pleasure and sports vessels in 2022 was the difficult situation with travel to foreign holidays. Residents of the country began to plan their vacation within Russia and buy goods for outdoor activities.

According to analysts, Russian manufacturers and foreign companies make an almost equal contribution to the supply of ships on the Russian market. However, the events of 2022 greatly affected Russian shipbuilding. As a result of the imposition of sanctions, some suppliers of foreign equipment froze or terminated relations with the Russian side. In particular, they stopped deliveries Russia to companies, and Wartsila Mitsubishi Yanmar, which are manufacturers of propulsive plants, engines, valolinium and valogenerators. This led to delays construction in the courts, and some of the projects, according to market participants, had to be frozen indefinitely.

In order to support the shipbuilding industry, the Ministry of Industry and Trade developed a mechanism for issuing subsidies for the implementation of complex projects for the development, creation and introduction into mass production of the most critical types of ship components. Russian companies will be able to partially replace the sanctions equipment. As an alternative, suppliers from China, Turkey and South Korea are also being considered.^[6]

The Federal Agency for Fishery recognized the losses of shipyards for 42 billion rubles

The total loss of Russian shipyards from the construction of 105 fish and crab fishing vessels is "huge" and amounts to about 42 billion rubles. This was announced in February 2023 by the head of the Federal Agency for Fishery Ilya Shestakov.

In a conversation with RBC, he noted that the problems began even before the sanctions, and "to some extent they can be justified by the [coronavirus COVID-19] pandemic." At the same time, to a greater extent, difficulties are associated with the fact that shipbuilding enterprises took orders, but contractual obligations with fishermen "were prescribed poorly and miscalculated," Shestakov explained.

Head of Rosbylovstvo Ilya Shestakov

He recalled that in 2018 the first stage of the program of investment quotas and auctions was launched, within the framework of which it was planned to build 64 fishing and 41 crab ships. The number of ships transferred in five years turned out to be significantly lower than the planned volumes.

According to Shestakov, the remaining 37 crabolovs expect to be completed no later than 2027. However, the organization of the fishing fleet has become seriously complicated due to the coronavirus pandemic and anti-Russian sanctions.

But to a greater extent, the difficulties were associated with the shipyards' lack of the necessary competencies at the initial stage of the program, and they had difficulties in building a fishing fleet for commercial orders in a short time and at a fixed price, the head of the Federal Agency for Fishery added.

The Federal Agency for Fishery also noted that some fishers are meeting the shipyards halfway, agreeing on a change in cost and an extension of construction deadlines. According to Shestakov, to solve the problem with losses, it may be necessary to create "some kind of financial recovery program" of shipyards. This issue will be decided by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the United Shipbuilding Corporation.^[7]

The government allocated 7 billion rubles for the creation of equipment for civil courts

7 billion rubles will be allocated for the development, production and introduction of domestic equipment for civil ships. The Russian government announced this on August 24, 2022. The orders for the allocation of these funds from the reserve fund were signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

State support will make it possible to prepare draft designs for 40 types of such products, thanks to which it will be possible to complete more than 100 different vessels in the coming years - trade passenger, technical and fishing. Their total cost will be over 500 billion rubles. Initially, it was planned to purchase components for these ships abroad, but the introduced sanctions ones violated cooperative ties in many, industries industries including in. shipbuilding

The work will be carried out within the framework of the federal project "Stimulating demand for domestic products of the shipbuilding industry," which is part of the state program "Development of shipbuilding and equipment for the development of offshore fields."

The issue of allocating funding was considered and approved at a government meeting on August 24. {{quote 'It is important to use all funds as efficiently as possible. The development of each piece of equipment must be completed by serial production with further implementation, - said Mikhail Mishustin and instructed the Ministry of Industry and Trade to keep this work under constant control. }}

research, development and technological works to import substitution The President instructed the Government to submit proposals on the allocation of 7 billion rubles from the federal budget for the implementation of ship equipment. Russia Vladimir Putin The order was given following a meeting on the development of agro-industrial fisheries complexes and related industries, held on April 5, 2022^[8]

2013: About 90 vessels for various purposes were launched

The civil shipbuilding market is one of the strategic and priority tasks for the Russian state. Having a high potential for the development of the industry, Russia at the beginning of 2014 occupies only 0.3% in the world market of civil shipbuilding. However, with the successful implementation of the state program to support the industry until 2030 and the implementation of all the planned projects by the United Construction Corporation (USC), this indicator may grow to 3%.

Analysis of statistics shows that every year the number of civilian ships produced by Russian shipbuilders is growing. So, according to the results of 2013, about 90 vessels of various purposes were launched (according to DISCOVERY Research Group). At the same time, the greatest attention is paid to the supporting fleet, tankers and dry cargo carriers. It is in these categories of the fleet that a relatively younger fleet of ships can be observed. According to the Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport, as of mid-2013, Russian companies operated 2,760 sea vessels for various purposes. At the same time, the share of the outdated fleet fleet, which includes ships with a service life of more than 20 years, amounted to just over 78%.

According to the ESIMO, at the beginning of 2013, the Russian river fleet totaled more than 22 thousand units of the fleet, the degree of wear of which exceeded 83%. It should also be noted that the volume of cargo transshipment in river ports in 2013 amounted to 176.3 million tons - for the first time since 2009, this indicator showed a drop and amounted to only 94.3% of the level of 2012 and only 71.9% of the pre-crisis level. In seaports, the volume of cargo transshipment increased by 3.9% compared to the previous year, to 589 million tons, exceeding the level of 2008 by almost 25%. At the same time, the implemented transport strategy of the Russian Federation until 2030 and the strategy for the development of the sea port infrastructure of Russia until 2030 implies an increase in the volume of cargo transshipment through domestic ports to 1 billion tons of cargo. Thus, to increase the competitiveness of the Russian shipbuilding industry in the world market of Russia, it is necessary, first of all, to actively renew the fleet and develop port capacities and infrastructure, in this opinion all experts and market specialists unanimously agree.

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